Dylan Quilatan caught his first fish in Central Park. He convinced his family to move south and chase his dream—and it’s ...

It was heartbreaking enough when Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., the most sought-after high-school basketball player in the U.S. two years ago, decided to pass up their scholarship offers and go to ...

In 1965, Lew Alcindor – before he was Kareem Abdul ... you understand his LeBron James Family Foundation and his I Promise School – designed to help kids similar to him. Basketball Hall ...

“I didn’t want them to see him before they had to,” he explained. Who was him? Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., 17. The Lollipop & the Dunk. A lot of him there was, too. Even in high ...

The road jersey worn by legendary center Lew Alcindor — now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — during the Bucks’ championship-clinching win over the Baltimore Bullets in the 1971 NBA Finals is ...

Both James and Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor) were selected at No. 1 overall with a ton of hype attached to their names, and both players exceeded that hype with the two most shining examples of ...

Then known as Lew Alcindor, the 7-1 superstar out of UCLA scored 29 points with 12 rebounds, six assists, four steals and three blocks for the Milwaukee Bucks in a 119-110 victory over the Detroit ...