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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Posted by on Apr 30, 2012 in Featured, Sports | Comments Off on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

When he was known as Lew Alcindor, a high school phenom leading Power Memorial to multiple state championships, America knew this young man...

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Sports: Arthur Ashe

Posted by on Dec 28, 2010 in Sports | 1 comment

  Richmond, Virginia’s Arthur Ashe knew the highest highs and the lowest lows in his too-brief lifetime. He won three of Grand...

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Sports: John Wooden

Posted by on Mar 9, 2010 in Sports | Comments Off on Sports: John Wooden

Under coach John Wooden, UCLA won seven consecutive NCAA men’s basketball championships, and ten in the twelve years between 1964 and...

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