Published April 20, 2012
Through it all, and surprisingly to some, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who turned 65 earlier this week, views his time in Milwaukee as a blessing. The legend's career here may have concluded more than a generation ago, but his memories of our city are indeed fond.
Published Feb. 29, 2012
While Lew Alcindor was certainly the superstar he was advertised to be coming out of UCLA, the glue to the 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks was Oscar Robertson, who would have never come here had it not been for an ugly, bitter divorce with his previous team, the Cincinnati Royals.
Published Jan. 18, 2012
Today, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton named former Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as a global cultural ambassador.
Published May 19, 2011
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar helped deliver Milwaukee a world championship in 1971 as a member of the Bucks. Yet, his current project may very well be more important to the city.
Published April 30, 2011
It was 40 years ago tonight, in the old Baltimore Arena, that the Milwaukee Bucks, just three years removed from their expansion season, sat atop the basketball universe. The Bucks, led by future Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson and Kareem Abdul Jabbar (still Lew Alcindor at that point), polished off a four-game sweep of the Baltimore Bullets to clinch what is still the only National Basketball Association Championship in franchise history.
Monday September 26th, 2011 - Fox Lake, IL Being a sports fan involves a passionate level of psychological commitment that usually begins in early childhood and takes root for a lifetime. Sometimes it only ends up being a single sport, but quite often it spreads like a contagious dise...
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