Articles tagged with 'kareem abdul-jabbar'

Heat chases streak to Milwaukee, but history could repeat

Published March 14, 2013

The Miami Heat rolls into the BMO Harris Bradley Center on a 20-game winning streak, but the Milwaukee Bucks have busted such streaks before.

Web's best: Creepy Jack, Jaill, White "Girls" and dead friends

Published March 10, 2013

From around the web here are some stories - some about Milwaukee, some not - but all fun, outrageous or interesting.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar should be Bucks coach

Published March 5, 2013

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who helped bring Milwaukee it's only NBA Championship, should coach the Bucks.

Immortality awaits, but for whom?

Published Aug. 29, 2012

This week, two Milwaukee sports icons are in the news for the highest honor one can have bestowed upon them.

Milwaukee Talks: Former Bucks GM Wayne Embry

Published Aug. 24, 2012

Wayne Embry, who was in town recently to receive the Legends Award at the Fellowship Open golf tournament, talked with OnMilwaukee.com about building a champion in Milwaukee, trading for Oscar Robertson, trading away Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and what it means to be a pioneer in professional sports.

Kareem: The reluctant Milwaukeean

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.

The glue that held Milwaukee's last championship together

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.

Abdul-Jabbar appointed global cultural ambassador

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.

Abdul-Jabbar's film hits home in Milwaukee

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.

Forty years ago, the Bucks were the best in the basketball world

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.

Rounding out the roster on the "all-interview" team

Published April 15, 2008

A recent conversation featuring Marquette point guard Dominic James impressed author Dave Begel, who used it as a spring board to name some of his favorite and least favorite interviews.

Articles tagged with 'kareem abdul-jabbar'

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