Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Senior editor John Papanek Well remembers his first brief meeting with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar back in 1975. "I introduced myself in the tunnel as he came off the floor in Cleveland," says Papanek, who was then SI's pro...

SPECIAL OLYMPIANSE.M. Swift's story on the Special Olympics (They Came Up Roses, Aug. 17) certainly captured the feeling of the event and, more important, the cause. I attended the opening ceremonies, and I regret...

Los Angeles took a 3-1 lead over Denver and seemed headed toward its fourth consecutive NBA championship series

•Brook Steppe. Detroit Piston guard, after a game in the Silverdome: "It was the coldest gym I ever played in. A couple of rebounds came down with frost on them."•Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, during a TV interview with...