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<title><![CDATA[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/26985.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]]></description><category domain="26985">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Bill Russell I Knew for 60 Years]]></title>
							<link>https://kareem.substack.com/p/the-bill-russell-i-knew-for-60-years</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When I learned that my friend Bill Russell had died, I tweeted this response: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Bill Russell was the quintessential Big Man'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'not because of his height but because of the size of his heart. In basketball he showed us how to play with grace and passion. In life he showed us how to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Sustain Momentum for Anti-Racism Movement]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/op-ed-kareem-abdul-jabbar-102051162.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://news.yahoo.com/op-ed-kareem-abdul-jabbar-102051162.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 60 years of activism, I've felt hope like this before, only to have it replaced by frustration and rage, Abdul-Jabbar writes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An Open Letter to the NFL's Owners]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/31/kareem-open-letter-nfl-owners</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/31/kareem-open-letter-nfl-owners]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To deny professional athletes the right to express dissent in a peaceful manner is a disgrace to the Constitution, the opposite of patriotism and shameful moral weakness]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Tasing of the Black American Dream]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/may/26/sterling-brown-taser-milwaukee-police-american-dream</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/may/26/sterling-brown-taser-milwaukee-police-american-dream]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Milwaukee police didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t just assault a basketball player, they damaged the hopes young people of color have of a better life.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Terror on Both Sides of the Badge]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/4404767/kareem-abdul-jabbar-police-shootings/?xid=homepage</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/4404767/kareem-abdul-jabbar-police-shootings/?xid=homepage]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve often explained my passion for history to my friends by quotingAmerican philosopher George Santayana: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' The events of the past have the power to guide us to correct our failings so we don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t reprise...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump and ISIS Depend on Irrationality]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/4369196/kareem-abdul-jabbar-trump-isis-irrational/?xid=homepage</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/4369196/kareem-abdul-jabbar-trump-isis-irrational/?xid=homepage]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rational thought is under attack, with terrorists on one side and self-serving American politicians on the other'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We are deranged,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' laments the narrator of Karl Shapiro'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s poem '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Auto Wreck'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' as he stands with other rattled witnesses beside a bloody car accident....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In This Crucial Election, I'm Endorsing Clinton]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kareem-abdul-jabbar-in-this-crucial-election-im-endorsing-hillary-clinton/2016/04/15/305bd5fc-0244-11e6-9203-7b8670959b88_story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kareem-abdul-jabbar-in-this-crucial-election-im-endorsing-hillary-clinton/2016/04/15/305bd5fc-0244-11e6-9203-7b8670959b88_story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a tradition in U.S. politics of somberly proclaiming that each election is The Most Important in History. The idea, of course, is to scare people into voting for some candidate or another. This is done by describing an apocalyptic future like some sadistic camp counselor telling...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump, ISIS's Candidate]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/4143003/kareem-abdul-jabbar-donald-trump-isis/?xid=homepage</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/4143003/kareem-abdul-jabbar-donald-trump-isis/?xid=homepage]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The terrorist campaign against American ideals is winning. Fear is rampant. Gun sales are soaring. Hate crimes are increasing. Bearded hipsters are being mistaken for Muslims. And 83 percent of voters believe a large-scale terrorist attack is likely here in the near future. Some...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ben Carson Is Terrible for Black Americans]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/4096962/ben-carson-abdul-jabbar-african-americans/?xid=homepage</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/4096962/ben-carson-abdul-jabbar-african-americans/?xid=homepage]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that Ben Carson is the leading GOP candidate, the doctor is under a lot more pressure, not just as a candidate, but as a representative of African Americans. The lifelong burden of a minority is that they feel as if everything they do or say reflects not just on their own character,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop Talking About Gun Control--Enforce It]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/4065124/democratic-debate-gun-control/?xid=homepage</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/4065124/democratic-debate-gun-control/?xid=homepage]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During Tuesday night'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s CNN debate among Democratic candidates for president, moderator Anderson Cooper said, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s move on to some of the biggest issues right now in the headlines today. We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re going to start with guns.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' This is a monumental difference from...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jeb Bush Just Doesn't Get It]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/4064343/jeb-bush-2016-election/?xid=homepage</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/4064343/jeb-bush-2016-election/?xid=homepage]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Watching the presidential candidates over the past couple months has been like watching an old sports movie with a desperate high school football coach whose best players have been carried out on stretchers and who must now dig deep into the bench of inexperienced or incompetent players....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kim Davis Is Not a Patriot]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/4024556/kareem-abdul-jabbar-kim-davis/?xid=homepage</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/4024556/kareem-abdul-jabbar-kim-davis/?xid=homepage]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The martyr business in America is booming. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a growth industry, like yoga pants, prisons and celebrity nip-slip sites. Caterers, cake-makers, pizza shops, hobby stores and others are publicly throwing themselves on the righteous sword of spiritual indignation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but only when...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Let Dolezal Be as Black as She Wants to Be]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/3921404/rachel-dolezal-naacp-race-kareem-abdul-jabbar/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/3921404/rachel-dolezal-naacp-race-kareem-abdul-jabbar/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I sympathize with the dilemma of Rachel Dolezal, the head of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP whose parents maintain that she is not any part black, as she has claimed (#whiteisthenewblack). See, I too have been living a lie. For the past 50 years I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve been keeping up this public...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Baltimore Riots Are Just the Beginning]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/3848474/kareem-abdul-jabbar-baltimore-is-just-the-beginning/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/3848474/kareem-abdul-jabbar-baltimore-is-just-the-beginning/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The curfew has been lifted in Baltimore, and now all of God'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s children are once again tucked back in the snug routine of their daily lives. The black temper tantrum is over, America. We can all go back to watching Castle boyishly charm his way through murder mysteries. Order is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Indiana Is on the Wrong Side of History]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/3765063/kareem-abdul-jabbar-indiana-religious-freedom-restoration-act/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/3765063/kareem-abdul-jabbar-indiana-religious-freedom-restoration-act/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the 1987 movie Moonstruck, Nicolas Cage plays a contentious man who, when confronted with his unreasonable and unjust behavior, shouts in defense, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I ain'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t no freakin'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' monument to justice!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' That line echoes in my head when I think about Indiana'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hypocritical...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[King's True Legacy Is In Danger]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/3672907/kareem-abdul-jabbar-why-i-have-mixed-feelings-about-mlk-day/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/3672907/kareem-abdul-jabbar-why-i-have-mixed-feelings-about-mlk-day/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I have mixed emotions about Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For me, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a time of hopeful celebration '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but also of cautionary vigilance. I celebrate an extraordinary man of courage and conviction and his remarkable achievements and hope that I can behave in a manner that honors...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[These Attacks Are Not About Religion]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/3662152/kareem-abdul-jabbar-paris-charlie-hebdo-terrorist-attacks-are-not-about-religion/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/3662152/kareem-abdul-jabbar-paris-charlie-hebdo-terrorist-attacks-are-not-about-religion/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Another horrendous act of terrorism has taken place and people like myself who are on media speed-dial under '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Celebrity Muslims'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' are thrust in the spotlight to angrily condemn, disavow, and explain'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'again'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'how these barbaric acts are in no way related to Islam. MORE...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Police Aren't Under Attack. Racism Is.]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/3643462/kareem-abdul-jabbar-nypd-shootings-police/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/3643462/kareem-abdul-jabbar-nypd-shootings-police/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[According to Ecclesiastes, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' For me, today, that means a time to seek justice and a time to mourn the dead.And a time to shut the hell up.The recent brutal murder of two Brooklyn police officers, Rafael Ramos and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hawks Owner a Businessman, Not a Racist]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/3296175/bruce-levenson-atlanta-hawks-racist-email-kareem-abdul-jabbar/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/3296175/bruce-levenson-atlanta-hawks-racist-email-kareem-abdul-jabbar/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sure, there are assumptions he makes that are cringeworthy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but the questions about how to attract more white fans were entirely reasonable.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Dark Obsession With Vigilante Justice]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/3184586/kareem-abdul-jabbar-americas-dark-obsession-with-vigilante-justice/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/3184586/kareem-abdul-jabbar-americas-dark-obsession-with-vigilante-justice/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Our belief that the government wants to help us achieve fairness is lower than ever'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'leading to fantasies of lawless revenge]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Coming Race War Won't Be About Race]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/3132635/ferguson-coming-race-war-class-warfare/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/3132635/ferguson-coming-race-war-class-warfare/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Will the recent rioting in Ferguson, Missouri, be a tipping point in the struggle against racial injustice, or will it be a minor footnote in some future grad student'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s thesis on Civil Unrest in the Early Twenty-First Century?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop Keeping College Athletes Poor, Trapped]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/3030399/kareem-abdul-jabbar-college-sports-players-unionize/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/3030399/kareem-abdul-jabbar-college-sports-players-unionize/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why LeBron Can't Go Home Again]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/2977353/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/2977353/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his essay in Sports Illustrated about his return to play for Cleveland, LeBron James announced, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m coming home.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' And, while his very personal and emotional explanation will resonate with many, others will find it disingenuous and self-serving. Because the awful truth...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Soccer Will Only Go So Far in the U.S.]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/2940442/kareem-abdul-jabbar-soccer-world-cup/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/2940442/kareem-abdul-jabbar-soccer-world-cup/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Soccer doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t express the American ethos as powerfully as our other popular sports: We are a country of pioneers, and we like to see extraordinary effort rewarded... with points.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Welcome to the Finger-Wagging Olympics]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/79590/donald-sterling-kareem-abdul-jabbar-racism/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/79590/donald-sterling-kareem-abdul-jabbar-racism/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Moral outrage is exhausting. And dangerous. The whole country has gotten a severe case of carpal tunnel syndrome from the newest popular sport of Extreme Finger Wagging. Not to mention the neck strain from Olympic tryouts for Morally Superior Head Shaking. All over the latest in a long...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[20 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Was 30]]></title>
							<link>http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/kareem-things-i-wish-i-knew</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/kareem-things-i-wish-i-knew]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When I was thirty, I was living my dream. I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d already accomplished most of what I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d set out to achieve professionally: leading scorer in the NBA, leading rebounder, leading blocker, Most Valuable Player, All-Star. But success can be as blinding as Bill Walton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s finger in...]]></description>
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