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[unable to retrieve full-text content]LeBron James passes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time minutes mark for latest NBA record  Yahoo Sports Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]LeBron James within 70 points of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s scoring title after comeback win over Pacers  Yahoo Sports Source link

LeBron James is only a few games from NBA history. (Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY Sports) LeBron James keeps moving forward, even on nights where he ends regulation in open disgust with the officials. James entered Saturday night’s game against the Boston Celtics needing just 158 points to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s all-time scoring leader. He finished the night with 41 points on 15-of-30 shooting (6-of-12 from deep) with nine rebounds and eight assists. James is now only 117 points… Source link

Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt has requested a trade, according to reports by NFL Network’s James Palmer and the Cleveland Plain-Dealer’s Mary Kay Cabot on Sunday. The team has declined that request, Cabot reported. Hunt, who turned 27 on Saturday, has participated in individual drills at training camp, but reportedly skipped team drills for a second consecutive day on Saturday as he seeks a contract extension. He was previously a full participant. The Browns are fining the… Source link

Kareem Hunt is skipping drills at Cleveland Browns training camp as he seeks a contract extension, according to multiple reports. CBS’ Josina Anderson reports that Hunt is participating in individual drills but skipped team drills for the second consecutive day on Saturday. The sixth-year running back was previously a full participant at training camp, per the report. Per Anderson and Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot, the Browns are fining Hunt for the skipped drills. Hunt, 27, is in the second… Source link

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, once again, has apologized to LeBron James. Abdul-Jabbar apologized to James on SiriusXM NBA Radio on Monday following comments he made about the Los Angeles Lakers star over the weekend. Abdul-Jabbar — who was at Crypto.com Arena to celebrate Carmelo Anthony, who won the NBA’s inaugural Social Justice Champion Award — again hit James for some of his social stances. Though he apologized later that night, Abdul-Jabbar again addressed the issue on Monday. “I’ve been… Source link

No one in the NBA has scored more points that counted than LeBron James. The Los Angeles Lakers star remains a little under 2,000 points behind Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the NBA’s all-time scoring title, but if you factor in points scored in the playoffs — which do not factor into the official list — James just passed Abdul-Jabbar’s 44,149 combined points. The 37-year-old James took control of the title with a 3-pointer in the third quarter of Saturday’s game against the Golden… Source link

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been outspoken in his advocacy for the COVID-19 vaccine, and he has a message for the 5% of NBA players who still have not gotten it. “Lives are at stake. It’s important here. People are dying,” Abdul-Jabbar told Yahoo Sports. “The ignorance that has been perpetrated and the misinformation that has been spread around everywhere has made it impossible for people to get an understanding of what is going on.  “People who say they haven’t finished doing the research yet,… Source link

The NBA is keeping to its mantra of not jumping the line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, but it’s not on the sidelines with getting the word out as the pandemic devastates the United States. Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar performed a PSA, announcing he will take the vaccine and is encouraging others to follow suit, right before the league takes center stage on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Starting on Tuesday, the L.A. Forum will be used as a vaccination site for Los Angeles County,… Source link