1945 — Albert B. “Happy” Chandler, junior Senator from Kentucky, is elected baseball commissioner by a unanimous vote of the major league club owners. Chandler is elected to a seven-year term and ...

Finals Gm 5 - Lakers star trio come through. The series now assured of returning to Boston, the Lakers needed to make sure they made it back there with a series lead. And it ...

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson has no doubt in his mind about the greatness of fellow NBA icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

President Abraham Lin­coln signs a bill ending slavery in Washington, D.C. Approximately nine months later he would issue the ...

Abdul-Jabbar told stories about becoming a Brooklyn Dodger fan at a young age because of Robinson and getting to meet him ...

All-time NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar made a meaningful appearance at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday April 15 to honor Jackie ...

Finals Gm 3 - Lakers run riot. For the second consecutive year the Lakers used Game 3 to run the Celtics out of the Forum. It was the bespectacled pair, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar a ...

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spoke with the L.A. Dodgers on Jackie Robinson Day about his impact on this country as a whole.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been a towering figure in basketball history, both literally and figuratively. The post Fans Grow ...

Jabbar’s Jackie Robinson tribute at Dodger Stadium moves fans, but his wheelchair appearance sparks health concerns.

Mookie Betts and his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates were joined by the Colorado Rockies in visiting Jackie Robinson's statue ...

1987 — Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers becomes the third player to score 30,000 points in his pro career. Erving scores 38 points to join Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.