An excellent article recently came out on a #10 BCAR who we rarely talk about. It’s ironic, really, as he could easily be considered the most recognizable #10 in the world behind Michael Jackson and Tiger Woods. Well, there’s also Kermit the Frog (aka Jim Henson), but we’ll stick with human beings for now. At any rate, his name is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and he is quite the mixture of a man.
My shyness and introversion from those days still haunt me, he writes. Fans felt offended, reporters insulted. … If I could, I’d tell that nerdy Kareem to suck it up, put down that book you’re using as a shield and, in the immortal words of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (to prove my nerd cred), Engage!