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Sorry to disagree with you, Bill Plaschke, but you are old enough to know better. Trying to name a basketball GOAT is like trying to name the best automobile ever made — you just can’t. Each basketball era has its own “greatest” list, and…

He extended an orange basketball, but it might well have been an olive branch.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar passed the all-time scoring record to LeBron James on Tuesday, joining the current Lakers forward on the court, raising the game ball and…

Few would deny that LeBron James is one of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen. Expectations were high for him when he was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers at 18 years old, but he more than lived up to the hype. He’s made…

Abdul-Jabbar, the former center for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Milwaukee Bucks, held the record for nearly 40 years. He set the record in 1984 and finished his career five years later with 38,387 points. It was the basketball equivalent…

After LeBron James broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA scoring recordon Wednesday, the latter walked up to the centre court to embrace a fellow legend who had gone past his record of 38,387 career regular-season points during LA Lakers' game…

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shared his thoughts Wednesday on LeBron James breaking his iconic NBA regular season scoring record, penning an honest and at times emotional essay on his Substack.Abdul-Jabbar's article…

We don’t celebrate No. 2s. A runner-up is not sexy. Second best is ho-hum.So it is after LeBron James popped in his 38,388th point Tuesday night and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became second fiddle. But before we shuffle the Bruins and Lakers…

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sought a chance to smooth a frayed relationship with a Lakers star on Tuesday night.While LeBron James and Abdul-Jabbar said nice things about each other in the spotlight, their embrace immediately after James broke…

NEW DELHI: Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James on Wednesday became the NBA's all-time leading scorer, surpassing the record held by basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.James parlayed his offensive versatility over 20 seasons into the NBA…

TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press LeBron James is the NBA’s new career scoring leader.With a stepback jump shot with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday…