Kenesaw Mountain Landis takes office as baseball’s commissioner. 1947 — Carl Hubbell, Frank Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, and Lefty Grove are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The first in a series of essays examining the past, present and future of a basketball superstar and cultural force.

Devastating fires have caused the NBA to postponed Thursday's Lakers game and the NFL to move Monday's Rams game to Arizona.

1986 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scores his 34,000th career point during 124-102 win over Indiana Pacers; ...

The longest winning streak in major professional sports — 33 games — ends when the Bucks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 120-104 behind 39 points by Milwaukee’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Every year has its own sports story, and 2024 was no different. In fact, 2024 was a pretty robust year for sports, with a major European soccer tournament and a Summer Olympics. Plus, you know ...

After living up to "The Next One" hype, the longtime Pittsburgh Penguins captain deserves a spot on hockey's Mount Rushmore alongside Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr, and Mario Lemieux. Arguably the best ...

"The GOAT debate is considered a two-horse race in the NBA, but if there is a strong third candidate, it’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who dominated for almost two decades thanks to his skyhook shot ...

After his fifth year in the league, it merged with the NBA, where he came across Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. According to Erving, the former Milwaukee Bucks big man was his biggest rival. “Kareem was ...

LeBron James just surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s all-time leader in regular-season minutes played. James now has 57,471 minutes played following the 34 minutes he played on Thursday ...