Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Honored With Statue

NPR | Nov. 26, 2012 7:11 a.m.

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Roy Hurst

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Basketball legend Kareem Abdul Jabbar has been honored with a 16 foot bronze statue outside of the Los Angeles Staple Center. The sports superstar had an lustrous career but lives a complicated life, as longtime Lakers fan Roy Hurst explains in this profile.