Having been mentored by John Wooden at UCLA, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar learned many valuable lessons from the legendary coach. According to Abdul-Jabbar, among those was to emphasize the importance of ...

John Wooden, who played for Purdue and coached UCLA ... When the Bruins, led by Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem ...

‘Wow, John Wooden was asking me all these questions ... He also had a slew of All-Americans on his teams, including Kareem ...

John Wooden, who played for Purdue and coached UCLA ... When the Bruins, led by Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), played Purdue in the first game at Mackey Arena, it was not ...

Since his early days playing alongside UCLA legend Bill Walton under legendary coach John Wooden, Abdul-Jabbar has consistently used his platform to advocate for racial equality, social justice ...

John Wooden seemingly did it all ... and he was always his own best example," said Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor when he led UCLA to three NCAA titles from 1967-69). "He discouraged expressing ...

Even after losing Hazzard to the NBA, the Bruins kept the ship steady and became the fifth Division I men's basketball ...