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Meet NBA Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Wife, Age, Religion, Nicknames, Net Worth and Facts

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Meet NBA Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar regarded as one of America’s greatest basketball players. He’s also a best-selling author and has coached basketball. He played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) before retiring in his illustrious career. Several awards were bestowed upon him as a result of his dominant winning streak. Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, also called (until 1971) Lew Alcindor, byname of Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., American collegiate and professional basketball player who, as a 7-foot 2-inch- (2. Read More...

SAG Awards winners 2024: The complete list

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“Oppenheimer” and “The Bear” were among the top winners at Saturday’s 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards, an industry awards show with only performance categories that often gives a glimpse into potential outcomes for the Academy Awards. The ceremony, held at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles and streamed live on Netflix for the first time, awarded the best in film and television performances from 2023. Winners are chosen by the union’s membership, which numbers more than 119,000, according to the SAG Awards website. Read More...

The five worst sentences I read in January

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Look around. Bad sentences are everywhere. As The Post’s new nonfiction critic, I encounter them every day. Sometimes they persuade me to stop reading. Sometimes I just stare at the words, die a little inside, then keep going. Nonfiction writers often get a pass on their prose, as if all that matters are their arguments and ideas, not the telling. Why not raise those expectations? Below are the five worst sentences I read last month, along with a brief explanation of why they made the list. Read More...