How St. John’s lost Kareem Abdul Jabbar and altered basketball forever
over 5 years in NY Post
That morning, outside the Dyckman Street projects in Inwood, the kid had tried to do what had been impossible for him for years: stay invisible. Blend in. But Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., though blessed with many things, was never granted the privilege of anonymity. Not at 7-foot-1. So as he made his way to the...