While Wooden’s UCLA squads are perhaps best known for players like Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Bill Walton, Saffer’s role was no less significant. As part of the 1967 and 1969 ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the greatest players of ... Abdul-Jabbar was the first pick in the 1969 NBA Draft out of UCLA. He spent 20 seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks (and Lakers).

The college basketball 'Game of the Century' between No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 UH proved the TV audience potential for the sport ...

Under his leadership, UCLA set an NCAA record with 88 consecutive wins and produced legendary players like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor) and Bill Walton. Though Wooden retired in 1975 ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Isiah Thomas, both NBA legends, have had impressive careers and amassed significant fortunes. Abdul-Jabbar, with a net worth of $25 million, excelled as a player ...