New York City alone has 50-odd high school players taller than 6 ft. 5 in.—but Power’s Lew Alcindor, at 7 ft. 1 in. and 235 Ibs., is a giant among the giants.

NEW YORK — The story of young Lew Alcindor’s journey to basketball icon has been told, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar never truly opened about his life — until now.

The NCAA even banned dunking in 1967 to limit his dominance — a rule many dubbed the "Alcindor Rule" — it came after his original name, Lew Alcindor. Related: ...

Oscar Robertson and Lew Alcindor won National Basketball Association championship rings as members of the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971. Their Bucks jersey numbers – Robertson’s No. 1 and Alcindor ...

Watching John Wooden, Lew Alcindor and the Bruins roll to the NCAA title that season -- their second straight and fourth in five years -- was made more delicious because the Bruins were not perfect.

The no-dunking rule was frankly aimed at Alcindor, the 7-ft. ¹⅜-in. U.C.L.A. sophomore who averaged 29 points a game this season while leading his team to a perfect 30-0 record and the N.C.A.A ...

The black guy was Lew Alcindor, ... He was recently profiled in a New York Times Magazine story by Jay Caspian Kang headlined "What the world got wrong about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar." ...

"When it came to me being in high school and playing Lew Alcindor, when he walked through that door that day, we're all looking at a legend then and somebody that's going to be even more legendary ...

A discussion of the people and things that had staying power in sports.

1945: A one-time basketball star in Schenectady, NY, Pat Riley’s high school team once beat Lew Alcindor’s team. Riley later coached him.