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    Wednesday, April 20
    My Story
    Jack Olsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar • Sports Illustrated • Oct 1969
       
    Part 1: My Story
    Part 2: UCLA Was a Mistake
    Part 3: A Year of Turmoil and Decision

    “My name is Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., and my name is also Abdul Kareem, but I’ll explain about that much later.” A three-part personal essay on basketball, family, race and religion.