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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar admits to suffering from severe sports withdrawal
Clutch Points ^ | March 27, 2020 | by Reid Goldsmith

Posted on 03/27/2020 4:33:21 PM PDT by conservative98

Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is experiencing a very similar phenomenon shared among many during the coronavirus outbreak. That would be none other than sports withdrawal.

Abdul-Jabbar, 72, shared his thoughts on going through the absence of sports. All major leagues in the United States have suspended operations. The NBA and NHL stopped their season with less than one-third of the season to go. MLB halted spring training and the hiatus has now extended into the original Opening Day date. Meanwhile, the NCAA canceled the annual March Madness national championship.

The actor and author penned a column in The Hollywood Reporter about what he’s doing to cope during his self-isolation time with sports. He’s mainly been rewatching movies. “To re-create the thrill of sports competitions and all the sweaty and tearful drama they entail,” Abdul-Jabbar wrote. “I’ve taken to rewatching my favorite sports movies.”

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KEYWORDS: celebrityopinions; coronavirus; kareem; lewalcindor; nba; richpeopleproblems; spewalcindor
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To: conservative98

He’s suffered a lifelong syndrome of ABMRJ syndrome if you ask me. More commonly known as Angry Black Man Racist Jerk syndrome. And he is all that too.


21 posted on 03/27/2020 4:47:56 PM PDT by vespa300
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To: conservative98

He can try discovering a sport he hasn’t watched before.

Curling.
Darts.
Billiards.
Archery.
Water Polo
Cricket.
Gaelic Football.

Try one and discover hours of videos on YouTube of matches.


22 posted on 03/27/2020 4:51:37 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: dfwgator

He could see Roger Murdock starring.


23 posted on 03/27/2020 4:54:56 PM PDT by wally_bert (Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
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To: conservative98

I thought this article was going to discuss Jabbar having a hard time no longer playing pro sports. I could see that being a difficult struggle for many retired sports figures.

It’s an intense way of life with high stakes. You are being watched on TV as you play. It’s like giving up show business, except you age out of it. Once in a while, you find an ex pro athlete who uses that fame and goes on to become successful in a completely different field. George Forman is one of those.


24 posted on 03/27/2020 4:56:15 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: yarddog

My sports addict wife has bouts of withdrawal. Mostly from the local 5ks.

I’m not bothered at all.

No crazy driving on Saturday mornings doing transport to oddball locations, no drop off and pick ups for baseball downtown.


25 posted on 03/27/2020 4:56:30 PM PDT by wally_bert (Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
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To: wally_bert

I really don’t miss it. I still like to reminisce about the sports I grew up with, but the modern version of most sports really don’t do as much for me.


26 posted on 03/27/2020 4:57:35 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

I have watched a few classic Alcoa Fantastic Finishes from the 70s and early 80s.


27 posted on 03/27/2020 4:58:46 PM PDT by wally_bert (Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
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To: conservative98

Maybe Lew Alcindor should have learned to read instead of playing sportsball.


28 posted on 03/27/2020 4:59:30 PM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: conservative98

Poor famous millionaire


29 posted on 03/27/2020 5:00:55 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: conservative98

He suffers from a lot more than that. Stupid cannot be cured.


30 posted on 03/27/2020 5:11:58 PM PDT by fatman6502002 ((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
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To: conservative98
I don't miss the NBA... since i haven't watched a game in twenty years. But the NCAA Tournament? And The Master's? Yes, I miss them.

Usually, we only see Abdul-Jabbar's name in the news when he's complaining about racism.

31 posted on 03/27/2020 5:14:18 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Sequoyah101
I enjoy the olympics but would easily do / enjoy something else wothout it.

Once the IOC was exposed as being more corrupt than the UN, and they allowed professionals in, and the Soviet Union fell, the Olympics have become meh.

32 posted on 03/27/2020 5:16:48 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: conservative98

Around 1992, I worked with a guy from Indiana at a Summer retreat. He was a big blond headed country boy. I asked him about that movie.

He said it was basically true tho they changed some of the names. He also said he had played in those actual gyms.


33 posted on 03/27/2020 5:16:54 PM PDT by yarddog ( For I am persuaded.)
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To: Rummyfan
they allowed professionals in

Well it was pretty unfair when they allowed the commie bloc "amateurs" vs our college kids.

34 posted on 03/27/2020 5:18:36 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Professional

Non essentials


35 posted on 03/27/2020 5:19:18 PM PDT by xp38
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To: vespa300
More commonly known as Angry Black Man Racist Jerk syndrome. And he is all that too.

LOL! Lot of that going around...

36 posted on 03/27/2020 5:19:56 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: conservative98

Very exciting post.....


37 posted on 03/27/2020 5:20:03 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Fightin Whitey
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38 posted on 03/27/2020 5:20:59 PM PDT by advertising guy (It's all fun and games til someone farts , you don't have a fart on you now do you Swalwell ?)
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To: dfwgator

“I’m sorry, son, but you must have me confused with someone else. My name is Roger Murdock. I’m the co-pilot.”


39 posted on 03/27/2020 5:25:32 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (God Bless America. Thank you, Kate Smith!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

“The hell I don’t! LISTEN, KID! I’ve been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I’m out there busting my buns every night! Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes!”


40 posted on 03/27/2020 5:27:23 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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