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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Wait a minute! Sports were cancelled? What sports?
More commonly known as Angry Black Man Racist Jerk syndrome. And he is all that too.
LOL! Lot of that going around...
Are you saying O.J. was set up?
Jabbar suffers from severe stupidity. Maybe Biden should bring him along as his VP.
He could watch Hallmark movies.
I was all set for the Final Four and the Masters.
Honestly this country is long overdue for sports withdrawl.
Boo Hoo hooo.....
Yawn
I can relate to that. Despite my advanced age, I miss my rec basketball. A lot of us have played for thirty years or more; for me it’s been 2-4 times a week most weeks. Now school is closed (we had two gym nights at the local high school) and the outdoor courts are off-limits or locked up. They even removed the hoops from the boards in one town’s unfenced courts. So I can’t even go out for a solo shoot-around!
She’s such a cutie!
Pete Carrol is trending on twitter.
Apparently because he left Reggie Bush on the bench during the 4th quarter of the 2006 Rose Bowl, which ESPN aired last night.
Well since the NBA (ChiComs best buds) were the first ones to start the panic rolling by shutting down their season, I really can’t seem to gin up any sympathy.
He can read?
With respect, Alcindor is ALWAYS complaining.
He is (literally) the biggest whiner anyone has ever seen.
That mf’er has been whining since high school.
With that high pitched thin whiny voice. Just STFU Lew.
Wilt didn’t whine. Russell didn’t whine. Willis Reed didn’t whine.
David Robinson didn’t whine. Shaq didn’t whine. Olajuwon didn’t whine.
None of the classic big men are whiners but Alcindor.
Strap a pair on Lew, and move on.
Huh?
You mean Lew Alcindor?
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