The NCAA once set out on a mission to curb Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's greatness by banning dunking in 1967. However, the rule barely mattered for Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor. He had too many ...

Throughout their 40 years of balling, the Phoenix Suns have consistently made the playoffs. But once the team lost that star-crossed coin flip for the right to draft Lew Alcindor, one thing has ...

In 1967, the NCAA banned dunking—widely seen as a move to curb Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s dominance at UCLA. At the time, he was known as Lew Alcindor and already rewriting college basketball history.