NBA creates annual Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award
The newly created Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award recognizes NBA players social justice efforts. The award winner will receive $100,000 to donate to an organization of their choice. Other four finalists and select beneficiaries to receive $25,000 each.
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NEW YORK, May 13, 2021 - The NBA today announced the creation of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award, a new annual honor that will recognize a current NBA player for pursuing social justice and upholding the league s decades-long values of equality, respect and inclusion.
Two Los Angeles County firefighters could be fired and a third suspended after first responders took and shared graphic photos from the site of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others, court documents say.
Two Los Angeles County firefighters could be fired and a third suspended for allegedly taking graphic photos of Kobe Bryant s helicopter crash site.
Court documents were filed on Monday as part of widow Vanessa Bryant s federal lawsuit against Los Angeles County that alleges invasion of privacy.
The filings propose that a November 16 trial be postponed five months to April 27, 2022, because of a large amount of material that attorneys need to review.
Two Los Angeles County firefighters could be fired and a third suspended for allegedly taking graphic photos of Kobe Bryant s helicopter crash site (pictured)
Kobe Bryant and six others including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were killed on January 26, 2020, when the helicopter they were aboard crashed west of Los Angeles.
The Big 3: Hall of Fame night awaits Duncan, Garnett, Bryant
By TIM REYNOLDSMay 13, 2021 GMT
Kobe. Timmy. KG.
The full names weren’t necessary. The first name, or even the initials, were enough. Such was the star power that Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett carried throughout their careers and still possess, all of them now five years removed from their final games as NBA greats. Each was an NBA champion, an MVP, an Olympic gold medalist, annual locks for All-Star and All-Defensive teams.
And now, the ultimate honor comes their way: On Saturday night in Uncasville, Connecticut, they all officially become members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.