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  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s skyhook has been captured in bronze for future generations of basketball fans. Staples Center unveiled a nearly 16-foot-tall statue of the top scorer in NBA history Friday night, immortalizing Jabbar’s famed hook shot alongside statues of fellow Los Angeles Lakers greats Magic Johnson and Jerry West. The 65-year-old Abdul-Jabbar pronounced himself humbled […]

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Milt Campbell, who became the first African-American to win the Olympic decathlon in 1956 and went on to play professional football and become a motivational speaker, has died after a battle with prostate cancer, his family said Saturday. He was 78. Linda Rusch, Campbell’s partner of 13 years, said he died Friday at his home […]

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Had New Mexico guard Jamal Fenton known an Albuquerque hotel was giving him a $250 discount on the ballroom he was renting for his 21st birthday, he insists he wouldn’t have accepted it. Instead, Fenton accepted the ballroom at the reduced rate of $500 rather than $750 last April, landing him in hot water with […]

For his latest movie, Denzel Washington takes on a harrowing role in “Flight,” which involves a revealing moment — literally. The actor does a nude scene. The story centers on his character, Whip Whitaker, an experienced but alcoholic airline pilot who crash-lands his plane after it goes into a dive — and manages to save […]