Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been through some serious health scares but he still considers himself luckier than most other Black men.
In a new essay written for WebMD, the 73-year-old NBA legend revealed that along with a previously reported battle with leukemia and undergoing heart bypass surgery, he has also survived a prostate cancer diagnosis.
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No one wants an NBA legend dying on their watch. Imagine the Yelp reviews,” he wrote, adding that he also has two sons working in medicine. “But while I’m grateful for