Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is responsible for one of the most iconic sporting moments in Las Vegas history.
The Lakers star center emerged as one of the NBA’s marquee scorers from time he was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in 1969.
He spent the first 14 years of his career scoring and scoring and scoring, tracking down former Lakers legend Wilt Chamberlain, who scored 31,419 points to become the league’s all-time leading scorer.
The Lakers played the Utah Jazz at Thomas & Mack Center on April 5, 1984, and Kareem needed 21 points that night to eclipse Chamberlain.
He scored 22 before a sellout crowd, passing Chamberlain for good with a skyhook — regarded the most unstoppable shot in NBA history. .
Abdul-Jabbar finished his career with 38,387 points to go with six NBA championships and six MVPs. He is still the all-time leading scorer and lauded as one of the game’s all-time greats.
Here’s today’s local and national sports schedule, including television and radio listings.
Proxy services, which enter picks on behalf of contestants mostly from outside Nevada, have played an essential role in the exponential growth of football handicapping contests in Las Vegas.
Garrett Gallegos pitched a one-hitter to lead Summerlin South to a decisive victory over Colorado on Sunday in the Little League Mountain Region tournament.
The Aces scored against the Valkyries with a season-high 27 points on 7-of-11 shooting from deep.
Maverick McNealy, Collin Morikawa, Harry Hall, Min Woo Lee and Kurt Kitayama will be in the field when the PGA Tour playoffs begin this week.
Clark County Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick and North Las Vegas Mayor Pro Tem Scott Black hosted a pool party to celebrate back-to-school season on Saturday at Silver Mesa Recreation Center.
The shooter who killed four people in a Manhattan office building housing the NFL’s headquarters had sought medical treatment for debilitating headaches, ESPN reported on Sunday.
The North Las Vegas police responded at about 1:30 a.m. to a report of a silver Toyota Sequoia that crashed into a wall near Clayton Street and Dorrell Lane, according to a press release.
Raiders safety Lonnie Johnson Jr. sustained a broken fibula in his right leg during Saturday’s mock game, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
Luxury price redefined: Simply Vegas had the most $1M deals; IS Luxury had more $2M transactions
Las Vegas luxury Realtor Kristen Routh-Silberman finished No. 39 in the nation among real estate agents with the most dollar transactions in 2024, easily leading the way in Southern Nevada and the rest of the state.
In the State of Nevada and in Clark County, a service or support dog while in public is to be on a leash unless the leash interferes with the individual’s disabilities or with their work.
A man riding an e-bike died after crashing into two vehicles at the intersection of East Baltimore Street and Frank Street around 4:15 p.m. Saturday, according to a Metropolitan Police Department press release.
Less than 11 years after its founding, NASA put a man on the moon. It will take around 12 more years for airplanes to land at a new Southern Nevada airport — if everything goes well.
Our careerist left-wing elites seek to divide us by race and make it essential.