Abdul-Jabbar compares calls for Olympic boycotts in 1968 and 2008 - Los Angeles Times

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Thoughts about Olympics and Politics
Published 5/5/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... In the L.A. Times, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar remembers 1968, when he was very sympathetic to calls for some black American athletes to boycott the Olympics in Mexico City. ...

SportsBrief- May 5
Published 5/5/2008 by Brian Kamenetzky at SportsHubLA
... , quietly destroying the Jazz in what was perhaps less spectacular than but equally damaging to any parade of jumpers and layups he can hit. SportsHubLA.com Column of the Day: Stepping away from the Lakers for a moment (sort of), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a column special for the Times in which he compares the political climate of 1968 with that of 2008 , relative to the question of Olympic boycotts.  In ‘68, Dr. Harry Edwards, in the midst of the Vietnam war and social unrest at home, called for a boycott of the Games by black athletes.  The movement eventually fizzled, but not ...

Kareem On The Beijing Olympics : Compomise, Not Boycott
Published 5/5/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... Some four decades after Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists on the podium in Mexico City, the LA Times’ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (above, far left) writes “we are once again about to send our young athletes overseas to compete in games while we send our young soldiers overseas to fight in war.” No MC5 at the Democratic Convention this time, though. ...