A few weeks ago, Dave Zirin sat down with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer and an iconic figure during what in the 1960s was called “the Revolt of the Black Athlete.” It was a whirlwind of a conversation. Watch the full video below, and listen to the conversation on the Edge of Sports podcast.
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