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Laker great has leukemia

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Nov 10, 2009.

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  1. txsportsscribe

    txsportsscribe Active Member

    he said "great"
     
    txsportsscribe, Nov 10, 2009
    #13
  2. WriteThinking

    WriteThinking Well-Known Member

    Don't you know that anything with Lakers in the headline gets more
    This.

    Besides, don't you know that anything with Lakers in the headline gets exponentially more readers/hits than almost anything else in L.A. sports sections/on sports Web sites?

    That said, take care, Kareem.
     
    WriteThinking, Nov 10, 2009
    #14
  3. Double Down

    Double Down Well-Known Member

    Former actor, who had bit part in Airplane, Fletch, has cancer
     
    Double Down, Nov 10, 2009
    #15
  4. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Former USBL coach, Knicks scout has leukemia
     
    Steak Snabler, Nov 10, 2009
    #16
  5. Killick

    Killick Well-Known Member

    One of the first sports books I really read was one of his auto-bios (I think he's done three), "Giant Steps." It really explained much of his distant attitude, and made me a Laker fan for life -- even through the post-Magic/pre-Kobe years and even though I can't stand the NBA now.

    A lot of folks took advantage of him, got racial, eschewed him when he converted to Islam, never tried to understand him -- and each time, he retreated further and further back into himself. Reading that, it was very easy to understand. It's been good to see him opening up again over the last 10-15 years.

    I really hope he beats this and hangs around for a long, long time.
     
    Killick, Nov 10, 2009
    #17
  6. Blitz

    Blitz Active Member

    Optimum word highlighted
    Good luck to Kareem
     
    Blitz, Nov 10, 2009
    #18
  7. deskslave

    deskslave Active Member

    Kareem-ia?
     
    deskslave, Nov 10, 2009
    #19
  8. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

     
    Bob Cook, Nov 10, 2009
    #20
  9. Smash Williams

    Smash Williams Well-Known Member

    CML is very, very treatable with the advent of a few "miracle" drugs (Gleevec, I believe, is the big one). Jason Blake is playing in the NHL with this disease.

    A little more information about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_myelogenous_leukemia . It functions a lot more like a chronic illness and a lot less type typically aggressive cancers of the bone marrow.
     
    Smash Williams, Nov 10, 2009
    #21
  10. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Leu-keem Abdul-Jabbar?
     
    Steak Snabler, Nov 10, 2009
    #22
  11. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Worst. Haiku. Ever.

    Best of luck to Laker great
     
    dooley_womack1, Nov 10, 2009
    #23
  12. Double Down

    Double Down Well-Known Member

    Former Buck, traded away for Elmore Smith, Brian Winters, Dave Meyers and Junior Bridgeman, is ailing
     
    Double Down, Nov 10, 2009
    #24
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