Before Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was an all-time great basketball player, he was a standout big man at UCLA named Lew Alcindor. The ...

Two Los Angeles Laker legends were in Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday for UCLA’s narrow 63-61 win over Michigan State. NBA Hall of Famers and iconic Lakers Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabarr in ...

LOS ANGELES — Lauren Betts now ranks among the legendary UCLA centers, according to a former Los Angeles Laker and two-time NBA champion. Yes, that’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton and Lauren Betts.

UCLA’s dynasty under coach John Wooden began in the 1960s with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor, and kept right on going with Bill Walton in the ’70s. With the big redhead — and ...