CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn't mention either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton by name, but the presidential election was on his mind when he came to Harvard on Saturday to talk to the players on the Crimson basketball team.
Nor did the Basketball Hall of Famer need to cite Colin Kaepernick by name when he said current sports stars were "getting their baptism" in social movements.
"I'm glad to see that the younger athletes are concerned and saying something about it. That's how we solve things," Abdul-Jabbar told reporters before meeting with the players.