Leadership often the product of patience
As a recent convert to Islam, I’m still learning. A lot. At this point in my religious education, I feel like I’m somewhere between half-day kindergarten and all-day kindergarten. At […]
Video: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf drops 51 on Stockton’s Jazz
A year before the National Anthem controversy basically led to him being blackballed by the NBA, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf had this game where he scored 51 points against John Stockton and […]
The evolution of Kenneth Faried
Kenneth Faried is the type of basketball player that does one or two things so well that the rest of his game continually goes underrated. In Faried’s case, the two […]
Off the court: NBA agent Muhammad Abdur-Rahim
Muhammad Abdur-Rahim is a man on the run and on the rise. When I caught up with the 29-year-old agent and legal counsel for Goodwin Sports Management, he was in […]
Q&A with Heisman Trophy candidate Ameer Abdullah
Its location alone evokes images of gargantuan nose tackles and corn-fed linebackers, but the University of Nebraska football program has a rich heritage of electric playmakers on the offensive side […]
New Jersey’s Muslim Basketball league builds brotherhood
While certainly not the first or the last venture of its kind, the Muslim Basketball league in northern New Jersey (muslimbasketball.org) just might be the best in the U.S. at […]
Introducing: South Florida SG Musa Abdul-Aleem
His father asked, “O Messenger of Allah, which people are tested most severely?” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “They are the prophets, then the […]
War Eagles: From fans to fanatics to terrorists
On Feb. 7, college football’s National Signing Day, Auburn (Ala.) High School linebacker Rashaan Evans held a press conference to announce where he would be taking his talents to next. […]
Video: “My Story” by Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
NBA and overseas veteran Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf gave this talk at the Al Tawheed Center in May of 2013.
Abdusalamov featured on “Outside the Lines”
ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” ran a 30-minute special on Magomed Abdusalamov on Feb. 23, telling the story of the heavyweight boxer’s last match — a brutal unanimous-decision loss to Mike […]
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