Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been hospitalized after a fall and is set to undergo surgery for a broken hip. Abdul-Jabbar’s longtime business partner, Deborah Morales, shared the news on the NBA Hall of Famer’s official Twitter account. “Last night while attending a concert, Kareem had an accidental fall and broke his hip,” Morales wrote. “He will have surgery today. We are all deeply appreciative of all the support for Kareem, especially from the Los Angeles Fire Department who assisted Kareem on…

Some NBA legends become sports announcers. Other become movie stars. But only one has branched out into writing mystery novels starring Sherlock Holmes’ older brother. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s second book in this series, Mycroft and Sherlock, is out October 9, and we’ve got an exclusive sneak peek.Mycroft and Sherlock is the follow-up to 2015's acclaimed Mycroft Holmes (both books are co-written by Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse). As the title suggests, this new novel features both Holmes brothers—in this take on the…