“When I headed to the court, soon as the fans saw my body, it was some of the loudest boos I’ve ever heard in my life,” Abdul-Rauf said in the documentary. The sharpshooter was the subject of a 1989 Sports Illustrated cover story that revealed he did not know his father, and the Starkville crowd relentlessly chanted, “Who’s your daddy?” at him. His journey, which resulted in him getting blackballed from the NBA after choosing to sit during the national anthem, was chronicled in Showtime’s documentary, “Stand.” He was something of a precursor to Steph Curry as a precision deep shooter, and Colin Kaepernick as a social justice martyr. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf got hectored mercilessly by Mississippi State fans when he was in college.Ībdul-Rauf, who grew up in Mississippi but opted to play for rival LSU, was known as Chris Jackson at the time. ‘SportsCenter’ anchor out among ESPN layoffs: ‘God has a plan’ NFL analyst confirms he’s not part of ESPN firings after curious tweets Disney boss Bob Iger’s $33M mansion gets mass renovations amid ESPN layoffsĮx-ESPN personalities weigh in dramatic on layoffs
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