Kareem the Dream named Ambassador

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I love The Dream. I love the fact that he got this appointment. However, I don’t think engaging young people should be the primary selling point about a guy who was getting to retire when I was a kid. 

News from The Associated Press.

In a move to engage young people worldwide, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as a global cultural ambassador.

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