Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Raises Nearly $3 Million for Charity; LSU Linebacker Wows Scouts with 40-Yard Dash Performance; Trae Young Ejected for Staring Down Opponent During Match; Saints Fans Take Shot at NFL with 'Robbing Refs' at Mardi Gras
BRIGGS: Hall of famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar selling the majority of his memorabilia from his playing days, raising nearly 3 million bucks for charity. Andy Scholes has the "BLEACHER REPORT". Why is he selling all this stuff, Andy?</s>ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS REPORTER: Well, Dave, I'll tell you what, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had said previously, when it comes to choosing between storing a championship ring or trophy in a room or providing kids with an opportunity to change their lives, the choice is pretty simple. Sell it all. Kareem auctioning off 234 of his items from his playing days including four of his six championship rings and a lot netting nearly $3 million, and much of the proceeds from the auction going to Kareem's Sky Hook Foundation charity that helps kids learn about science, technology, engineering and math. All right, NFL combine wrapping up over the weekend, LSU linebacker Devin White running a blazing 4.42-40-yard dash, is the fastest time ever for a linebacker at the combine. You know, players train for months for this moment, and White was overcome with emotion when talking with his family on face-time after. A pretty cool moment, NFL draft, that's up next, it's April 25th. All right, Hawks and the Bulls yesterday, rookie Trae Young fit on a fantastic stretch, going more than 35 points in three straight, but it didn't end well for him in Chicago on the third, Young, hits a pull up three, and he is going to stare at the Bull's Kris Dunn as a time-out was called. Pretty innocent NBA trash-talking. Well, the refs called a technical on him for taunting. Young couldn't believe it, it was his second tee of the game, so he was ejected, he was on his way to another great game, 18 points in 18 minutes, but this is just another great instance of the refs forgetting that fans go to see the players and not them. And speaking of refs, it was Mardi Gras and the people of New Orleans taking a shot at Roger Goodell and the NFL referees during the parades. Check out these guys, they call themselves the robbing refs, they're all acting like they are blind as they go through the parade. They also had a nice choreographed dance and everything. And I'll tell you what, Dave, the detail on the float, just amazing. The refs had hats on to say, I love L.A., they had the NFL spelled out in braille, it's pretty fantastic and it's just clear once again that the people of New Orleans are never going to forget what happened in the NFC championship rig(ph).</s>BRIGGS: Nor should they, Andy --</s>ROMANS: Yes --</s>BRIGGS: They were robbed, and the competition committee could have changed all this, but no consensus on reviewing pass interference. So it will live on and could happen again --</s>SCHOLES: Yes --</s>BRIGGS: Andy Scholes, thank you my friend, great stuff --</s>SCHOLES: Right --</s>BRIGGS: There. Romans?</s>ROMANS: All right, thanks Dave, 25 minutes past the hour. At least 23 people are dead and a series of tornadoes rolls through Alabama. And a rebuke of the president, there are now enough Senate Republicans to block the president's national emergency.