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Shareef Abdur-Rahim About To Graduate With College Degree In Sociology
insidehoops.com 2 weeks, 3 days agoFormer NBA All-Star, 2000 Olympic gold medalist and third overall selection in the 1996 NBA Draft Shareef Abdur-Rahim can now add “college graduate” to his impressive resume. Abdur-Rahim will graduate Monday, May 14 from the University of California at Berkeley , the school where he played his freshman season of NCAA basketball. He’ll receive his degree [...]
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Shareef Abdur-Rahim Goes From One-and-done To College Graduate
yahoo.com 1 week, 3 days agoEven though it's easy to criticize college basketball's one-and-done system for turning education into a necessary evil, it's important to remember there are players who work to become the exception to that rule. Shareef Abdur-Rahim, the longtime NBA forward who turned pro in 1996 after one season at California, never gave up on his education. The 35-year-old took classes sporadically throughout his 13-year NBA career and more regularly since he retired, earning a degree in sociology from Cal on Monday with










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