Kareem Abdul-Jabbar led UCLA to three championships before embarking on a legendary NBA career. He's seen here performing in a comedy skit with comedians Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart during the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on the Washington Mall in 2010. In January 2012, he was named a United States cultural ambassador, with a mission of promoting education, racial tolerance and cultural understanding among young people around the world.