Shabazz Muhammad

Ron Holmes has spent two dec­ades guid­ing his son Shabazz Muhammad to­ward a pro bas­ket­ball ca­reer. The pay­off is near, with the UCLA star pro­jec­ted as a top draft pick. Read The Times story »

— Ken Bensinger

March 21, 2013  By Ken Bensinger
In 1999, Ron Holmes, fath­er of UCLA bas­ket­ball play­er Shabazz Muhammad, plead guilty to us­ing false bank state­ments and tax re­turns to ac­quire mort­gages.
March 21, 2013  By Ken Bensinger
UCLA bas­ket­ball play­er Shabazz Muhammad’s birth cer­ti­fic­ate, on file with the Los Angeles County De­part­ment of Pub­lic Health, shows that he was born in 1992. This con­tra­dicts UCLA re­cords, which re­port his birth year as 1993.
March 21, 2013  By Ken Bensinger
Dur­ing the re­cruit­ing pro­cess, UCLA bas­ket­ball play­er Shabazz Muhammad vis­ited nu­mer­ous uni­versit­ies. Schools are re­quired to keep doc­u­ment­a­tion of these vis­its, which The Times ac­quired via pub­lic re­cords re­quests.
March 21, 2013  By Ken Bensinger
UCLA’s an­nu­al me­dia guide lists Shabazz Muhammad’s birth year as 1993. This con­tra­dicts Muhammad’s birth cer­ti­fic­ate, on file with the Los Angeles County De­part­ment of Pub­lic Health, which shows that he was born in 1992.
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