DWTS Athletes: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 20″ Taller, 47 Yrs Older Than Lindsay

DANCING WITH THE STARS: ATHLETES - Get ready, sports fans, for the most competitive season of "Dancing with the Stars" ever as the show fires up the scoreboard and welcomes 10 athletes to sparkle up their uniforms and lace up their dancing shoes as they ready themselves for their first dance on the ballroom floor, on the season premiere of "Dancing with the Stars: Athletes," MONDAY, APRIL 30 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. (ABC/Craig Sjodin)

Lindsay Arnold, Kareem Abdul-Jabber, DWTS 26 (ABC/Craig Sjodin)

Dancing with the Stars is back for Season 26. It’s a special four-week DWTS season featuring 10 professional celebrity athletes including controversial ice skater Tonya Harding, NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and MLB World Series champ Johnny Damon, among others. Each week the athletes will perform with their professional dance partners in front of ballroom experts and DWTS judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli. And every week, viewers at home will be able to vote during the show’s live broadcast in the EDT/CDT time zones.

[This book is Kareem’s personal diary during his final NBA season]

For his first performance, 7’2″ tall, 71-year-old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his 5’6″ tall, 24-year-old dance partner Lindsay Arnold will do a Cha Cha to the Stevie Wonder song “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours).” Keep in mind, Lindsay won Season 25 with Hamilton Broadway star Jordan Fisher! Dancing with the Stars: Athletes airs Mondays at 8pm on ABC.