However, Wilt suffered a setback in Game 4 after it was found he had broken his wrist. It was an injury that could have forced him into the sidelines. Chamberlain knew that the stakes were high.

During his 14-year NBA career, Wilt Chamberlain racked up his share of ... shot-putted 56 feet and won the high jump in the Big Eight track and field championships three straight years.

On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points for the ... in track at the University of Kansas where he competed in high jump, triple jump and shot put. Basketball was where he continued ...

Wilt Chamberlain is widely regarded ... In the now-viral clip, Chamberlain is seen near the basket, catching his own teammates’ jump shots mid-air and tapping them in for scores.

Bob Benner remembers his one-on-one encounter with Wilt Chamberlain. How could he forget it? Nearly 46 years later, people still remind him of it constantly. During the course of Overbook High’s ...

Wilt Chamberlain is a mythical ... people would think he was a slower player, but Chamberlain was a gifted athlete. He was quick and could out-jump everyone, a trait he built as a track-and ...

This past Wednesday, March 2, marked the 55th anniversary of Wilt ... the 880 in 158.6; he high jumped 6'6”, long jumped 22'8”; shot put 56'; had a 36” vertical jump; and a 50'+ triple ...

That would be Wilton Norman Chamberlain. “I never called him Wilt,” said Tom Hoover ... 100-yard dash (10.9), the 400, captured the high jump title in the Big Eight Conference track and ...

A longer wingspan also gives players the advantage of a high release point on their jump shot, similar to Kevin Durant and Dirk Nowitzki. Wilt Chamberlain was a freak of nature, even without his ...

The larger-than-life Wilt Chamberlain made two appearances at Brown County Arena in 1959, and squared off against some ...

Sometimes the journey down the rabbit hole doesn't have to take you anywhere different than your starting position. It's rare this becomes the case because the nature of the internet is so ...

Gerald Brownstein of Blue Bell played high school basketball ... open because I coached Wilt.” Chamberlain’s 100-point game literally changed professional basketball. His dominance of the game– ...