Meschery’s daughter, Janai, enlisted her dad to teach her eighth-grade history students about verifying facts.

From 1965 to 1968, "Wally Wonder" and "Wilt the Stilt" played together on the Philadelphia 76ers. During that period, Jones had a front-row view of Chamberlain in action. Unsurprisingly ...

Wilt Chamberlain was the epitome of brute strength ... as he routinely posted mind-boggling numbers. "Wilt the Stilt's" incredible physical strength extended beyond the hardwood—one legendary ...

Bob Benner remembers his one-on-one encounter with Wilt Chamberlain. How could he forget ... 11 youngster already being called “Wilt the Stilt.” A jump ball was called.

"My theory is that there are four really important numbers in Wilt Chamberlain's life. In ascending order: 0 for the number of times he fouled out, 50 for the number of points he averaged for one ...

Chamberlain so dominated, he changed the face of the game. Wilt Chamberlain — Wilt “The Stilt” joined KU’s basketball team in 1955 and went on to a two-year career in which he averaged 29. ...

Yet, over his entire career, Wilt the Stilt only made 51.1% of his free-throws. Gladwell wondered about that anomaly. What did Wilt Chamberlain do different that one night? The answer: He shot his ...

HIGH POINT When old-timers talk about the time future basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain came to town more than 70 years ago, they often tend to overlook one of the most significant facts about his ...

As large as Wilt Chamberlain loomed over the game of basketball, his 100-point performance on March 2, 1962, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, might loom even larger. It’s an achievement so incredible ...

Wilt Chamberlain's entire 1961-62 season is essentially written in statistical concrete, never to be duplicated. He averaged 50.4 points per game, the highest ever -- and no one is close.

Wilt "the stilt" Chamberlain broke the NBA career scoring record with 20,884 points after just seven seasons and the king of daytime television had made music history with a song about little girls.