Commentary: Career and personality of basketball great Wilt Chamberlain

Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR) | October 16, 1999| | Copyright

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Commentary: Career and personality of basketball great Wilt Chamberlain

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`Nobody roots for Goliath,' Wilt Chamberlain used to say. Officials had to change the rules of basketball in response to his huge dominance. They narrowed the free-throw lane to prevent Wilt from using his long reach to lasso every rebound. They prohibited tossing the ball into the court from over the backboard where only ...

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