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Commentary: Career and personality of basketball great Wilt Chamberlain
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Commentary: Career and personality of basketball great Wilt Chamberlain
Host: SCOTT SIMON
Time: 12:00 Noon-1:00 PM
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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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