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Even 24 years after retiring from the @NBA Wilt Chamberlain commanded a huge media presence at #NBAAllStar (1997, @NBA at 50, Cleveland)View quoted post on X
Wilt Chamberlain's 1961-62 schedule:View quoted post on X
39 back-to-backs
Eight 3-in-3s
Two 4-in-4s
One 5-in-5 — Jan. 17–21, with overtime games on both ends
63 of his 80 games came inside a consecutive-day stretch.
Across all of it, he averaged 50.4 points a night — and missed eight minutes the entire season: the end of one game, after an ejection.
.@NBA not giving Milwaukee the All Star Game after they built a brand new arena, built a bunch of new hotels, became World Champs and had the best player in the world on their team was such a miss by the league.View quoted post on X
Now the #Bucks stink, have no Giannis and the arena will be a decade old by the time they even have a “chance” to host it in 2029.
All sports leagues need to realize that doing the same thing over and over again in only big markets does get old. It should always be rotating to all of your markets so you get full exposure before you repeat another city.
Today is the 10th of November.
Never forget the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.View quoted post on X
November 5, 1989
Vikings head coach Jerry Burns unleashes an epic, profanity-filled postgame rant and mic drop for the ages.
After a WIN, no less!View quoted post on X
