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Sports
NBA Legend
Wilt Chamberlain
Dies At 63
By Ai Randolph
Staff Writer
NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain, who died Oct. 12 at the age of 63 from a
heart attack, made his presence known throughout his career in the NBA.
“The Big Dipper” was basketball’s unstoppable force. He was the most
awesome offensive force the game has ever seen.
The charismatic Chamberlain played 14 seasons with the Warriors,
76ers, and Lakers, and for the 1999-2000 basketball season the players of
these teams have different ways of showing tribute to Chamberlain. For
example, Allen Iverson from the 76ers wears a black hand band ensrcibed
with the # 13, the number that Chamberlain wore as well as the number
which represents his placement on the 50 greatest athletes Sports Century
list.
The Hall of Famer holds numerous NBA records. Most notable is his
single-season scoring average (50.4 ppg.) and the highest single-season
rebound average (27.3 rpg.). On March 2, 1962 Chamberlain did the
unthinkable and scored 100 points in a game against the Knicks, a record
that the game of basketball will always remember and will be difficult to
break.
Hall of Fame Running Back Walker
Payton loses battle with Cancer
By Jemayne King
Sports Editor
Hall of Fame running back and
Chicago Bear legend Walter Payton
died Nov. 1 following a long battle
with cancer.
He was 45. Payton was nicknamed
"Sweetness" because of his running
style, which resembled a stream of
flowing honey. Payton the football
player was the direct opposite of the
man they called "Sweetness."
Walter Payton should have been
nicknamed "Toughness." He would
fight for the extra yard, stiff-arm a
defender one play and then juke the
same defender silly the next.
Payton built a reputation based on
the foundation that he would do
whatever it took to get the job done.
Payton holds the National Football
League record for yards rushing; he
broke legend Jim Brown's record of
12,312 yards in 1984 and then
himself amassed a total of 16,726
before his retirement.
The average career of an NFL
running back is four or five years
because of the pounding they take.
Payton carried the ball for 13 years
and during that time he set another
record for carrying the ball 3,838
times, which is widely considered
his truest testament as a player. In
those 13 years, Payton ■ missed only
one game.
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Wilt Chamberlain towered over many opponents during his NBA career.
The “Big Dipper” holds several league records including most points in a
game (100), points in a season (4,029) and career rebounds (23,924).
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Walter Payton
Chicago Bear legend
"He was the best football player
I've ever seen," said Mike Ditka,
who coached Payton and the Bears
to their Superbowl win against the
New England Patriots in 1986.
"He was also probably one of the
best people I've ever met."
Payton was the Bears first round
draft pick in 1975. He set dozens of
National . Collegiate . . Association
records at Jackson State University.
NOV 6
NOV 20
Virginia Wesleyan
UDC
Scrimmage (Away)
4:00 p m. (Away)
NOV 19-20
Gardner-Webb Tournament
TBA (Boiling
Springs,NC)
NOV 23
DEC 23
DEC 18
JAN 4
Voorhees
Johnson C. Smith
Winston-Salem
Cheyney
TBA (Away)
7:30 p.m. (HOME)
7:30 p.m. (Away)
7:30 p m, (Home)
NOV 26-27
DEC 2
DEC 4
DEC 7
Mount Olive Thanksgiving
Tournament
Barton College
Johnson C. Smith
UDC
TBA (Mount
Olive,NC)
5:30 p.m. (Away)
5:30 p.m (Home)
5:30 p.m (Home)
JAN 9
VA State
7:30 p.m (Norfolk,
VA)
DEC 18
Winston-Salem
5:30 p m. (Away)
JAN 11
Shaw
7 30 p m. (Home)
JAN 4
Cheney State
5:30 p.m (Home)
JAN 14
Benedict
7:30 p.m. (Home)
JAN 8
Benedict
5:30 p.m. (Home)
JAN 18
St. Augustine's
7:30 p.m (Away)
JAN 10
Barton College
5 30 p m. (Home)
JAN 22
Fayetteville State
7.30 p.m. (Home)
JAN 11
Shaw
5:30 p.m (Home)
JAN 24
UDC
7:30 p.m. (Home)
JAN 15
Va State
5.30 p.m. (Away)
JAN 27
St. Paul’s
7:30 p.m. (Away)
JAN 18
St. Augustine's
5:30 p.m (Away)
JAN 29
Virginia Union
7:30 p m. (Away)
JAN 22
Fayetteville State
5:30 p.m. (Home)
FEB 1
Bowie State
7:30 p.m. (Home)
JAN 27
St, Paul's
5:30 p m. (Home)
FEB 5
Shaw
7:30 p.m (Away)
JAN 29
Virginia Union
5:30 p.m. (Away)
FEB 8
Livingstone
7:30 p.m. (Away)
FEB 1
Bowie State
5:30 p.m. (Home)
FEB 12
St Paul's
7 30 p m. (Home)
FEB 5
Shaw
5:30 p m (Away)
FEB 15
NCCU
7:30 p m. (Home)
FEB 8
Livingstone
5:30 p m. (Away)
FEB 22
Bowie State
7:30 p m. (Away)
FEB 12
St Paul's
5:30 p.m (Home)
FEB 26
Virginia Union
7:30 p.m (Home)
7 30 p.m.
(Raleigh,NC)
FEB 15
FEB 19
NCCU
VA State
5:30 p.m. (Home)
5:30 p m. (Home)
FEB 28-MAR 4
ClAA Tournament
FEB 22
. FEB 26
FFR 28
Bowie State
Virginia Union
CIAA Tournament
5:30 p.m. (Away)
5:30 p.m (Home)
5:30 p.m. . .
(Raleigh,NC)