1997 — Tara Lipinski’s jumps, the cleanest and the surest in women’s figure skating, lift the 14-year-old into history as the youngest women’s world champion. 2000 — Pat Verbeek of the Detroit Red ...

Wilt Chamberlain is shown with a trophy he received from the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association Basketball Club in ...

Authorities last week announced Hackman died at age 95 of heart disease with complications from Alzheimer’s disease as much as a week after a rare, rodent-borne disease — hantavirus pulmonary ...

1960 — Rookie Wilt Chamberlain scores a playoff record 53 points in the Philadelphia’s 132-112 triumph over the Syracuse Nationals to send the Warriors to the Eastern Division finals against the ...

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.

1960 — Rookie Wilt Chamberlain scores a playoff record 53 points in the Philadelphia’s 132-112 triumph over the Syracuse Nationals to send the Warriors to the Eastern Division finals against ...

US investigators believe Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his classical pianist wife, Betsy Arakawa, both died of natural causes about a week apart. Their bodies were discovered in their home ...

The only players to score 20,000 career points at a younger age than the 30-year-old Antetokounmpo were LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan. “I hope a lot of ...

"Only two players changed basketball: Wilt Chamberlain and Steph Curry." Danny Parkins was quick to jump in and agree with Carton. "Steph basically was like 'Hey, remember three is worth more ...