The Chamberlain roots run deep in Philadelphia, where Wilt played at Overbook High School and the Sixers. His grandnephew, ...

HIGH POINT When old-timers talk about the time future basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain came to town more than 70 years ago, they often tend to overlook one of the most significant facts about his ...

Meschery’s daughter, Janai, enlisted her dad to teach her eighth-grade history students about verifying facts.

In fact, Wilt already did that as early as his high school years. It was at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia where Chamberlain first made his presence felt on the basketball scene.

Wilt Chamberlain was always bigger than life ... but he was even better in basketball. His Overbrook High School team lost only three games in his three varsity seasons, going undefeated the ...

Averaging 37.4 points, he broke Tom Gola's Philadelphia high school scoring record with 2,206 points. In November 1955, early in Chamberlain's freshman year at Kansas, Wilt Chamberlain averaged 29 ...