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Kareem skies past Wilt...
...hook," a shot he devised at the age of nine and the height of 5 ft. 8 in. when all of his standard attempts had been blocked, 7-ft. 2-in. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar supplanted 7-ft. 1-in. Wilt Chamberlain last week as the National Basketball Association's most prolific scorer. Over 13 professional years, Chamberlain amassed 31,419 points, up to 100 at a time. Abdul-Jabbar, 36, is in his 15th season and showing no signs of halting. With a typical display of integrity, the Laker pivotman could not restrain himself from scoring 22 points...
...tough game, like shooting foul shots. You miss more than you make," says Wilt Chamberlain, 47, who after eleven years of retirement from pro basketball is putting on a full-court press for stardom in Conan: King of Thieves, due out this summer. In the sequel to 1982's barbaric hit, the 7-ft. 1-in. former N.B.A. champion dunks some nasty villains as the warrior Bombaata, who is on a perilous adventure with the shorter (6 ft. 2 in.) but broader Conan, portrayed again with brutish authority by Celebrity Iron Pumper Arnold Schwarzenegger, 36. Also along...
Only two incidents disturbed the ceremony. When Vicar Jardine asked, "Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honor and keep her?" overwrought Edward cried "I will!" in a shrill voice that was almost a scream. When he put on her finger the plain wedding ring of Welsh-mined gold, the trembling of his hands was noticeable even to the farthest watchers...
...Once you have it, you're never going to lose it," explains Oscar Robertson, 44. "The Big O" was back under the hoops last week along with Wilt Chamberlain, Bob Cousy and Jack Twyman, among other N.B.A. old-timers who showed up at Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello, N.Y., for a game to raise funds for needy pro-basketball players. Indeed, the old stars do still seem to have it. Cousy, 55, handled the ball with magical dexterity, and when 7-ft. 1-in. Chamberlain, 46, slam-dunked a basket, the crowd roared as if "Wilt...