A Brief History On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain, center for the Philadelphia Warriors, scored an National Basketball Association (NBA) single-game record of 100 points against the New York Knicks. To put this in perspective, at that time, the only other player to have scored 70 or more points in a single game was Elgin Baylor with 71 points. This performance put Chamberlain so far ahead of any other scoring flurry that he was truly in a class by himself. In the 53 years since then, no other player has approached his record, with the closest effort being Kobe Bryant’s…
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A Brief History On March 1, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, returned to France from exile on the island of Elba to reclaim his empire. Of course, his great comeback only lasted about 100 days, but in that time he reshook Europe. Other people, teams and companies have also made impressive comebacks from near defeat, death, ruin or other calamities. Here we list 10 of those that rank among the greatest. Digging Deeper 10. John Travolta, 1994. After becoming a teen idol on television and having experienced success with movies such as Grease, Saturday Night Fever and Urban…
A Brief History In February 2014, the headlines were of censorship, the enemy of free people. Digging Deeper In Australia, censors had banned the Swedish film Children’s Island because it contains scenes of naked children. Far from pornographic, the film was first released back in 1980 and had won the most prestigious Swedish movie awards and was even submitted for consideration at the Academy Awards. The threat of 10 years imprisonment for anyone showing or selling the film sparked animated debate in Australia. On the Internet, Muslims applied enough pressure to have the YouTube video of Katy Perry’s song “Dark Horse” edited to remove…
This Just In! In February 2015, news broke that singer-songwriter and comedian Rolf Harris would be stripped of his Order of Australia honors amidst revelations that he is still under investigation for alleged sexual offenses. He has also had his two honorary doctorates rescinded, and he has been removed from the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame. These are just some of multiple honors he has been stripped of in the past year. Digging Deeper Just a week ago, we ranked Harris third on our list of “10 More Fantastic Novelty Songs” for his memorable “Tie Me Kangaroo Down…
This Just In! Yesterday, we reminded our readers about mixed-martial artist Bigfoot Silva’s heavyweight main event versus former Ultimate Fighting heavyweight champion Frank Mir. Well, the results are in, and Mir has emerged triumphant! Digging Deeper On one hand, Mir’s victory essentially saved his career. Mir went into the bout on a four-fight losing streak, the longest in his career. On the other hand, the fight was a crushing disaster for Silva. Not only did Silva lose in his home country of Brazil, he succumbed to Mir’s punches in only one minute and forty seconds into the first round! Silva…