Copa America: Chile vs. Panama

Great time taking in the Chile v. Panama game in the final round of the 2016 Copa America at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

Idiot Drives BMW Down 'Rocky' Steps

Police have charged a 20-year-old man with reckless endangerment for allegedly driving his car down the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps made famous by the movie "Rocky."

Read more here:

http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/11/15/3611028/man-charged-with-driving-bmw-down.html

A Big Game of Pong in Philly

The classic Atari video game is about to come to life on the facade of a 29-story skyscraper. Hundreds of built-in LED lights at the Cira Centre will replicate the familiar paddles and ball.  It might be the largest video game screen of all-time.

The effort is the brainchild of Drexel University professor Frank Lee, who co-directs the school's game design program.

Pong will be played April 19 and 24, to bookend an event called Philly Tech Week.

The black-and-white arcade game introduced in 1972 had no graphics, just geometric shapes. Players controlled digital paddles and tried to hit the ball so their opponents could not return it.

In Philadelphia, gamers will control their paddles from afar, standing across the Schuylkill River from the building.

50 Years Since Wilt Scored 100

For 50 years, one mighty number has stood as the Mount Everest of sport’s records and milestones.
Wilt Chamberlain's 100 points.

It was a game played in front of no TV cameras. Sports writers were few, and so were the fans. Only 4,124 (at $2.50 a ticket) attended the game, in fact, between the Warriors and the New York Knicks as the final stretch of the 1961-62 season dwindled down. The number of people who claimed they were there to witness history, however, could have stretched the East Coast.

All because of 100 points.

“The 100-point game was a hyperbolic announcement of the rise of the black athlete in basketball,’’ said author Gary Pomerantz, who wrote the complete narrative of that game in the 2005 book, “WILT, 1962:

The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era.

Chamberlain played all 48 minutes in Philadelphia’s 169-147 win over the Knicks. He shot 36 of 63 from the floor and an un-Wilt like 28 of 32 from the free-throw line. Chamberlain, a woeful 51.1 percent career shooter from the line, attempted his free throws underhand against the Knicks.

“I personally don’t think it will ever happen again,’’ said Chamberlain’s Warriors’ teammate, Al Attles. “I don’t know if a team will allow it to happen now.’’

Kobe Bryant came close, well sort of.  Bryant scored 81 on Jan. 22, 2006. Michael Jordan never topped 69. David Robinson once tipped in 71.

It's something I don't think we'll ever see again.  I guess few actually saw it the first time.

Wilt Chamberlain's 100 points.