Sage Steele, ESPN SportsCenter anchor, will test her strength and endurance as a long distance runner in the Disney Princess ½ Marathon in Orlando, Florida, on February 26. Steele has been training for months in preparation for this event.

Steele, a graduate of Indiana University, wife and mother of three children, will be running 13.1 miles in the half marathon. She’s training with Jeff Galloway, former Olympian, in preparation for this event.

“I try to do it three days a week,” she said. “It’s a run, walk method. We practice and do the race in intervals. Right now, I’m running a mile and walking two or three minutes. Running another mile and walking a minute or two minutes. When I complete the intervals, it’s like I’ve accomplished something. I’m proud of myself and want to do it again.”

Steele will be running the half marathon in intervals.

“When you do these intervals you give your body a short break,” Steele said. “It’s amazing that the people who do these intervals finish with a high time.”

‘Goose’ Tatum film highlights ESPN’s Black History Month

ESPN’s Black History Month programming will be highlighted by Reece “Goose” Tatum documentary. Tatum played for the legendary Harlem Globetrotters before he created his own basketball team. His one-hour documentary will air on February 26 at 10 p.m. The piece chronicles his life through the eyes of his son, Reese Tatum III. The son recalls his father’s all-too-brief life (he died at 45), including cross-country trips riding in the back of a Cadillac traveling to one sold-out arena after the next, each jam-packed to see his father entertain the crowd. The program also includes highlights from when he spoke eloquently about his father at the 2011 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Sixers obtain original court of Chamberlain’s 100-point game

The Philadelphia 76ers have obtained the original court on which Wilt Chamberlain scored his historic 100 points against the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962. The historic court was purchased from Hershey Entertainment and Resorts, who had stored the court previously throughout the years.

A majority of the court will be preserved for posterity and will be used and displayed at several venues. These include the Wells Fargo Center where the Sixers play and the Sixers practice facility in Philadelphia as well as in Hershey. In addition, the Sixers will be donating some of the court to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.

A special note to Sixers fans, to honor and celebrate Chamberlain’s outstanding performance on the 50th anniversary, all those in attendance at the Sixers–Warriors game this season will also get to own a piece of history — as all ticket holders on March 2 as they enter the Wells Fargo Center will receive a specially mounted 2” x 2” piece of the actual court on which Wilt Chamberlain scored his NBA-record 100 points.

In addition to giving the Sixers fans a piece of Wilt’s record-setting court, the Sixers organization will honor the family of the late, great Chamberlain in a special halftime ceremony at the March 2nd game. The Sixers also are inviting some of his friends, former teammates from the 1961–62 Warriors, and others connected to the record-setting game to join in the festivities that night.

Chamberlain scored the record-breaking 100 points as a member of the Philadelphia Warriors against the New York Knicks. The Warriors eventually moved to San Francisco in 1962 and were later named the Golden State Warriors in 1971. Concurrent with the Warriors move, the Syracuse Nationals moved to Pennsylvania being renamed the Philadelphia 76ers. Chamberlain made the move with the team to San Francisco but eventually returned to Philadelphia following a trade to the Sixers in 1965. The anniversary game includes both the Sixers and the Warriors, both of Chamberlain’s Philadelphia teams.

The historic game was played at Hershey Sports Arena in front of a crowd of 4,124, although the number of people who claimed to witness the game in person vastly outnumbered that total as the years went on.

Chamberlain, a 7-foot-1 center, played all 48 minutes that night in Hershey, leading the Warriors to a 169-147 win over the Knicks. He shot 36-of-63 from the field and 28-of-32 from the foul line, which was really impressive because he shot only 51.1 percent from the free throw line for his career.

That season, Chamberlain averaged an astounding 50.4 points a game. He played all but eight minutes and 33 seconds that season, those eight plus minutes due to a disqualification in a game resulting from technical fouls.

Chamberlain, who passed away on Oct. 12, 1999, was an All-American at Overbrook High School. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978 and has the second-highest scoring average in NBA history (30.1 ppg) trailing only Michael Jordan by a fraction of a point. Chamberlain was a four-time MVP and a two-time NBA champion.

Cheyney hires Lockard as head football coach

After a national search, Ken Lockard has been named the head football coach at Cheyney University. Last season, Lockard served as interim head coach. He has been the Wolves defensive coordinator since 2008.

Since Lockard’s arrival, he has coached four All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference players on the defensive side of the ball and 11 athletes to compete in the D2/D3 All American Bowl in Minneapolis. Brandon Buchanan was named Defensive MVP and most recently Tim Hume was Defensive Lineman of the Game. Hume was also named Defensive MVP for the Don Hansen All-Star Game in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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