NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain claimed he'd slept with 20,000 women in his life in his 1991 autobiography A View From Above.
Chamberlain wrote he once partied in San Francisco with 15 women and "got all but one before the rising of the sun."
Despite his promiscuity, Chamberlain never had any children. Or so it seemed.
A new report published in Sports Illustrated by author Gary Pomerantz, who wrote a book about the night Chamberlain scored 100 points in an NBA game, has cast doubt over that claim.
Pomerantz was contacted by Aaron Levi who believes he is Chamberlain's son.
Adopted after birth, Levi began to search for his biological parents in 2003. He received information from the Santa Clara County (Calif.) Social Services Agency, which had been provided by his mother when he was born.
His biological father was described as a single black professional basketball player who was 28 years old. The only player on the San Francisco Warriors that matched that description in 1965 was Chamberlain.
Levi tracked down his biological mother in 2009, at which time she confirmed Chamberlain was his father.
Chamberlain, who died of congestive heart failure in 1999, was one of 11 children. Only two of his siblings are alive, and neither are willing to meet with Levi or provide a DNA test.
What are the chances?
The probability of creating the perfect March Madness bracket is pretty low -- as in less than 1 in 9.2 quintillion (or 9,223,372,036,854,775,808) chance.
Jeff Bergen, a mathematics professor at DePaul University, crunched the numbers and discovered that it was nearly impossible to create the perfect bracket.
"The size of the number astounds people," Bergen told Lizzie Johnson of the Chicago Tribune. "It's just not going to happen."
It's more likely that the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox will win the next 16 World Series games, he said. Or that someone will win the Mega Millions lottery two times in a row buying one ticket both times. Or just as likely that someone will pick the winning party of each presidential election through 2264.
Look out below
Owner Tom Ricketts and the Chicago Cubs have been in the process of renovating Wrigley Field in the offseason, a process that has been clumsily botched according to David Haugh of the Chicago Tribune.
"For opening night at Wrigley Field next month, the Cubs should hand out free hard hats and safety goggles to the first 20,000 fans," Haugh wrote.
"They can call it a promotion. It could also double as a precaution around the construction site at Clark and Addison.
"Danger: Falling Confidence.
"The Cubs' rebuilding efforts on the field, responsible for so much excitement, strikes quite a contrast to the one underway in the bleachers, which remain incomplete, unpredictable and behind schedule. The most Cub-like development came when, in the midst of pushing back deadlines to June for construction of the right-field bleachers, officials couldn't rule out the possibility of work being done around the ballpark during games.
"When the Cubs finally unveil the newly renovated ballpark with two video scoreboards and modern signage complementing the historical elements of a diamond of mystique, it will be something to behold. It will look like one of baseball's most sparkling treasures, worth all the waiting and whining and legal wrangling. This week's setback represents the equivalent of booting a ground ball in the first inning. If the finished product looks anything like the artist's renderings, nobody will remember The Great Bleacher Bummer of 2015."
Sports quiz
What was Wilt Chamberlain's career NBA scoring average?
Answer
Chamberlain scored 31,419 points in 15 NBA seasons and averaged 30.1 points per game.
Sports on 03/06/2015