As historic and revolutionary as the achievement was, it remainsshrouded in myth. The game was not televised; no New Yorksportswriters showed up; and a fourteen-year-old local boy ran ontothe court when Chamberlain scored his hundredth point, shook hishand, and then ran off with the basketball. In telling the story ofthis remarkable night, author Gary M. Pomerantz brings to life alost world of American sports.