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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2008
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Chamberlain could appear on stamp
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Former Jayhawk Wilt Chamberlain, shown here as a member of the Philadelphia Warriors, shoots over Boston defenders in Philadelphia during an NBA game in March 1960. Chamberlain could appear on a commemorative U.S postage stamp as soon as 2010 if the idea is approved by postal officials.
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PHILADELPHIA — Win Chamberlain's next enduring stamp on basketball might come on the upper right corner of an envelope instead of a 100-point game. Wilt the Stilt could become Wilt the Stamp if a grass roots effort to get the Hall of Famer and the only NBA player to score 100 points in a game on a commemorative U.S postage stamp is approved by postal officials.
Chamberlain's image on a stamp might be the only way the 7-foot-1 basketball icon could ever be cut down to size.
"I'd be very proud if that happens and I'm sure he would be, too, if he was alive," said Selina Gross, Chamberlain's sister. "I think held be very honored. He probably wouldn't believe this could happen to him."
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The cause was started by sports writer Donald Hunt of The Philadelphia Tribune, a 123-year-old newspaper that primarily targets the black community. Hunt, who recalled as a child watching in person Chamberlain play for the 76ers against Oscar Robertson and the Cincinnati Royals, believes "The Big Dipper" has the credentials to join Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Joe Louis and Jesse Owens among the sports legends with their own stamps.
The best way for Chamberlain, who died in 1999, to earn a sticky square is for supporters to write letters to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee. The committee reviews proposals four times a year and passes their recommendations on to the postmaster general. The earliest Chamberlain could appear on a stamp is 2010, said Roy Betts, a U.S. postal service spokesman.
The 76ers will lobby for Chamberlain with a letter from team president Ed Stefanski on behalf of the organization, Comcast-Spectacor spokesman Ike Richman said Tuesday.
Chamberlain still has his fans at the University of Kansas, where he retired No. 13 jersey hangs in the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse, Jayhawks coach Bill Self said
Chamberlain deserved the recognition. "Anybody who can drop 100 in a game deserves something," Self said. "Still, to this day, you can make a strong case that he is the
most dominant basketball player of all time. And not only was he a dominant basketball player,he was maybe as good an athlete as there's been, period."
Former Vanderbilt quarterback and current Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler throws to receiver Earl Bennett for NFL scouts in Nashville, Tenn., on March 21. Cutler returned to Vanderbilt to help his former teammate Bennett prepare for the NFL football draft.
Cutler says Marshall running out of chances
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Jay Cutler has had it with all the drama and headlines surrounding top target Brandon Marshall.
In his first offseason interview, one sprinkled with unusually blunt criticism, the Denver Broncos quarterback called out his No. 1 receiver and fellow third-year star who suffered a gash on his right forearm while horsing around last month.
"Yeah, he's not my favorite person right now," Cutler said. "I mean, I support him, but it's always something with him right now."
With Jeremy Bates taking over the Broncos' passing game, Cutler said Tuesday that it was imperative for Marshall to participate in all the offseason workouts, but he won't be back in action until training camp.
Marshall, who emerged as Cutler's primary target during a breakout 2007 season, said he was horsing around with his older brother at a resort in Orlando, Fla., when he fell into a television set, cutting an artery, a vein, a nerve, two tendons and three muscles in his right arm.
Marshall has found himself in the news a lot lately. He faces a DUI charge stemming from an October incident and had a spat with his girlfriend last year that landed him in court. "I've talked to him many times. I think a lot of people have. ... He knows he's running out of chances," Cutler said. "This wasn't like his DUI and other stuff he'd had. It was an accident, but still, things like that can't happen. He knows it.
Marshall said last week that he realizes he has to grow up and that his freak injury was a wake-up call.
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