Almost like it was yesterday, I remember the weekend afternoon when my running friend Bob Willey came rambling up on my front ...

There was a video tribute celebrating Dikembe Mutombo's big accomplishments on and off the court. Then, Denver Nuggets fans ...

As sports fans continue to grapple with the recent death of Dikembe Mutombo from brain cancer at the age of 58, many are ...

Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray scored seven of his 12 points in the first five minutes of Thursday's season-opener ...

Was Dikembe Mutombo on the flight? Mike Riley wondered as he stood in the waiting area at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C. It was the late 1980s, when you could walk right up ...

Throughout his rookie season, players routinely passed up seemingly open layup attempts ... He also joined Ben Wallace and Dikembe Mutombo as the only players to win DPOY four times.

He also led the league in Todd Whitehead's HELLNAH statistic, which measures when players simply turn around and retreat rather than trying a layup ... Ben Wallace and Dikembe Mutombo last ...

Breanna Stewart missed a layup to complete a devastating New York Liberty loss to the Minnesota Lynx in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, drawing comparisons to Knicks great Patrick Ewing in the process.

Dikembe Mutombo, the Hall of Fame NBA center who died on Sept. 30 at 58, was in the latter category — though he was not without his own set of awards and impressive statistical achievements.

It was October 2022 when I wrote a column about National Basketball Association legend Dikembe Mutombo’s brain tumor diagnosis. Sadly, the NBA global ambassador and Naismith Basketball Hall of ...