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Dikembe Mutombo, Georgetown University
A young man who loved soccer came to America on an academic scholarship to become a doctor. By the time he left Georgetown in 1991, Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo was not a doctor. Mutombo was not a soccer player either. The 7-2 big man from the Congo had become one the...
Today in Sports History: May 7th
(Herb Score. Photo via the Cleveland Plain Dealer, via Cleveland.com) 5/07/1957 - Score hit with line driveThrough two seasons, Indians pitcher Herb Score had established himself as one of the best pitchers in baseball. The talented left-hander went 36-19 in his first two seasons, leading the...
John Shurna is having a block party...
AND CANADA IS INVITED! Yesterday, Johnny and the USA national team advanced to the semifinals with a 93-73 victory over our neighbors to the north. Shurna continued his good play with an amazing line: 13 minutes, 10 points on 3-4 shooting, 3 rebounds... AND FOUR BLOCKS! SIT DOWN!BLAOW!You didn't...
Interview with DJ Mbenga about Dikembe Mutombo
Andrew from the LA Times Lakers Blog sent an interesting interview my way. He interviewed DJ Mbenga... about the Rockets' own Dikembe Mutombo. Apparently the two citizens of Congo have been working together and Mbenga considers Mutombo to be a mentor of sorts. Check it out. Always good to hear...
The good Mr. Mutombo
Dikembe Mutomobo, a man who won two (and half) defensive player of the year awards with the Hawks and pretty much represents all that is right with basketball, went down with a career ending injury last night during the Rockets Blazers game. To a man who gave Atlanta the finger wag, toughness,...
Dikembe Mutombo: He's a better person than you.
Dikembe Mutombo is truly an amazing person. I'm very glad to have him on our team and as a representative of the NBA as a whole. Great article on some of Dikembe's work by Ian Thomsen. Yeah, it's safe to say Dikembe is a better person than most.
2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 1 Preview
[UPDATE: Check out this link for a solid preview of the tournament and the Euroleague players expected to contribute to their countries. As a side note my Cameroon upset special looks worse and worse. On the bright side Korea is as big a mystery to others as it is to me.]As I mentioned in a...
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