Dr. Groesbeck Parham remembers walking the streets of Atlanta with the late Dikembe Mutombo. "I was there visiting, and he had to get his passport renewed, so we parked the car and we were walking ...

When Carrie Mutombo arrived in Philly for her first real visit in more than 14 years, the childhood memories instantly flooded back. Spotting Boathouse Row with the “nice lights” on the drive to the ...

Many of them can do a solid imitation of the Dikembe Mutombo finger wag. After all, they saw the original up close. Vernon Maxwell, a longtime guard, does a particularly strong version by adding ...

It was 1996 when Dikembe Mutombo came to Atlanta in free agency, and by then, Hawks forward Tyrone Corbin knew that the 7-foot-2 center was more than just the game’s best defensive player.

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 ...

Derrick Coleman once dunked on a rookie Shaquille O'Neal, but Shaq quickly got revenge with an iconic dunk of his own.

While fans love to watch offense, it's a common mantra that defense wins championships, and protecting the rim is vital in ...

The NBA is paying tribute to one of its best defensive players ever. Late great center Dikembe Mutombo, who sadly died at just 58 following a battle with brain cancer on Sept. 30 last year ...

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced the creation of a new award honoring late NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo on Saturday. As part of the NBA Africa All-Star luncheon, Silver revealed the NBA Africa ...

A top NBA insider offers up a huge update on 76ers star Joel Embiid's search for a "cure all procedure" to fix his dodgy left ...

Fresh off of a major performance against the Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz standout Walker Kessler will sit against the ...

The Utah Jazz are in the midst of a tanking season, sitting dead last in the Western Conference with a 15-48 record, which bodes well for their chances of landing the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft. The ...