NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo has sadly passed away in Atlanta, surrounded by his wife and family, after battling brain cancer for two years. He was an eminent figure in sports, boasting an ...

(WGHP) — Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday after a battle with brain ...

1 / 23Dikembe Mutombo blocked a franchise-record 1,486 shots, while averaging a double-double of 12.9 points and 12.3 rebounds. 1 / 23Dikembe Mutombo blocked a franchise-record 1,486 shots ...

1 / 12Dikembe Mutombo speaks to the media during the Class of 2015 Press Event as part of the 2015 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in ...

NBA Hall of Fame center and global ambassador Dikembe Mutombo, known for his "infectious smile, his deep booming voice and signature finger wag," died Monday from brain cancer at the age of 58.

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ATLANTA — Now retired after a stellar NBA career, you'd expect to find Dikembe Mutombo playing some pick-up basketball around Atlanta, where he now lives. You'd be wrong. When he has down time ...

If you feel this way, then Jimmy Kimmel teamed up with Aloe Blacc and Dikembe Mutombo to make a song that'll make anyone feel great. Amazing. Finally, a solution to our everyday common woes has ...

Inside the Spurs looks back at a special moment between San Antonio Spurs legend David Robinson and the late Dikembe Mutombo. As great as a player David Robinson came to be, he was a man of honor ...

A collage of former US President Barack Obama and Dikembe Mutombo. Former US President Barack Obama has mourned the passing of NBA Hall of Famer, former basketballer Dikembe Mutombo. Obama ...

“This new award and the basketball courts built in his name will honor Dikembe’s extraordinary legacy as a global humanitarian.” Selected fourth overall in the 1991 NBA Draft, Mutombo spent 18 years ...