Pat Graham | The Associated Press The Nuggets honor franchise legend Dikembe Mutombo, who died in September, at Ball Arena ...

“Dikembe was like the ultimate role model,” says Williams, who went on to reach a Sweet 16 and Elite Eight with the Hoyas and play nine seasons in the NBA. Mutombo played 18. “He wasn't the ...

Nuggets lead assistant David Adelman took over for Malone and said the most difficult challenge of stepping in was that ...

It’s a tough time to pay the bills with an ad read when you’re talking about the death of NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo. TNT broadcaster Ian Eagle interrupted Stan Van Gundy while he talked about ...

"He'll be missed by many, many people." Mutombo helped the Nuggets become the first No. 8 seed to upset a No. 1 seed in the NBA playoffs, when they knocked off Seattle in 1994 in a best-of-five ...

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 ...

NBA fans were understandably furious that Eagle read the advertisement during a tribute to Mutombo. "Cutting off Van Gundy ...

The basketball world lost a legend last month when the great Dikembe Mutombo died at the age of 58 due to brain cancer. The dominant center spent 18 years in the NBA blocking shots and waving his ...

NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo bore witness to history as a child at the famed Rumble In the Jungle. The legendary fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman took place in Kinshasa, Zaire on Oct ...

And as the NBA season dawns next week, he is someone who will be sorely missed across the basketball community. “He always brought a smile,” says Jerome Williams, a Hoyas power forward from 1994 to ...