A public memorial is set for Hawks legend Dikembe Mutombo at Georgia Tech on May 31. In September 2024, the NBA announced that Mutombo had died from brain cancer. He was 58 years old. The event will ...

Transatlantic rower seeks NBA teams to fill five duffel bags of medical supplies for the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. NEW ...

They say time heals all wounds. But it takes just that —time — to fully process the loss of a larger than life person who left a mark on the many people he interacted with. Last September, NBA legend ...

Dikembe Mutombo’s family issued a statement Thursday thanking the community for their support after his death. The Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer and former Atlanta Hawks star died Monday from ...

Mutombo, famous for his formidable defensive skills and iconic finger wag after blocks on the court, dedicated himself to humanitarian work, focusing on health care and education in his homeland of ...

Rudy Gobert is now the 3rd player in NBA history to win DPOY 4+ times, joining Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace! Ahmad Rashad gets to know the rookie 7-footer Dikembe Mutombo over a game of bowling.

ATLANTA — Lisa Opoku knew she needed to be here, to speak from the heart and celebrate a man she considered larger than life. She met Dikembe Mutombo at a restaurant in New York and soon began working ...

There's only one way to accomplish as much as Dikembe Mutombo did in his 58 years, and that's by moving fast. “He was a speed demon,” former Nuggets teammate Bryant Stith said of his close friend who ...