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 ...

Big John seemed to speak Dikembe Mutombo into existence ... and he couldn’t leave their house with her. She died there. So Mutombo simply decided that this shouldn’t happen to anyone else ...

Basketball fans virtually rallied around Dikembe Mutombo, the retired NBA star, 56, who is reportedly in good hands and "good spirits" as he undergoes treatment for a brain tumor in Atlanta ...

1 / 10Dikembe Mutombo joined the Hawks’ Basketball Development staff to prepare a local youth basketball team for their trip to compete at Special Olympics Georgia. 1 / 10Dikembe Mutombo joined ...

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.

NBA great Dikembe Mutombo is one of the greatest shot-blockers in league history. After most of the blocks, he let the opposing player know about it. He would often give them the infamous finger ...

A larger-than-life figure and an indomitable spirit, Dikembe Mutombo was one of the greatest defensive players in NBA history. A feared shot blocker, he was a four-time DPOY winner; an eight-time ...

Late great center Dikembe Mutombo, who sadly died at just 58 following ... and a three-time All-NBA honoree with the Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, and Philadelphia 76ers. After helping Philadelphia ...

Former Philadelphia 76ers big man Dikembe Mutombo put together a Hall of Fame ... The Sixers acquired him at the 2001 deadline from the Atlanta Hawks and he helped the Sixers reach the finals ...