Dikembe Mutombo (SLL ’91), the late basketball hall of famer and humanitarian, will receive the NCAA’s Theodore Roosevelt ...

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. If all goes well, I hope to be in the ...

The finger wag. The enormous smile. The unmistakable voice. Dikembe Mutombo played defense at a level and with a flair that few others in basketball history ever possessed, all among the many reasons ...

The public memorial took place at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Tech campus. NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, who died from brain cancer last year, was celebrated by the City of Atlanta at a ...

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 ...

ATLANTA — Last September, NBA great and philanthropist Dikembe Mutombo lost his valiant battle with brain cancer. The family had a service at the time, but it didn’t allow everyone whose life he ...

For millennial kids with middle school growth spurts, or ones who were just tall and played center, Dikembe Mutombo was a central figure. If you blocked a shot from the year 1997 through 2009, it was ...

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 ...

ATLANTA — The family of basketball icon Dikembe Mutombo is inviting the public to celebrate his life and legacy at a free community event in Atlanta. A celebration of life will take place on Saturday, ...

He may be known for his fierce defense on the basketball court, and the iconic finger wag he gave opponents after blocking their shot, but giving back was NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo’s true calling ...