The NBA announced on Monday that NBA Global Ambassador and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), passed away the same day from ...

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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 from brain ...

Dikembe Mutombo, an NBA Global Ambassador and member of the Hall of Fame, has died from brain cancer, the NBA said in a ...

In the pantheon of NBA greats, few figures loom as large—both literally and figuratively—as Dikembe Mutombo. Standing at a ...

Two sports standouts from the world of baseball (Pete Rose) and basketball (Dikembe Mutombo) both died on Monday.

The Hall-of-Famer played 18 seasons in the NBA, including for the Houston Rockets, and won Defensive Player of the Year four ...

The crowd roars as Dikembe Mutombo swats away another shot, his trademark finger wag following the ball's trajectory into the ...

Hall of Fame center Dikembe Mutombo has died following a battle with brain cancer, the NBA announced on Monday ...