Sports
Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, known for his finger wag after blocking shots, will be wagging that finger at something else now: Ebola.
June 25, 2019
Olympics
Former NBA star Dikembe Mutombo uses his regional charity foundation to send a global message of unity and change.
July 29, 2015
The NBA put on a show in its first exhibition game in Africa on Saturday — starting with a dunk straight from the tip-off by Luc Mbah a Moute.
Aug. 1, 2015
Dikembe Mutombo may have inadvertently revealed Tuesday something many of us have long suspected -- the NBA draft lottery is fixed!
May 18, 2016
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Why not make Dikembe Mutombo’s full name a little longer?
Sept. 11, 2015
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.
Sept. 10, 2015
Lakers
LeBron James is one of the most decorated players in NBA history. But it still bugs the Lakers star that he has never won the league’s defensive player of the year award.
April 16, 2024
The Houston Rockets re-signed 42-year-old center Dikembe Mutombo for the remainder of the season Tuesday, adding an emotional leader and a backup to Yao Ming.
Dec. 31, 2008
In years to come, he might be known as Air Zaire or the Kinshasa Kid.
March 15, 1989
Clippers
Dikembe Mutombo will undergo surgery Thursday to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist, sidelining the New Jersey Net center for at least two months.
Dec. 4, 2002