hoopheadsnorth.com - 4/23/2009
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Forget about about Derrick Rose and the Rookie of the Year award. I mean no disrespect to Rose, but we're introducing a new award. This one doesn't go to that young kid who razzled and dazzled NBA crowds in one season, this one goes to the wiley veteran in the L who's still making an impact ...
Dikembe Mutumbo Retires After Injury: 'For Me, Basketball Is Over'
nba.fanhouse.com 4/22/2009 — by Will Brinson Dikembe Mutumbo suffered a horrible fall on Tuesday night, tangling legs with Greg Oden before crumbling to the ground. He stayed down for quite some time, too, before being taken off the floor on a stretcher -- and judging by his ...
Dikembe Mutombo Foundation, Inc.
dmf.org 4/22/2009 — HISTORY OF MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS Dikembe Mutombo Foundation - Timeline December 1997 : NBA All-Star Dikembe Mutombo creates the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation in Atlanta, GA. June 1998 : The DMF hosts kick-off charity fundraiser in Washington, D.C. June ...
Chad Ford's Letter to Dikembe Mutombo
myespn.go.com 4/23/2009 — When he heard that Dikembe Mutombo's playing days were over, ESPN's Chad Ford cried, and wrote the big man an e-mail. It turns out that Ford's is one of the many lives Mutombo has forever enriched with his enormous heart. As background, you really ...
2 A.M. Two-fer: A Mountain of a Man
outsidetheboxscore.blogspot.com 4/22/2009 — I was gonna write some voodoo tonight, but there's enough bad juju going around the NBA. In Game 2 against Portland, Houston's Dikembe Mutombo went down with a left knee injury and had to be taken off the court on a stretcher. The injury was first called a knee sprain, but reports from ...
Keltner List: Dikembe Mutombo
basketball-reference.com 4/27/2009 — After rupturing a quadriceps tendon in his left knee during Houston’s 107-103 playoff loss to Portland last Tuesday, Dikembe Mutombo announced his retirement from the NBA. Mutombo leaves behind a legacy of being not only one of the NBA’s ...
Dikembe Mutombo Dunks On Chris Mihm
yougotdunkedon.com 4/25/2009 —
Since Dikembe Mutombo suffered a career ending injury this week, I thought I would throw up some Mutombo dunks, including this one over Chris Mihm. Lemme tell you though it's a lot easier to find videos of Mutombo getting dunked on then it is to find vids of him posterizing someone.
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It’s not a block party without Dikembe Mutombo
thatnbalotterypick.blogspot.com 4/12/2009 — One of the issues that I think that some of the younger NBA players face is not respecting their elders. To be honest a fair amount of NBA players and even fans have no recollection past Michael Jordan to some of the other great players that came before him or during his reign. Dikembe Mutombo ...
Wave a finger goodbye to Dikembe Mutombo
network.nationalpost.com 4/23/2009 —
Sometimes when an athlete's career ends, we the observers feel shock (see ya, Barry Sanders). Sometimes, we feel resignation (it was time, Greg Maddux). Sometimes, there is a peculiar kind of joy (finally, no more Brett Favre! For real this ...
Tribute to Dikembe Mutombo
fourthandfifty.com 4/22/2009 —
In a sad turn of events, the great Dikembe Mutombo has been seriously injured , in Game 2 of the Rockets Trailblazers Playoff Series. Although Dikembe previously announced his retirement at the end of this season, this latest knee injury will likely keep him out of the game for good.
We ...
Video: The newest product, the "Dikembe Mutombo Arm"
tonyblogs.net 4/24/2009 — Every athlete gets in on the endorsement game after they've retired and now that Dikembe Mutombo is no longer an active NBA player, he's licensed his arm to start making some extra cash.
Mutombo wins J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award —
NBA.com: News 4/23/2009
Dikembe Mutombo of the Houston Rockets is the 2008-09 recipient of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award presented annually by the Professional Basketball Writers Association. The award is named for the second commissioner of the league and honors ...
A Simple Request From a Cleveland Fan —
Bleacher Report - NBA 4/23/2009
Last week after a victory over the Indiana Pacers, LeBron James mentioned that his goal is an NBA championship. That, of course, is what it should be.
LeBron's next statement surprised me when he said Clevelanders have had enough sports ...