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https://www.casualhoya.com/2024/9/30/24258343/dikembe-mutombo-passed-away-georgetown-hoyas-nuggets-hawks-sixers-ewing-mourning-thompson-nba The Georgetown center and Hall of Famer passed away after a battle with cancer By Whipple Sep 30, 2024, 11:00am EDT 3 Comments / 3 New Georgetown Hoyas legend Dikembe Mutombo has passed. The hall-of-fame center was a fan-favorite because of his tenacity on the floor, his philanthropy around the globe, and his genuineness, generosity, and great humor. Dikembe truly bled blue and gray, and was a terrific example of a Forever Hoya. He will be missed. The NBA and Commissioner Adam Silver issued a press release saying: Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life. On the court, he was one of the greatest shot blockers and defensive players in the history of the NBA. Off the floor, he poured his heart and soul into helping others. There was nobody more qualified than Dikembe to serve as the NBA’s first Global Ambassador. He was a humanitarian at his cor...

  https://trueafrica.co/article/dikembe-mutombo-commemorated-by-atlanta-hawks-by-having-no-55-jersey-retired/ By Benny Bonsu | MsBennyBonsu November 25, 2015 The Atlanta Hawks honoured Hawks legend and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall-of-Famer, Dikembe Mutombo by retiring his jersey during a game against Boston Celtics yesterday. When your jersey goes up, nobody can take it down. Mutombo played for the Hawks from 1996 to 2001. He is an eight-time NBA All-Star and four-time Defensive Player of the Year who led the NBA in blocked shots from 1994 to ‘98. ‘I’m so happy that the Hawks are honouring me with such a wonderful event, which is a historical event because when your jersey goes up, nobody can take it down,’ Mutombo said recently. The ceremony was aired on national US television and included speeches from influential figures like NBA Commissioner Adam Silver who had nothing but praise for the NBA All Star: ‘Dikembe was a great player on the court and an even greater man off th...

https://vault.si.com/vault/1994/11/07/world-class-dikembe-mutombo-the-cerebral-nugget-center-makes-a-big-impression-in-the-paint-and-in-faraway-lands Dikembe Mutombo, the outgoing Nugget center, makes a big impression in the paint and in faraway lands Skip to main content Archives Classic Galleries Rick Telander TABLE OF CONTENTS ORIGINAL LAYOUT The children are clamoring behind the tall man as he sits on the bench icing his knees. Practice has just ended for the Denver Nuggets here in the gym at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs , and the tall man looks irritated. "I know you're back there," he says without turning around. "I will sign over by the rail when I am done." He looks down at his knees or, more correctly, straight ahead at his knees, since they are almost at his eye level . The knees ache already, and the season is just starting; tall men take a beating from the shorter folks in this world. There is more rustling behind him. Now the big man tu...

Dikembe Mutombo in 1998 while playing for the Atlanta Hawks.  His finger wag, whether directed at players or fans, became his signature.  Credit... Scott Cunningham/NBAE, via Getty Images https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/sports/dikembe-mutombo-dead.html Coming late to basketball, he nevertheless found stardom, retiring with the second-most blocked shots in league history. He devoted much of his life to humanitarian causes. By Harvey Araton Harvey Araton is a former sports columnist and reporter for The Times who often wrote about the N.B.A. Sept. 30, 2024Updated 1:59 p.m. ET Dikembe Mutombo, who arrived at Georgetown University as an international student with aspirations of being a doctor but who instead became a towering presence in professional basketball and a dedicated humanitarian in his native Democratic Republic of the Congo, died on Monday in Atlanta. He was 58. The cause was brain cancer, according to a statement by the National Basketball Association. His family a...

https://www.fff.fr/article/13305-deschamps-antoine-un-monument-du-football-francais-.html#:~:text=M%C3%AAme%20si%20sa%20carri%C3%A8re%20en,la%20derni%C3%A8re%20d%C3%A9cennie%20est%20immense. lundi 30 septembre 2024 - 11:55 - Vincent ORSINI La réaction du sélectionneur de l’Équipe de France Didier Deschamps à l'annonce de la retraite internationale d’Antoine Griezmann, ce lundi 30 septembre. Didier Deschamps : « Au terme d’une réflexion longue et aboutie, Antoine a décidé de mettre un terme à sa magnifique carrière internationale. Nous avons eu une longue discussion à ce sujet récemment. Depuis ses débuts en Équipe de France, il y a dix ans, nous entretenons, lui et moi, une relation de confiance et des rapports très francs. Ce n’est jamais évident de tirer un trait sur l’Équipe de France. Surtout quand on l’a aussi bien représentée, aussi bien incarnée. Il faut du courage, de la lucidité et de l’honnêteté et Antoine, dans son analyse, n’en a pas manqué. C’est tout à son honneur. Mê...

Slovenskemu asu sta na odru za zmagovalce družbo delala srebrni Avstralec  Ben O'Connor in bronasti Nizozemec Mathieu van der Poel. (L'asso sloveno è stato raggiunto sul podio dei vincitori dall'australiano Ben O'Connor,  vincitore dell'argento, e dall'olandese Mathieu van der Poel, vincitore del bronzo.) Zürich 2024 Najboljši kolesar na svetu v Švici uprizoril še eno zgodovinsko mojstrovino Tadej Pogačar je tekmece šokiral z napadom štiri kroge pred koncem. Slovenska reprezentanca mu je odlično pripravila nepričakovano akcijo. S trojno krono se je pridružil Eddyju Merckxu in Stephenu Rocheu. 30 Sep 2024 - Delo (Slovenia) Miha Hočevar Svetovni prvak Tadej Pogačar je ob slovitih Mercxu in Rochu edini, ki je v eni sezoni zmagal na Giru, Touru in SP Če ste ob neštetih zmagah, ki jih je na največjih dirkah dosegel Tadej Pogačar, mislili, da ste videli že vse, kar zmore, ste se zmotili. Enako velja za njegove tekmece na svetovnem prvenstvu v Zürichu, ki jih je 26-let...

30 Sep 2024 - Slovenske Novice MAVRIČNI KRALJ TADEJ POGAČAR po zmagi na giru in touru osvojil še svetovno prvenstvo 30 Sep 2024 Slovenske Novice MIHA HOČEVAR Pogi skoraj zaspal zmenek z zgodovino Slovenski kolesarski as je tekmece šokiral z napadom 101 kilometer pred ciljem Za veliko zmago se je zahvalil celotni ekipi ZÜRICH • Cestna dirka profesionalcev na 97. svetovnem prvenstvu v Zürichu se bo v zgodovino zapisali kot ena od najbolj spektakularnih v sodobni zgodovini in tudi kot prva, ki je Sloveniji prinesla najbolj cenjeno mavrično majico. Za vse to ima največje zasluge Tadej FOTO: DENIS  BALIBOUSE/REUTERS Pogačar, ki je, če so pri kom še obstajali, razblinil zadnje dvome o tem, kdo je najboljši kolesar na Zemlji. Tudi 26-letni as s Klanca pri Komendi je samo človek, čeprav komentatorji z vsega sveta trdijo, da so njegove predstave vesoljske. In tudi ta, ki mu je prinesla prvi naslov svetovnega prvaka sodi v to kategorijo. Začela se je, kot sam pravi, z neumno potezo, končala ...