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Notebook: CBA All-Star Meeting, Tyreke Evans Foot Update, Dunk Contest News

The players will wind up getting their meeting after all, having convinced NBA commissioner David Stern and the league's owners to enter the room full of stars at All-Star weekend in Los Angeles next month. But when deputy commissioner Adam Silver (right) was so calmly dismissive of the need or inclination for such a...

Manute Bol Leaves Legendary Legacy

It took eight pallbearers to carry the eight-foot, specially made casket, and it's a wonder they didn't buckle from the overwhelming weight. Real heroes tend to leave heavy imprints. Manute Bol was memorialized at Washington National Cathedral Tuesday, and if anyone doubted the breadth of his legacy, one glance around...

The Manute We Knew: Curious, Shy, One of the Family . . . and a Lion Slayer

(June 24) -- As I read the AP report, I was stunned: "Manute Bol, a lithe 7-foot-7 shot-blocker from Sudan who spent 10 seasons in the NBA and was dedicated to humanitarian work in Africa, died Saturday. He was 47." Bol died at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, where he was treated for severe...

Manute Bol's Legacy Lives On in Africa

ILLOVO, South Africa -- Shortly after pulling off his inaugural event as director of the NBA's first office in Africa on Saturday -- having a dozen kids from Johannesburg interact with a few pro athletes including NBA star Steve Nash and English Premiership player Anton Ferdinand -- Amadou Gallo Fall, a Senegalese who...

Former NBA Player Manute Bol, 47, Dies

(June 19) -- Manute Bol was known for being one of the tallest NBA player in the history of the game at 7-foot-7. The only thing that he was known better for -- and perhaps the only characteristic that exceeded his height -- was his generosity.

Manute Bol News From the Web

05/03/12 Bulls need a good start Source: Perth News "When peace comes to Sudan,I will know that I did something good.I'm not going to give up you know,I'm going to try and fight,fight,fight" -Manute Bol Manute Bol ( October 16, 1962 -- June 19, 2010 ) was a Sudanese-born basketball player and activist.
04/25/12 Metta World Peace: Bring World Peace to the New York... Source: Bleacher Report Metta World Peace may not be welcome in Los Angeles for much longer.

Background on Manute Bol

Manute Bol (; October 16, 1962 – June 19, 2010) was a Sudanese-born basketball player and activist. At tall, Bol was one of the tallest players ever to appear in the National Basketball Association, along with Gheorghe Mureşan.

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