After dominating the British basketball scene, he received a scholarship to play at Duke University in the U.S. Deng shone during his freshman year and declared for the NBA Draft in 2004.

Manute Bol's biggest career highlight was on March 3, 1993, when the Philadelphia 76ers lost at Phoenix. He scored all of his 18 points from six 3s in the first half, and attempted 12 total from deep.

Manute Bol began consistently launching 3s in the 1988-89 season, when he hit 20 out of his career-most 91 attempts, after he was traded to the Golden State Warriors the previous offseason.

June 22, 2010 -- Basketball legend Manute Bol's dream of building schools in Sudan to unify the warring ethnic factions that killed his relatives may have ultimately cost him his life. One of the ...

Manute Bol died in 2010 at age 47 – three years before Madut helped 16th-seeded Southern put a scare into No. 1 Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament (he drained a second-half 3-pointer off the bench).

More: Ole Miss football, Lane Kiffin offer Diesel Dart, brother of star QB Jaxson Dart Manute Bol, who was 7-foot-6, played in the NBA from 1985-95. Bol led the NBA in blocks in 1986 and 1989.

The Wall Street Journal runs a lovely tribute to the late Manute Bol today. The affable 7′6″ Dinka tribesman, formidable NBA shot-blocker, and activist died at 47 of kidney complications ...