Manute Bol, who played for the Washington Bullets (now the Washington Wizards), died this past weekend at age 47, reportedly after returning to the states from Sudan with kidney trouble. Bol, who ...

The late Manute Bol is best known for his incredibly elongated 7-foot-7 frame, a height that made him the tallest player in NBA history. In more recent times he's also earned recognition for his ...

On this day 52 years ago, Manute Bol was born in Sudan. When that baby grew up, he grew way up. Bol holds the record as the NBA's tallest player ever, at 7' 7" (an title he shares with Gheorghe ...

When it comes to Manute Bol, there is as much legend and lore as feats and facts. The question of his age and backstory — he was born to a tribe in Africa and told interviewers he once killed a ...

At 7-foot-7, the late Manute Bol was one of the tallest players to ever play in the NBA. While Bol passed away in 2010, his son, Bol Bol, appears poised to follow in his father's extra large ...

A ll eyes were on Manute Bol in the 1985-86 season. The 7-foot-7 Sudanese was selected by the Washington Bullets/Wizards in the second round of the 1985 Draft and due to his enormous height ...

Phoenix Suns coach Frank Vogel has a fond memory of Manute Bol from when he fell in love with basketball. Vogel said his first ever pro athlete autograph as a 12-year-old in 1985 came when he ...

Bol, who died in 2010, and Bogues actually had an even more extreme height difference. Bol was 7-foot-7 while Bogues was a mere 5-foot-3 (a difference of two feet and four inches).

A large height difference between Edey and fellow rookie Yuki Kawamura lent itself to an homage to a classic NBA photo featuring 5-3 Muggsy Bogues and the late Manute Bol, who, at 7-7, is tied as ...

Life was far from easy, but it was here that fate intervened in the form of Manute Bol.A towering figure in both height and heart, Bol was a former NBA player who returned to his roots to give back.

Not every NBA player has been privileged to follow their dreams and the conventional path to the NBA. For retired star Loul Deng, his dream started over 7000 miles away in Africa.