Hockey Hall of Fame class will be announced Tuesday, with Joe Thornton, Zdeno Chara, Duncan Keith and Carey Price among the players who could be selected in their first year of eligibility. Watch the ...

Zhang Ziyu, a seventeen year old basketball player from China, is gaining attention. She stands seven foot three inches tall. Both her parents were pr ...

Veteran rock star Bruce Springsteen, a high-profile celebrity critic of President Donald Trump, slammed the U.S. administration as “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous” during a concert Wednesday in ...

Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats has offered scholarships to 30 uncommitted prospects from the 2026 recruiting class. The majority of offers are to players 6-foot-6 or taller, emphasizing Oats ...

The two-time John Wooden Award winner as the nation's top men's college basketball player at Purdue was drafted ninth overall by the Grizzlies in the 2024 NBA draft, and as a throwback to another ...

The first WNBA player to have a signature shoe made for her was Swoopes in 1995. Nike’s Air Swoopes had a tab on the back that made it easy to put on with the long fingernails she liked to sport.

After averaging 21.2 points per game, 5.6 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 1.3 blocks this Winter, Tuthill was named the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association 5A Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

Ahead of the 2025 WNBA draft, much of the focus has been on projected No. 1 pick Paige Bueckers.However, another top prospect is making waves and gaining the attention of women's basketball fans ...

Granger is automatically the tallest player on Carolina's roster, coming in at 6-feet-9 and 235 pounds. This past season with the Chanticleers, Granger shot 57.9% from the field while averaging 7. ...

In 2024, the average height of an NBA player was 6'6.3", the shortest average of the previous 39 seasons. Also, 72% of the league was under 6'9" — the highest percentage over the past 40 seasons.

Per an ESPN story from November, Rioux is the tallest player in men's college basketball history. As noted on his Florida profile page, Rioux holds a Guinness World Record for the tallest teenager.

Height of Florida basketball tallest player. Rioux is listed at 7-foot-9 on Florida's official roster — five inches taller than former Purdue center Zach Edey.