Luol was born in what was then known as Sudan in 1985. When he was 5, with the country in the throes of a civil war, he and his family moved to Egypt, where he learned basketball from another Sudanese refugee, Manute Bol, who then in the midst of a 13-year NBA career. Fiv...
Richard Petty is known as The King of racing for good reason. In 1984, Petty won his 200th NASCAR race, which remains the most of all-time. President Ronald Reagan was in attendance for the monumental victory and later had a meal of Kentucky Fried Chicken with Petty and other racers. 19...
When it comes to shot blocking, this is a stat that to me is overrated. Unless you're Manute Bol or Dikembe Motumbo, I doubt you're shot blocking is really going to change the outcome of a game. However, a good shot blocker is an important piece in basketball. I try to encourage o...
Richard Petty is known as The King of racing for good reason. In 1984, Petty won his200th NASCAR race, which remains the most of all-time. President Ronald Reagan was in attendance for the monumental victory and later had a meal of Kentucky Fried Chicken with Petty and other racers. 1984...
I’d probably hold off until the system has at least a year or two of experience under its belt. Does Carmelo Anthony get a good CARMELO projection? No, not really. In fact, CARMELO sort of hates the Knicks; it doesn’t play favorites....
Manute Bol was born in southern Sudan. He stood two hundred thirty-one centimeters -- tall even for a Dinka, some of Africa's tallest people. His father, a tribal chief, did not think basketball was "good work for a Dinka." But the teenager chose it over herding his family's cattle...
“I was stealing the ball from all the guys. Every time they dribbled the ball I used to take it and I’d go down the court and I’d either lay it up myself or I’d pass it to one of my teammates. I was getting a lot of excitement from that; I felt good about doing that...