At the 2009 Summer X Games, Chris Ridgway became the first amputee to win gold. Ridgway won the adaptive Moto X class event in its first official year; previously, adaptive Moto X was a demo event, which Ridgway also won in 2008. In 2002, Ridgway had his left leg amputated below the ...
In 1993, the Washington Bullets draftedGheorghe Muresan, a 7 feet 7 inches tall center from Romania, who wastied as the tallest player in NBA history. Who was Muresan tied with? TeammateManute Bol, a 7 feet 7 inches tall center from Sudan—although Bol played just two games for Washington...
He became sick while working in his homeland. He was forty-seven years old. A funeral took place last week at Washington's National Cathedral. 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. H...