NBA star and Sudan activist dies before completing dream of building schools. June 22, 2010— -- Basketball legend Manute Bol's dream of building schools in Sudan to unify the warring ethnic ...

Bol, a Christian Sudanese immigrant, believed his life was a gift from God to be used in the service of others. As he put it to Sports Illustrated in 2004: “God guided me to America and gave me a good ...

The NBA is not short of contentious situations in its history — it's filled with them. From performance-enhancing drugs, affairs, links to criminal activity, sports betting and everything in between ...

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. However, as fate may ...

Manute Bol, who may have been born between 1946 and 1962, became one of the best shot-blockers in NBA history thanks to his 2.31m height.. Kevin Mackey, the coach who recruited Manute Bol (7ft 7in), ...

Manute Bol is probably the only NBA player to ever have a world premiere rap video broadcast during an NBA game. In 1986, the Washington Bullets (now Wizards) made a video about their 7-foot-7 center.

ORLANDO – In many ways, Bol Bol has followed in his father’s footsteps. Like his dad, Manute Bol – who was also well over 7-feet tall – Bol Bol has developed as a basketball player, worked his way ...

There’s been a fascination for sports fans with former 7-foot-6 center Manute Bol since the mid-1980s. Still, the sale of his 1987 Fleer card — not even Bol’s rookie card — skyrocketing in price ...