Via the Sixers: Tonight, the reserves for the 2012 NBA All-Star Game were announced and Sixer forward Andre Iguodala was selected for the first time in his career.  He becomes the first Sixer not named Allen Iverson to make an All-Star Game since Dikembe Mutombo in 2002.  The reserves were voted on by head coaches in each conference, who each picked seven players (two forwards...

I have seen the various reports about Dikembe Mutombo and smuggling and I simply don't know what to make of them. Here's a concise version, from ESPN's Shaun Assael, based on the United Nations' research into the matter: It's a 400-page report that, along with alleging cynicism and greed, describes how armed militias are looting the struggling country. But there...

NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo fell into a gold-smuggling trap that saw millions of dollars handed over to a notorious Democratic Republic of Congo warlord, UN investigators said Sunday. Mutombo, who saw out a glittering 18-year playing career with the Houston Rockets, made a name for himself after his retirement in 2009 campaigning for good causes in his native D.R. Congo. He was mentioned...

New York Mets infielder Daniel Murphy will receive the inaugural “Thurman Rising Star Award” at the 32nd Annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner on Tuesday night, January 31, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City, it was announced today by AHRC New York City Foundation. Murphy will be cited for his perseverance in returning from injury and for his community spirit and involvement...

Courtsey Gary Finkel and 7th Inning Sketch  I have to say, I don’t get surprised by too many things but the response to my post on how the Mets will handle Jose Reyes’ first game as a Marlin at Citi Field really caught me off guard. I would have bet my Bruce Boscliar rookie card that Mets fans would have been on board for a video tribute for Reyes but I guess Mets fans are more...

GET THAT WEAK **** OUT, *****!! So THIS is what former NBA center/cookie monster Dikembe Mutombo’s been up to, huh? Trying to get you involved with a BIG TIME gold scam? Not too shabby, bro. Anyone ever hear what Dikembe’s REAL name is…..yeah, it’s this: Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo. No joke. Here is what Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo...

This sounds like an episode of Dateline. First off anyone trying to sell me a bunch of African Gold, I am just going to walk away.  It could be 100% legit, but they will never get any of my money. Way too many African Queens and Kings schemes going on for me to trust anything like that. Here is what Mutombo is being accused of. Mutombo was in New York on a more personal cause �...

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Dikembe Mutombo is being investigated for his part in a gold-smuggling scheme in his native Democratic Republic of Congo, which could have been worth as much as $10 million dollars. According to the Houston Chronicle, Mutombo was working with Kase Lawal, a Houston energy company chairman, to smuggle 1,045 pounds of Congolese gold out of Africa and into the United States in November...

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"Yours for $5000. Priced to move." Okay. This is the best. And by “the best,” I mean “kind of the worst except for the sheer ridiculousness of that headline.” The Houston Chronicle published an in-depth report on Sunday chronicling an alleged scheme to smuggle gold from Africa to America that involved former NBA All-Star Dikembe Mutombo. Dikembe...

Dikembe Mutombo is a guy known nearly as well for his international humanitarian efforts as his post-block finger wag. A guy well respected around the league. But this could ruin that reputation — Mutombo was at the heart of a dirty deal to move $10 million in Congolese gold out of that nation and to…

The lasting image of Dikembe Mutombo as an NBA All-Star, goofy guy, and well-earned reputation as a humanitarian took a huge hit on Monday with a shocking Houston Chronicle report that details the former Defensive Player of the Year's role in an alleged failed gold scheme centered around Mutombo's former Congolese home. In the Chronicle feature, based around a United Nations...

The former NBA big man was reportedly part of a plot to turn over 1,000 pounds of gold into $10M, but the plan was thwarted before it was able to be implemented.

Don't believe what you read T.. Former finger wagging Dikembe Mutombo was allegedly involved in setting up a sizable gold deal in Kenya that ended up with a Congolese general seizing $10 million worth of the mineral and the New York-based purchaser spending $30 million to free hostages taken in central Africa – The Houston Chron  has all the details. -TO Dikembe Mutombo...

by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni Throughout his life and basketball career, Dikembe Mutombo was known for blocking shots, wagging his finger after said blocked shots, and for doing tireless humanitarian work in the Congo. According to some business associates of Mutombo’s, Dikembe’s name and image aren’t entirely clean. They allege that the retired big man was...

The crack in the Liberty Bell seems just a tiny bit smaller. The NBA is relevant again in Philadelphia. The Sixers (6-2) are off to a fast start, the best since they reeled off an effortless ten in a row to start the 2000-01 season. All Sixer fans remember that year. I was in High School watching Eric Snow running the point, Allen Iverson running the show, and Dikembe Mutombo...

As we close out 2011, <a href=”http://thebreakdownshow.com/ “>Dave &amp; Audley</a> reflect back on some of the funniest, insightful moments from past guests such as Pat Williams of the Orlando Magic, Cherie Johnson of hit TV show Family Matters and a special impersonation of Dikembe Mutombo courtesy of Bobby Jackson. The second part of the most [...]

Kraft Hunger Bowl at AT&T Park University of Illinois football players piano jam session at St. Anthony’s Dining Room on Friday before the Kraft Hunger Bowl… The Illinois players helped fight hunger by serving food to the poor and homeless for 2.5 hours as part of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco…Thanks to Kraft Foods for having us at the game and...

Fab Melo morphed into Dikembe Mutombo against Seton HallThe Syracuse Orange assured themselves the number one ranking in the country heading into 2012 by dominating the Seton Hall Pirates 75-49 in the team's Big East conference opener.The story of the game was the dominance of sophomore center Feb Melo who set a Syracuse record with 10 blocks in the game. Fab also added 12 points...

Shane Battier, Carl Landry, Chuck Hayes — no report yet on whether Danny Ainge has called to coax Yao Ming, Dikembe Mutombo and Steve Francis out of retirement to officially revive the 2007-08 Houston Rockets.

I think we all appreciate your candor, Kemba Walker, but I have to be honest — I'm not sure how well your fellow members of the Secret Society of Happy People are going to take it. I mean, you remember the rituals (mostly warm-smile-based). The incantations (well, kind compliments, really, but very rigidly tailored). The hazing (basically just dancing to "Step in the Name...

"I suppose I would have to say that I have a difficult time believing that a donkey and an ogre could become such good friends in real life, because while studies suggest that several types of animals display the capacity for friendship as humans understand it, donkeys have not yet been counted among that number, and also, ogres do not exist. But I am glad you are enjoying the film...

While we do have a general rule about not having Colin Cowherd on this blog in any form, it is balanced out by Dikembe Mutombo (and Michelle Beadle). This is a great collection of Mutombo blocks (and it doesn’t even include things like the block of an Andrew Bynum hook shot). What I miss with…

Fake Henrik Zetterberg is the web series created by Greg DeLiso and Jacob Hawkins that takes the premise of their hilarious Zetterberg bathroom routine clip from 2009 and expands it into an "Office Space"-esque comedy series featuring the faux Detroit Red Wings player. Episode 1 was a lot of setup, as we meet the cute girl in the office Hank's crushing on and the scarf...