SIOUX CITY — More than 700 Spalding Park Elementary School students received new shoes on Tuesday from Restoration Church's annual Great Shoe Giveaway. Restoration Church, formerly Morningside ...

Motivation comes from a variety of factors in sports. For NBA great Hakeem Olajuwon, it was San Antonio Spurs center David Robinson winning the regular season MVP in 1995. Olajuwon won a ...

Excerpted from the book Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon by Mirin Fader ... so they’d bring autographed shoes and gear for them. “We welcomed them,” said Reid, who gave ...

ESPN.com recently put together a list of all the players who have ever had their own signature shoes, and it was beautiful, ...

Comments were lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Q: Hakeem Olajuwon has been retired for 22 years and keeps a relatively low profile. So what compelled you to do an Olajuwon biography in 2024?

Nearly every day in the summer of 1981, after his first partial year at Houston, Olajuwon played at Fonde ... so they’d bring autographed shoes and gear for them. “We welcomed them,” said ...

Outside of Wild Chamberlain and Bill Russell, Olajuwon played against almost every great center that has ever played in the NBA. Mirin revisits the 1984 NBA Draft, where Hakeem was picked #1 by ...

Booker also moved up on the NBA's all-time assists list. He passed Blake Griffin (3,055), Hakeem Olajuwon (3,058) and Dick Van Arsdale (3,060) for 224th. Nov 10, 2024; Phoenix, Arizona ...

Grizzlies rookie Zach Edey posted a historic 25 points, 12 rebounds, and four blocks, echoing Hakeem Olajuwon's rookie numbers. The former Purdue Boilermaker had a breakout game against the Nets.