7’3″-Tall 13-Year-Old Basketball Phenom Becomes Internet Sensation
Clips of Canadian basketball phenom Jeremy Gohier, who at 13 years of age is already 7 feet and 3 inches tall, towering over his teenage opponents have been going viral online. Jeremy Gohier is not your average 13-year-old. He is already considerably taller than the average NBA player (6-foot-6) so he usually makes short work […]
Company Reinvents Basketball with Airless See-Through Prototype
Sports equipment giant Wilson recently unveiled a 3D-printed basketball prototype that does not need to be inflated and features a see-through lattice design. Basketball technology has come a long way since the early days of the sport when real stitched leather was used as the main material, but Wilson is trying to change the game […]
22-Year-Old Basketball Coach Impersonates 13-Year-Old Girl in Official League Game
A 22-year-old assistant basketball coach lost her job with a Virginia high school after she reportedly impersonated a 13-year-old girl during an official game. Arlisha Boykins, an assistant for the Churchland H.S. Truckers in Virginia, recently made international news headlines after it was reported that she impersonated a 13-year-old player who was out of time […]
Hansel Enmanuel – The One-Armed Point Guard Making Waves in College Basketball
Hansel Enmanuel lost his left arm when he was only a child, but that didn’t stop him from pursuing his dream of becoming a professional basketball player. 19-year-old Hansel became an online sensation last year when a highlight video of his high-school basketball exploits went viral. People love underdog success stories, and Hansel Enmanuel’s is […]
7ft 5in-Tall, 14-Year-Old Chinese Girl Hailed as “New Yao Ming”
Zhang Ziyu, a 14-year-old basketball player from Shandong, China, has been getting a lot of attention because of her unusual height, 7ft 5in (2.26m), and getting compared to Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming. In photos and videos that have been doing the rounds online for the past week, Zhang Ziyu can be seen towering over […]
Star Basketball Player Banned After Urine Test Finds Him to Be Pregnant
American basketball player Donell “D.J.” Cooper has been banned from the sport for two years after a urine test found him to be pregnant. The 28-year-old point guard who last played for AS Monaco, in Europe, was suspended for two years by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) after a urine sample was found to contain […]
Incredibly Tall 12-Year-Old Basketball Player Can Dunk Without Even Jumping
At just 12-years-old, Olivier Rioux already stands at 6-foot-11 (2.11 meters) which makes him one heck of an asset for his basketball team. Not only can he shoot the ball without any of his opponents even coming close to a block, but he can literally slam dunk on the 8-foot-tall basket without his feet leaving […]
At 7-Foot-7, This 16-Year-Old Is the Second Tallest Basketball Player in the World and Taller Than Anyone in the NBA
Robert Bobroczky, a 7-foot-7, 16-year-old freshman at SPIRE Institute, a state-of-the-art international academy in Geneva, Ohio, is set to become the tallest player to ever play in the NBA and of the tallest in the history of the sport. Bobroczky, a native of Romania, has been described as “so tall he doesn’t look real”. At […]
9-Year-Old Basketball Player Gets Recruited by Miami University Because She Is That Good
While most fourth graders in the United States are grappling with the basics of the sport, nine-year-old Jaden Newman is already playing basketball like a pro. In fact she’s so good that she’s been approached by Miami University – they’ve asked her to keep them in mind when the time comes for her to make […]