NO. 99 on my scorecard while growing up during the NBA’s infancy, but No. 1 in almost everything else related to professional basketball, Mr. Basketball died Wednesday at 80 when life is supposed to ...

PHOENIX – George Mikan, professional basketball’s first dominant big man who led the Minneapolis Lakers to five championships and transformed the game, has died. He was 80. Mikan died Wednesday at a ...

Bud Grant, a Hall of Famer in both the NFL and CFL, knew sports. He also knew athletes. Grant, who died in 2023, either played with, coached or served as an executive for some of the greatest athletes ...

Sad news from the world of basketball – legendary big man George Mikan has died at the age of 80. It's too bad that none of the young kids today got to see Mikan operate in the low post. The Hall of ...

PHOENIX – George Mikan, the "gentle giant" who a half-century ago brought fame and stability to the fledgling world of professional basketball and literally transformed the game, has died 18 days shy ...

George Mikan may hot have played his home games in the state of California, but he is, without a doubt, one of the most important figures in Lakers lore. Over the course of the Lakers' 75-year history ...

George Mikan was the NBA's first superstar and led the Minneapolis Lakers to five titles from 1949-54. From NBA.com Staff George Mikan (No. 99) anchored the NBA’s original dynasty, the Minneapolis ...

"Mikan was one of the most dominant players of his era and was voted the greatest player in the first half-century by the AP." "Nicknamed Mr. Basketball, he led the league in scoring three straight ...

When the Joliet Area Sports Hall of Fame opened in 2003, one athlete towered over the seven other inductees. George Mikan, at 6 feet 10 inches, was the tallest and most famous of the hall of famers.