Good players get the job done in the regular season, but great players take things up a notch when it matters the most.

Another year, another summer, another morning inside a gym. Hakeem Olajuwon always knew he never wanted to carry a clipboard, sit on a bench or kneel in a huddle drawing up plays. But this is ...

Hakeem Olajuwon is a two-time NBA champion, a former MVP and widely considered one of the greatest centers ever. From NBA.com Staff In 1993-94, Hakeem Olajuwon became the first player to be named ...

BIRMINGHAM, England -- The first time Hakeem Olajuwon's five sons fully understood what their father used to do was when they sat in the canteen at Nechells Wellbeing Centre, home of the City of ...

Following the win, a video circulated showing Hakeem Olajuwon—a legend in both Cougars and Rockets basketball—being refused access to the stage where the team was celebrating. Fortunately ...

The season in which Houston institution and NBA legend Hakeem Olajuwon was to offer his farewells in perhaps a final victory lap around the NBA was declared, for Olajuwon, over Tuesday.

In anticipation of Hakeem Olajuwon announcing his retirement from the NBA on Nov. 9, ESPN Classic will present a day of some of his greatest college and NBA games on Sunday, Nov. 10 from noon-9 p ...

O’Neal isn’t the physical freak that he once was. Back then, his best rival was Hakeem Olajuwon. Come to think of it, they are still rivals. In their prime, who was better? We argue.

Never having played basketball until age 15, Hakeem Olajuwon was a natural. After relying on his athleticism to dominate at the University of Houston, the hometown Rockets made Olajuwon the number ...