One would think basketball should be easy for Paul Sturgess. At 7-foot-8, Sturgess—the center for the NBA Development League’s Texas Legends—is the tallest professional basketball player in the world.

You may not know Paul Sturgess may name, but there’s a pretty good chance you’ve seen the 7’8 center during your travels on the internet. Sturgess, who made his mark with the Harlem Globetrotters has ...

Paul Sturgess grew up in Loughborough, England, a town of 60,000 people north of London. He was, he says, just another English kid who loved soccer. That changed when, at 15, he grew a foot — to a ...

How would David Stern handle this one? Excessive hanging on the rim in the NBA is a technical foul. I wonder if that same rule applies for players who can hang on the rim and taunt their opponents ...

Standing at 7ft 2ins, Paul Sturgess, Harlem Globetrotter and the world's tallest basketball player, showed off his skills to ...

The questions don’t come as quick as the stares. But still they come. “Do you play basketball?” A popular one. “How do you sleep at night?” Another one. “What’s the weather like up there?” Not so much ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It says something about the talent of the Mountain State (W.Va.) University basketball team that it has the tallest player in college basketball, and he barely gets off the bench.

The Cheshire Phoenix of the British Basketball League have signed Paul "Tiny" Sturgess, a 26-year-old center who is also the world's tallest basketball player at 7-foot-8. Sturgess will join the team ...

Paul Sturgess snares an offensive rebound between two defenders, attempts a dunk but misses, grabs the rim and gets whistled for a technical foul. But wait. His coach, Bob Bolen, has an issue with the ...

Is anybody really surprised that Paul Sturgess is now officially a Harlem Globetrotter? I’m not. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to ...