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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — Paul Sturgess snares an offensive rebound between two ...

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 ...

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In truth, Paul Sturgess is the tallest Harlem Globetrotter ever -- a 7-foot-8, Englishman who came to America seeking pro basketball and found it in a unique place: as an official member of the club's ...