Walking from his apartment to classes and then to the University of Florida’s basketball facility, Olivier Rioux poses for dozens — sometimes hundreds — of pictures a day. Vertical shots, of course.

GAINESVILLE, Fla.(AP) — Florida coach Todd Golden had people yelling at him at halftime Thursday night to get 7-foot-9 center Olivier Rioux in the game. Golden relented with 2:09 to play — and made ...

The world's tallest teenager might have to wait a year to become the world's tallest college basketball player. Florida coach Todd Golden said Thursday that Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 freshman who owns ...

The tallest player to play professional basketball right now isn't Wemby, but a 7'8" giant from Egypt. Some sites have him 7'8", some have him 7'9". One thing is for sure, though, Hamada Aboulreish is ...