Oscar Schmidt, the legendary Brazilian player who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013, ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Oscar Schmidt, the Basketball Hall of Famer known to his Brazilian compatriots as the “Holy Hand,” died Friday. He was 68. Schmidt’s family said in a statement that he fought a brain ...

Oscar Schmidt, the Brazilian basketball legend and Basketball Hall of Famer, died Friday. He was 68. Schmidt died after a 15-year battle with a brain tumor, his family said in a statement. “For over ...

Oscar Schmidt authored a 46-point performance in the final of the 1987 Pan American Games, leading Brazil to a historic victory over the United States in a game that partly precipitated the formation ...

Brazilian basketball legend Oscar Schmidt died Friday at age 68. Larry Bird was a long-time admirer and called him one of the greatest ever in a statement.

FILE - Inductee Oscar Schmidt, of Brazil, speaks during the enshrinement ceremony for this year's class of the Basketball Hall of Fame, at Symphony Hall in Springfield, Mass., Sept. 8, 2013. Schmidt, ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Oscar Schmidt, the Basketball Hall of Famer known to his Brazilian compatriots as the “Holy Hand,” died Friday. He was 68. Schmidt’s family said in a statement that he fought a brain ...