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Big man on campus ...(HERE BELOW)(Kenny George)

We would think that the center on a Division I college basketball team would welcome being the center of attention. Not so when it comes to Kenny George.

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George, the 7-foot-7, 360 pound pivot man for UNC-Asheville, would much rather be a shrinking violet than deal with the fanfare that comes with being not only the largest player in college basketball today, but perhaps of all-time.

You see, George's size is always a topic of discussion, one that the shy and reserved 22-year-old doesn't want to discuss. Afflicted with gigantism--a condition in which a tumor on the pituitary gland causes an over-secretion of growth hormone--George must deal ...

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