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This story appears in ESPN The Magazines November 28 Tall Ball Issue. Subscribe today!PLANES, TRAINS, AUTOMOBILES?and ... roller coasters? The world is just not built for the extremely tall, lament those longest of limb. I couldnt get on the Batman ride at Six Flags! one 6-foot-9 baller says. So to walk a mile in their ridiculously big shoes, we offered confidentiality to 66 NBA players who measure 6-8 and up in exchange for their honest takes on what it means to be the tallest guy in the room.* Heres the weather report from way up there.What is the best thing about being tall?Playing basketball 25 percent (most popular answer) Standing out/getting attention?19 percent Seeing over people 19 percentI cant imagine being below everyone and not seeing whats going on. 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That lets you know.? -- Nine-year NBA veteranDo you fear long-term health issues due to your size?Yes 19 percent No 81 percentDo you feel more prone to injury due to your size?Yes 33 percent No 67 percentDoes your height affect your self-confidence positively, negatively or not at all?Positively 63 percent Negatively 0 percent Not at all?37 percentIt was awful growing up ... but as you get into real life, the taller you are, the more you get praise.? -- Eastern Conference playerDo you think you are subject to more emotional and/or verbal mistreatment because of your size?Yes 27 percent No 73 percentHow often do people ask you how tall you are?Every day 80 percent (most popular answer)Does the question annoy you?Yes 46 percent No 54 percentI got a shirt that said, I am 7-1. Yes, I play basketball. On the back, it said, Leave me alone. -- Former first-round draft pick*Not all players answered every question. Percentages are rounded. 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Wragge hit 9-of-14 from behind the arc, matching Kyle Korvers school record for 3-pointers in a game set in 2003, as Creighton (16-3, 6-1 Big East broke a conference record with 21 treys in the rout. NEW ORLEANS -- The Latest on sentencing for ex-NFL star Darren Sharper (all times local):11:45 a.m.The federal judge who more than doubled former NFL star Darren Sharpers prison sentence told him that courts cannot ignore the damage he inflicted on women and on society at large.U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo had rejected a multistate plea agreements 9-year sentence as too short. She sentenced Sharper on Thursday to 18 years and four months, and a $20,000 fine.Before handing down the sentence, the judge told him she could never understand how you arrived at this place, since he is educated and obviously grew up in one of the most loving households.He pleaded guilty in federal court to drugging three women so he could rape them. He has also pleaded guilty or no contest in state courts in Louisiana, Arizona, California and Nevada. Hes accused of drugging and raping as many as 16 women in those four states.---10:45 a.m.Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael McMahon says hes satisfied with the prison sentence given to former NFL star Darren Sharper.Federal prosecutors had accepted a multistate plea agreement calling for a 9-year sentence. But U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo rejected it and more than doubled Sharpers sentence Thursday, to 18 years and four months. That was 15 months shy of the maximum sentence.Defense attorney Billy Gibbens says that wont affect plea agreements with state courts in Louisiana, California, Arizona and Nevada.Milazzo also ordered Sharper to serve three years of supervised release after he leaves prison.McMahon and Gibbens say the plea agreement in Arizona calls for essentially a lifetime on probation after the end of the prison term there.Sharpers family left the courtroom without speaking to reporters.---10:20 a.m.Both former NFL star Darren Sharper and a woman he admitted drugging and raping both made emotional statements before Sharper was sentenced to 18 years in federall prison.ddddddddddddSharpers voice thickened and broke as he said he apologized a thousand times to the women he abused and to his family and friends. He said I lived my life right for 38 years and then I took this path. Sharper said hes still trying to figure out why he did.The woman said Sharper was so arrogant and twisted that he kept drugging and raping women even after he knew the attack on her was being investigated.She said a mistake is something that happens once and is corrected, but it was a way of life for Sharper and his friends.Her voice broke often during her long statement.Her last words to him were: Go to hell.---10 a.m.Former NFL star Darren Sharper has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in a case where he was accused of drugging and raping as many as 16 women in four states.Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced Sharper on Thursday. He had pleaded guilty or no-contest to charges arising from the allegations of drugging and raping women in federal court in New Orleans, and state courts in Louisiana, Arizona, California and Nevada.Prosecutors suggested a 9-year prison term for Sharper under a multi-jurisdictional plea deal, but Milazzo rejected it as too lenient in June.---Former NFL star Darren Sharper has arrived in federal court in New Orleans for a sentencing hearing.Sharper was wearing orange prison garb, and his hands and feet were shackled when he arrived Thursday morning.Sharper is due for sentencing after pleading guilty or no-contest to charges arising from the allegations of drugging and raping women in federal court in New Orleans, and state courts in Louisiana, Arizona, California and Nevada.Prosecutors had suggested a 9-year prison term for Sharper under a multi-jurisdictional plea deal, but Judge Jane Triche Milazzo rejected it as too lenient in June. ' ' '