Calif. Twins Can't Escape Attention: ; the Teens, Both 7 Feet, 1 Inch Tall, Will Play Basketball at Stanford This Fall

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FRESNO, Calif. - It happened every game. Brook and Robin Lopez loomed head and shoulders above the competition in claustrophobic high school gyms across California's Central Valley.

Win or lose, opposing basketball players and even coaches cornered the towering 18-year-old twins for snapshots and autographs. Giggling girls who barely reach their waistlines compared hand sizes. Everyone wanted a piece of them.

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Calif. Twins Can't Escape Attention: ; the Teens, Both 7 Feet, 1 Inch Tall, Will Play Basketball at Stanford This Fall

There's a lot to go around.

At 7-foot-1, the Lopez twins are celebrities. In an era of high- flying giants showboating on sports TV, even hyper-tall schoolboy athletes are now hero-cool.

And the brothers are still growing.

Wherever they go, the twins draw a crowd - and not just on the bask...

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