The NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest has long been one of the most exciting events of the All-Star weekend, showcasing jaw-dropping athleticism and creativity. D ...

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The 3-Point Contest first took place in 1986, and you have to go back nearly that far to find the rest of the Lakers' participants. Byron Scott and Michael Cooper both participated in 1987, but they ...

The art of the slam dunk has woven itself into basketball as an expression of style and exultant power.

The NBA tries a new format for its All-Star game in San Francisco. Plus, remembering the night Vince Carter reinvented the ...

We could see the return of the biggest stars in the game, returning to the Slam Dunk contest during NBA All-Star weekend on ...

Skyy Clark and Kobe Johnson extended the UCLA Bruins’ lead with dunks in back-to-back possessions against the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Mr. Sielski, who in 2022 published a terrific biography of Kobe Bryant, spends considerable time highlighting the dunk as “a revolutionary agent, an expression of Black culture, a tangible ...

The late Kobe Bryant became the youngest player in history to win the Slam Dunk Contest when he was 18 years old while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers. Get all the details on the 2025 NBA Slam ...

Two years later, Kobe Bryant became the only Laker to ever win the Dunk Contest. Kobe was an 18-year-old rookie at the time, making him the youngest to ever win it. This was one of the first ...

What’s a king to a god? What’s the dunk contest to LeBron James? For all of James’ accolades, championships, records, MVPs, ...

McClung didn’t stop there — for his second dunk he threw down two balls, one taken from a guy spinning on a hoverboard and knocking in another up on the rim. McClung got a perfect score of 50 on that ...