Video footage of Erving dunking a basketball with one hand surfaced online in 2021, leading people to think he could still dunk in his 70s. This probably prompted Ledlow to ask Julius about it.
In this excerpt from his new book, “Magic in the Air: The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk,” Inquirer ...
Julius Erving won the first dunk contest held during the 1976 ABA All-Star game when he threw down after taking off from the free throw line. The dunk later was repeated by Michael Jordan ...
NBA Hall of Famer Julius Erving hurt a lot of feelings with his thunderous dunk. There was one, however, that had stronger results than just a stare down. Erving ranked a slam over Hall of Famer ...
It was the greatest combination of talent and dunkers in Slam Dunk contest history, and a little-known Pacer almost stole the ...
Julius Erving returns to the site of his ABA dunk contest glory, but it is an emerging aerial master, Larry Nance, that takes the NBA's inaugural competition.
His monster slam in Atlanta came in front of legends Dominique Wilkins and Julius Erving and served notice he's ready to ...
His 89.2 career free throw percentage is currently No. 1 in program history. Fan voting for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award opens on Friday, Feb. 7. The top player selections ...
One player who cemented his legacy through streetball was Julius ... Dunk Contest, introduced in the 1976 ABA All-Star Game and later adopted by the NBA in 1984. The Hall of Famer’s iconic free ...