Thompson, one of five players to compete in the first Slam Dunk Contest at the 1976 ABA All-Star Game, will never forget how ...

VJ Edgecombe has made a splash in his rookie season with the 76ers. He delivered a jaw-dropping dunk against the Pacers that ...

On the heels of the new year, ESPN analyst Zach Kram picks a moment from each basketball season that NBA fans will most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The great Julius Erving always knew what to do whenever he went up in mid-air, but in 2011, Dr. J seemed to have run out of moves ...

Below we’re listing six essential Dr. J basketball cards. While the focus is almost exclusively on his stand alone cards, there’s one card on this list that features Erving and two other Hall of ...

Braylon Mullins, UConn’s third straight preseason Big East Freshman of the Year, was one of 20 players named to the watch list for the Julius Erving Award, which is given annually to the nation’s top ...

Spencer Haywood is a Hall of Famer from the 1970s who became famous for a number of reasons. Firstly, he won the ABA MVP in his rookie season, a feat that has only been accomplished by two other NBA ...

Do you remember the ABA? That's the American Basketball Association, which started in 1967 and had that colorful red, white, and blue ball. The new documentary "The Waiting Game," opening Aug. 29 with ...

In a legendary moment from the 1988 Slam Dunk Contest, Michael Jordan revealed that Julius Erving—aka Dr. J—was the spark behind his iconic free-throw line dunk. With the contest on the line and ...

"You've gotta have them guys up at the top there" - Dominique Wilkins names his all-time Mount Rushmore of dunkers originally appeared on Basketball Network. The NBA has seen its fair share of ...