It was the greatest combination of talent and dunkers in Slam Dunk contest history, and a little-known Pacer almost stole the ...

Standing in his way? Three hungry challengers. Chicago’s Matas Buzelis, San Antonio’s Stephon Castle, and Milwaukee’s Andre Jackson Jr. will all make their contest debuts, each eager to rise above and ...

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It was in the summer of 1985 when Michael Jordan embarked on a European tour to promote his soon-to-be-released Air Jordan 1 ...

In lacing up a lively history of the slam dunk, Mike Sileski digs into the social and racial implications of sports’ most ...

It's been quite a season for Vince Carter already. The NBA Hall of Famer has seen his jersey hung in the rafters of two arenas, for the Toronto Raptors and Brooklyn Nets. As the calendar flipped to ...

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

You would have to be culturally illiterate to be unfamiliar with Michael Jordan ... (Ironically, the best player on that Kentucky team, Pat Riley, would go on to preside over the dunk-happy ...

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I understand that, at times, it feels like the best dunks have been done and we ... Harken back to Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady or any of performers ...

Anthony Edwards doesn’t consider himself a superstar.