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

In a 2023 episode of “First Take,” ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith caused controversy by claiming that LeBron James is to blame for the decline of the dunk contest. Smith explained that, over the past ...

A third contestant has been added to the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest for All-Star Weekend. Milwaukee Bucks guard Andre Jackson Jr. has committed to participating in the competition. Jackson played ...

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 ...

Tosi, a 6-foot-7 Utah State signee, won the contest with a 360-windmill dunk. He narrowly beat Parkview's Dassiah Green, who jumped over a kid doing circles on a hoverboard, brushing his head up ...

“Bob was one of my teammates," basketball legend, Julius Erving said. "When he asked me to come out, I had a feeling he was going to do it the right way and so far, that’s exactly what’s happene ...

except the dunk did not count. San Antonio Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama was the recipient of the vicious one-handed dunk late in the fourth quarter against the Memphis Grizzlies and ...

Yes, Ja Morant dunked all over Hector Banana-Bread — er, Victor Wembanyama after the whistle on Wednesday night in the Memphis Grizzlies’ win over the San Antonio Spurs. But no matter.

Maybe Morant didn’t hear the whistle, because he exploded off the ground of a rub-in dunk over Wembanyama. Watch the play here: I’m shaking my head at the refs for calling that foul.

in the first half. It is therefore fair to categorize any dunk on him as newsworthy. When a 6-foot-2 guard does it? It's an obvious dunk of the year candidate... even if it technically didn't count.