LeBron James, who had been selected to compete in his 21st All-Star Game, unfortunately, did not take the court due to a ...

The 2025 slam dunk and 3-point shooting contests will again be held as part of the NBA All-Star Game festivities on Saturday.

Now that football season is over, basketball is back in action, and the annual NBA Slam Dunk Contest is about to hit the ...

The annual discourse around "fixing the Dunk Contest" misses that it’s never needed stars. It used to create them, and maybe ...

Stars are not participating for fear of being “turned into a meme” and there is little imagination in the dunk attempts.

What Carter did 25 years ago during a rain-soaked weekend in the Bay looked like, and felt like, the apogee of the ...

Aaron Gordon discusses the Denver Nuggets' season, Nikola Jokic, the Slam Dunk Contest, his new partnership, and more.

Despite coming up short in the Slam Dunk Contest, Sam Smith writes that Matas Buzelis still wowed spectators and showed ...

Mr. Sielski’s deeply researched book—which, to use the argot of the slam ... “basketball’s consummate symbol of superiority.” As pervasive as the dunk might be, both on the court ...

NBA All-Star weekend served up a DQ in the skills competition, a surprising winner in the 3-point contest, and eye-popping dunks from Mac McClung.

The dunk contest remains the jewel in the crown of NBA All Star Saturday and it’s all thanks to one man. Two-time champion Mac McClung was back in action on Sunday (AEDT) and he wasted no time in ...

NBA All-Star Saturday Night is back with three events: the Skills Challenge, 3-point Shootout and Slam Dunk Contest ... The official tiebreaker is a half-court shooting contest.