Julius Erving will celebrate his 76th birthday on Sunday, just a few weeks after the 50th anniversary of the event that led ...

Incredible slam dunks are living proof that humankind need not be held down by mere gravity. They literally and figuratively elevate basketball and are at the heart of “Magic in the Air: The Myth, the ...

In a moment of get-off-my-lawn petulance, I once argued in the pages of Sports Illustrated that the NBA All-Star Game’s Slam Dunk Contest was an “increasingly lame competition” that should be scrapped ...

Keshad Johnson danced and dunked his way into the NBA history books. Here's the latest.

The NBA could take a thing or two from the NBA Cup to revitalize the Dunk Contest.

Did you get a gift card for the holidays that you haven't used? If you are a basketball fan — or even if you're not — I have a recommendation. Stop by your local bookseller, or if you have to, go on ...

The 2026 NBA Slam Dunk contest wasn’t just bad — it was pathetic. The decline of the dunk contest has been well documented, but Saturday night was the competition’s rock bottom. Serving as proof the ...