Long before Michael Jordan took the NBA by storm when he joined the pros in 1984, Julius Erving was the man of the hour. A ...

After all, in that era, players often just dusted themselves off after suffering a sprained ankle or a bruised knee. However, ...

McClung has put himself in conversation with the NBA's most athletic players ever ... Dwight Howard, Shawn Kemp, Spud Webb, etc. It's probably fair to say the competition within the Dunk Contest ...

Bob Donnan USA TODAY Sports Sacramento Kings guard Zach LaVine and other NBA stars are thinking about ... A year later, Wilkins lost to 5-foot-7 Spud Webb. Jordan took flight from the free-throw ...

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest ... A few times. The site of 5' 6" Spud Webb doing a 360 was cool. Dee Brown pumping up the Reeboks before his no-look jam was, too. Props have become part of the ...

Spud Webb Steals the Show6 of 10 Even though it has ... Pure Vinsanity10 of 10 The greatest dunker in the history of the NBA put on the most astounding show anyone had ever seen in 2000, wowing ...

While basketball fans used to mark their calendars for the annual Slam Dunk Contest and All-Star Game, the festivities have become an afterthought to many.

The NBA All-Star AT&T Slam Dunk Contest is a competition ... 2009 and 2010), despite being 1.75 m tall. Spud Webb, at 1.68 m tall, is the shortest player to win this Slam Dunk Contest (in 1986).

Skip Bayless on Monday discussed how white American athletes are shattering stereotypes, using newly crowned three-time NBA dunk contest champion Mac McClung as a prime example of debunking the idea t ...

The story of the greatest players in NBA history. In 100 riveting ... McGrady then did the “Spud” — the dunk that Webb had made famous, throwing the ball high in the air, then grabbing ...