CLEVELAND, Ohio — Remember when the NBA Slam Dunk Contest was the marquee event of All-Star Weekend? Those days are long gone, and the latest episode of the Wine and Gold Talk podcast digs into why ...

During this year's NBA dunk competition, Keshawn Johnson emerged as the slam dunk champion, a surprising outcome given that many viewers had not heard of him prior. His victory was surprising enough ...

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Shaquille O'Neal has had enough with the NBA All-Star weekend slam-dunk contest. "So, All-Star weekend, forget the All-Star game. The highlight of the weekend was the dunk contest and the three-point ...

The 2026 NBA Slam Dunk Contest was an exciting finale to NBA All-Star Saturday Night, held at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, on Feb. 14. A second-year forward out of Arizona, Johnson was ...

They gave Jordan a 50! It's one of the most famous lines in NBA Slam Dunk Contest history, but it's also a reminder of the occasional controversy that comes from judging the event. Michael Jordan won ...

Really, however, there were no winners tonight in a dunk competition that some are calling the worst in NBA history. While it would be wrong to say there were no redeeming qualities, it was a failure ...

The NBA Dunk Contest used to be a special showcase of the pinnacles of basketball athleticism: Michael Jordan’s free-throw line dunk in 1987 and Aaron Gordon and Zach LaVine’s legendary duel in 2016 ...