Women's Sports is a joint partnership between The Athletic and Yahoo Sports. I was on a date, and I missed it. For three hours, I was completely unaware of what was going down in Oakland Arena during ...

At the 2000 NBA All-Star Weekend, Vince Carter made the world fall in love with the Slam Dunk Contest all over again. The high-flying Toronto Raptors star put on a show. With every leap, every spin, ...

The first-ever Dunk Contest was held on January 27, 1976, at halftime of that year’s ABA All-Star Game, featuring George “Iceman” Gervin and Julius “Dr. J” Erving in what was the final season before ...

MJ from the free throw line. Vince Carter declaring “it’s over.” Dwight Howard flying like Superman. The NBA slam dunk contest has featured some of the most memorable moments in league history. While ...

Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon is known as arguably the best dunker never to win an NBA Slam Dunk Contest, but he's confident he would've been able to hold his own against the greatest slam dunk ...

Mac McClung has made his mark on the NBA's All-Star Saturday night spectacle as the first player to win the Slam Dunk Contest in three consecutive years. His dunk contest dominance has brought some of ...

Aaron Gordon holds the undisputed crown of best Dunk Contest dunker to never win, as he appeared three times and put forth two classic contests, coming out just on the losing side of legendary battles ...

Vince Carter Changed the Dunk Contest FOREVER ...