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 ...

Former NBA guard Ricky Davis reflected on following Vince Carter’s iconic 2000 Slam Dunk Contest performance, calling it an intimidating yet unforgettable experience. Davis suggested that ...

From the things that Carter did to how the crowd reacted to it, every moment was seared deep into his memory. At the same ...

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, ...

For most NBA basketball fans, the highlight of All-Star Weekend used to be the slam dunk contest. Julius Erving (a.k.a. “Dr. J”) participated in, and won, the first dunk contest in 1976, electrifying ...

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 ...