The girls' game began in 2002. Not too long later, in 1985, the slam dunk contest was introduced. Some of basketball's biggest names participated and won the contest, like Vince Carter ...

Dominique Wilkins reflects on the 1988 NBA Slam Dunk Contest and reveals Michael Jordan out of respect privately admitted he shouldn’t have won.

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As Jordan Brand celebrates its 40th anniversary of the Air Jordan, here are 10 of the best signature models of the shoe.

In fact, the NBA Slam Dunk Contest is often the highlight of All ... Wilkins, a Hall of Famer and the 1985-86 NBA scoring champion, won the 1985 and 1990 Slam Dunk contests, but those feats ...

Val Kilmer sought stardom but remained ambivalent about it, even as he was indelible in movies from "The Doors" to "Tombstone ...

All four No. 1 seeds have advanced to the Final Four for only the second time since 1985, and Duke and Florida are favored in ...

In “Top Gun,” where he played Iceman, whose job was to bust the chops of Cruise’s Maverick, he was like a malevolent beach bum, the kind of person who won the popularity contest but you ...