The circus league (as the NBA saw it) not only introduced the three point shot and the red-white-and-blue ball (something that would be great for the NBA to pick back up, incidentally), but it also ...

When 1990s firebrand and two-time NBA champion Vernon Maxwell recently declared Alex English as the best 1-on-1 player of his era, NBA Twitter raised its collective eyebrow.

Michael Jordan admitted the 1988 Dunk Contest win over Dominique Wilkins may have been influenced by the Chicago crowd. ... Surpassing the likes of Spud Webb, Otis Smith, and Clyde Drexler, ...

Clyde Drexler grew up in Houston's South Park, ... 02/05/1983 - UH Cougar Clyde Drexler goes over Tyren Naulls, of Texas A&M, for a slam dunk in College Station.

On Sunday, the Houston Cougars took care of the Tennessee Volunteers to punch their ticket to San Antonio, where they will face the Duke Blue Devils in the Final Four of the 2024 NCAA men’s ...

Clyde Drexler wasn’t there, either. Drexler was at his home in Houston, where wife Tonya is recovering from breast cancer. “Amazingly, she is cancer-free,” Clyde told me last week.

Throughout the history of March Madness, some upsets have earned an unforgettable place in history. Most recently, we've watched two No. 16 seeds pull off the unthinkable and derail a No. 1 team.

Jordan settled the contest with his now trademark free-throw dunk to score 50 points and bag the controversial title. Michael Jordan attempted the same dunk in all three competitions in 85, 87 and 88.

Zach LaVine won the dunk contest in 2015 and 2016, including the legendary showdown with Gordon in 2016 – the best in recent memory. LaVine will be 30 years old by next year’s contest, but he could ...

Both Damian Lillard (3-point Shootout) and Mac McClung (Dunk Contest) are trying to win their respective events for the third year in a row. Lillard would join Craig Hodges (1990-92) and Larry ...

Mac McClung needed just one round to shock fans and win his third consecutive NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Two-time NBA Dunk Contest winner Mac McClung has already shocked fans in just the first round.