Before the Dunk Contest began, key moments took place. Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns won the Skills Challenge, highlighting ...

For the first time the dunk contest featured a G-League star, with Mac McClung wowing all with an amazing aerial performance. Derrick Jones Jr and Aaron Gordon needed two tie-breakers to decide a ...

The 2025 Governors Challenge basketball tournament concluded after five days in Salisbury, Maryland. Dylan Haugen won the annual Dunk Contest with a series of creative and difficult dunks. Several ...

Jonny Flynn’s dunk that turned poor Mike Rosario of Rutgers into a permanent internet victim? Sherman Douglas hiking the ball to Stevie Thompson against Indiana in 1988? Hakim Warrick’s dunk against ...

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has never participated in the Slam Dunk contest despite an incredible history of in-game slams.

1936 — Jay Berwanger, University of Chicago halfback and Heisman Trophy winner, is the first player ever selected in the NFL Draft. The Philadelphia Eagles make the pick and eventually trade his ...