Los Angeles Clippers rookie forward Blake Griffin will headline the slam dunk contest at NBA All-Star Weekend in February, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. The contest will feature more big men than usual, with the 6-10 Griffin competing against Wizards center JaVale McGee (listed at 7-0) and Oklahoma City’s Serge Ibaka (6-10). Milwaukee’s Brandon [...]
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Dwight Howard is “retired for life” from the slam dunk contest, the Orlando center told AOL Fanhouse. Howard won the contest in 2008 with his legendary “Superman” dunk. He placed second behind Nate Robinson in 2009 and did not participate in 2010. … Read Full Post
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Nate Robinson won his third slam dunk title — and second in a row — last night, beating Toronto’s DeMar DeRozan in the final round. Generally, the contest lacked any true “highlight reel” moments. The one truly special dunk was DeRozan’s second attempt of the first round; DeRozan rebounded a ball thrown off the side [...]
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Chauncey Billups and Chris Kaman have already been named as replacement players on the Western Conference all-star team. It sounds like more subs may be needed. Kobe Bryant has missed two straight games due to an ankle injury, and will be a game-time decision for tonight’s game against the Jazz. Meanwhile, Nate Robinson is suffering [...]
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The field is set for the 2010 Slam Dunk Contest. Nate Robinson will look to defend his title — and win a record third dunk contest — against Charlotte forward Gerald Wallace, and Laker swingman Shannon Brown. The fourth participant will be decided by a dunk-off between Toronto rookie DeMar DeRozan and Clipper guard Eric [...]
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The field for the 2010 Sprite Slam Dunk contest was revealed at a ceremony at New York’s Penn Station on Martin Luther King Day, just downstairs from Madison Square Garden. Speed artist Dan Dunn was on hand to create portraits of the participants — New York’s Nate Robinson, Charlotte’s Gerald Wallace, and the Lakers’ Shannon [...]
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One of my all-time favorite Saturday Night Live sketches from back in the day featured a debate between several potential Democratic candidates for the presidency… each one explaining why he didn’t want to run and lose to popular incumbent George H. W. Bush. (Amazing how quickly things change… Papa Bush, of course, went on to [...]
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