The NCAA once set out on a mission to curb Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's greatness by banning dunking in 1967. However, the rule barely mattered for Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor. He had too many ...

"I got it up and stuffed it in, that started it, I guess" - Bob Kurland recalls the first dunk in college basketball history originally appeared on Basketball Network. The dunk is one of basketball's ...

Incredible slam dunks are living proof that humankind need not be held down by mere gravity. They literally and figuratively elevate basketball and are at the heart of “Magic in the Air: The Myth, the ...

From his high school days in the 1960s to becoming one of the most legendary figures in basketball, Pat Riley's journey is as remarkable as it is unexpected. During the time he was playing in high ...