Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James surprised even himself with his reverse windmill dunk against the Houston Rockets during Tuesday night's first-round Game 2 win.

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest is all but dead after the completely lackluster event we saw at the NBA All-Star Saturday this past weekend. For some big names, the fault has less to do with the four men who participated and more with the man who never has ...

The dunks looked effortless. The conversation that followed was not. After throwing down windmills and alley-oops in a blowout win, the idea of LeBron James returning to the Slam Dunk Contest briefly felt alive again. However, that thought lasted only as ...

As a general rule, we make too much of the age thing with older athletes these days. It's not that it's not worth a headline or two when an old player (by sports standards) continues to compete at a high level in what is, for the most part, a young man's ...

LeBron James ended all speculation about a dunk contest appearance with a blunt three-word response, making it clear that even at 41 and still dunking with ease, the NBA Slam Dunk Contest remains firmly off his list. The NBA Slam Dunk Contest has spent ...

With three-time Slam Dunk champion Mac McClung sitting out this year’s dunk contest, not much was expected from this year’s contestants. And unsurprisingly, it was a snoozefest. The once highly anticipated event has waned in popularity. Maybe stars ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's all eyes on Lakers LeBron James ahead of the Warriors final home game of the regular season. While warming up with some free throws ahead of their game with the Warriors, LeBron ...

Julius Erving skips LeBron James as he names his perfect starting lineup for a dunk contest but urges the Lakers veteran to participate in it before he retires.