2025 NBA All-Star Weekend expert picks: Trae Young is value play for MVP, Dunk Contest royalty prevails
All-Star Game featured captains drafting teams. The 2024 event moved back to East vs. West. Now, in 2025, we're playing a ...
Doug Gottlieb’s strange life, plus America’s 4 Nations rout
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NBA announces big change to Slam Dunk Contest
The NBA is making a fairly significant change to the Slam Dunk Contest for the upcoming All-Star Weekend.
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Score predictions for Charlotte Hornets vs. Los Angeles Clippers
This is a sign that nothing serious is going on, and instead, the team is just being cautious with his workload, but for him to miss two straight with a day off in between is strange. How will ...
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Who is in the NBA Dunk Contest? Tracking the rumors, confirmed participants for 2025 All-Star event
A large part of All-Star Saturday night's allure is that it closes with the Slam Dunk Contest. Over the years, the competition has pitted some of the game's most athletic players against one ...
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LEAFS TAKEAWAYS: Senators expose old weaknesses in their Battle of Ontario foe
Score the Battle of Ontario 2-0 for the Ottawa Senators after Saturday’s 2-1 win over the Maple Leafs, with just one goal, so far, for Toronto in this year’s series. That’s four straight ...
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Strange Scaffold concludes I Am Your Beast with a final, wild DLC
Cass Marshall is a news writer focusing on gaming and culture coverage, taking a particular interest in the human stories of the wild world of online games. These new levels aren’t canon, and ...
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Nike SB Dunk
Six patient-designers will see their shoes release alongside the new adidas Harden Vol. 9, the return of the Nike SB Dunk Low Pro B and more.
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Marvel Star Benedict Cumberbatch Says Doctor Strange Is Skipping Avengers Doomsday But Is a 'Central' Part of Secret Wars
Benedict Cumberbatch has said his Marvel Cinematic Universe character Doctor Strange is skipping the next big team up in Avengers Doomsday but will play a "central role" in its sequel Avengers ...
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Where did Slam Dunk end in the manga and anime?
Sharing many similarities till the end, how did the Slam Dunk ending differ between the manga and the anime? Slam Dunk, a beloved sports manga and anime series that has captured fans’ hearts for years ...
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Ian Jackson puts Hunter Sallis on poster
And during the first half of Wednesday’s game, the freshman had what is arguably the dunk of the year in college basketball. After a Wake Forest miss, North Carolina got out running and it was Jackson ...
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Bulls' Matas Buzelis, Spurs' Stephon Castle in All-Star dunk contest, sources say
Chicago Bulls rookie forward Matas Buzelis and San Antonio Spurs rookie guard Stephon Castle have committed to two of the four spots in the slam dunk contest during NBA All-Star Weekend ...