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An invention by Arthur Ehrat to create the breakaway rim with a spring on it led to the return of the dunk in college basketball. [5] An often cited game with a backboard smash was on August 26, 1985. Michael Jordan dunked so hard during a Nike exhibition game in Trieste that the backboard was completely broken. The signed jersey and shoes ...
Iconic sports photographer Walter Iooss joins 2 Point Lead host Yannis Pappas to talk about his memories of the 1998 NBA Dunk Contest. Iooss snapped one of the most famous basketball pictures ever ...
Michael Jordan dunking in 1987. Larry Nance won the first modern dunk contest in 1984. Spud Webb at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) defeated 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Dominique Wilkins in the 1986 dunk contest. Michael Jordan nicknamed "Air Jordan" for his dunking ability, popularized a dunk referred to by some fans as the "Leaner" in 1987 contest. This dunk was ...
The 1985 NBA Slam Dunk Contest is widely heralded as one of the greatest dunk contests of all time. It featured two of the highest flyers of the time, Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins. The other participants of the contest included Clyde Drexler, Julius Erving, Darrell Griffith, Larry Nance, Terence Stansbury, and Orlando Woolridge. Both ...
In particular, it irritated Jordan that Michael Cooper of the Los Angeles Lakers won Defensive Player of the Year in 1986-87, garnering 25 of the 78 votes, while Jordan received just one. Jordan ...
Jimmy Butler walked out of the Miami Heat locker room on Friday night wearing a Michael Jordan jersey. It was a No. 45 — the one Jordan briefly wore when he returned to the Chicago Bulls after ...
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, [9] is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. He played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
The emotional finale of A Journal for Jordan takes place on the Arlington National Cemetery grounds, the first movie to film there since the Sept. 11 attacks. (In real life, King was laid to rest ...