The following is excerpted from Mike Sielski’s Magic in the Air, a narrative romp through the history of basketball, culture, ...

Google DeepMind launches robot AI that can figure out how to ‘slam dunk’ - Gemini integration allows humanoid bots to be home ...

Mason Plumlee with a big dunk in the 4th quarter off the miss by Kevin Durant. Mason Plumlee with a big dunk in the 4th quarter off the miss by Kevin Durant ...

Artificial-intelligence company Google DeepMind has put a version of its most advanced large language model (LLM), Gemini, into robots. Using the model, machines can perform some tasks — such as ‘slam ...

The crowd at the Moda Center erupted in cheers and applause Sunday night when Blazers’ center Donovan Clingan passed the ball ...

That will probably be my last dunk, though. I'm calling it right now, that was the last one you'll ever see.” Warriors assistant coach Jerry Stackhouse had teased Curry about his lack of dunking ...

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Maxime Raynaud scored 26 points, including a spectacular follow slam with 8.7 seconds left, and Stanford defeated SMU 73-68 on Saturday. The Mustangs had a 13-0 run to erase a ...

Some of his most notable ones came in the famous 2016 NBA Slam Dunk Contest against Zach LaVine, which was one of the best in recent memory. After Saturday's Slam Dunk Contest, stars such as Ja ...

The 2025 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk contest was over soon after it began. Mac McClung became the first player in NBA history to be crowned the slam dunk champion in three consecutive years after ...

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokoumpo elaborated on his stance toward the Slam Dunk Contest after teasing on social media he's open to entering the event. While watching Mac McClung reel ...

Nobody was beating Mac McClung in his three-peat bid. The Magic G Leaguer was once again the runaway slam dunk contest winner for his third-straight title Saturday night in a performance for the ages.

(UPDATE) SAN FRANCISCO — Mac McClung won an unprecedented third consecutive NBA Slam Dunk title with four perfect scores and Miami's Tyler Herro won the 3-Point Contest at the NBA All-Star Saturday ...