Joe Fortenberry, a 6’8” Texan who captained the U.S. team in the 1936 Olympics, is widely believed to be the first person to dunk in an organized game.

In fact, dunking — the most efficient, and arguably most exciting shot in basketball — is about 56 years older than Zion himself. In 1944, college basketball saw its first-ever dunk, when ...

Nurkic had 22 points, including this dunk on Denver's very tall rookie, Bol Bol. The question is — was he the first person to dunk on Bol? First, let's watch the video.

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Regis Jesuit’s Twitter account for the girls’ basketball team promoted the highlight clip noting that Belibi is the first girl to ever dunk during a high school game.

Takehiko Inoue’s “The First Slam Dunk” isn’t exactly the first movie ever made about a scrappy high school basketball team struggling to overcome their shared differences and personal ...

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)- She's back!The first girl to dunk in a high school basketball game in Colorado -- Fran Belibi -- is now the first high school girl in the country to throw down an alley-oop.

Julius Erving is recognized as one of the greatest dunkers of all time. The 1981 NBA MVP won the first-ever dunk contest in ...

Orlando Magic guard Mac McClung won his third consecutive Slam Dunk Contest, becoming the first player in the event’s history to three-peat and joining Nate Robinson as the only players to ever ...

Asher Price stands 6 feet 2 inches tall. He looks fairly fit, with longish arms and decent-sized hands. On paper, at least, he’d probably make a good basketball dunker. But so would Abe Lincoln ...