The Boston Bicycle Club, the first bicycle club in the United States, is formed. 1949 — Willie Pep becomes the first boxer in the history of the 126-pound class to regain a ...

The NBA tries a new format for its All-Star game in San Francisco. Plus, remembering the night Vince Carter reinvented the ...

1952 — Philadelphia’s Paul Arizin scores 26 points to win MVP honors and lead the East team to a 108-91 win over the West in the second NBA All-Star game. George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers leads ...

Although he mentioned legendary Houston Rockets players like Moses Malone, Clyde Drexler ... native had the athleticism to get up there and dunk the ball Undertaker threw to him, likely much ...

1982 — Houston Rockets center Moses Malone grabs an NBA-record 21 offensive ... Harold Miner wins the Slam Dunk and Glen Rice captures the Long Distance Shootout for the Miami Heat.

In a 2023 episode of “First Take,” ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith caused controversy by claiming that LeBron James is to blame for the decline of the dunk contest. Smith explained that, over the past ...

Michelangelo’s Moses has more in common with C.S. Lewis’s Mr. Tumnus than the casual viewer might expect—namely, a couple of stubby horns. Michelangelo wasn’t the first artist to depict ...

1982 — Houston Rockets center Moses Malone grabs an NBA-record 21 offensive rebounds in a 117-100 win over Seattle. 1982 — For the first time in NHL history, referee Kerry Fraser awards ...