The NBA Dunk Contest is on relevancy life support ... but Julius Erving, the first-ever winner in the event, has a way to save it -- telling TMZ Sports it's time for the league's biggest stars to ...

A dunk worth $1200 rewrote basketball history on January 27, 1976, when Julius Erving became the first Slam Dunk Contest winner during the ABA’s final season. Back then, the league was fighting to ...

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest used to mean something. It featured the league’s best players going head-to-head in front of roaring crowds during All-Star Weekend. Julius Erving was right in the middle of ...

Julius Erving skips LeBron James as he names his perfect starting lineup for a dunk contest but urges the Lakers veteran to ...

Julius Erving played all 11 years of his legendary NBA career for the Philadelphia 76ers. During his second appearance in the NBA Finals (1980), Erving and the 76ers lost to the Los Angeles Lakers. On ...

The Dunk Contest once sold itself to fans across the globe. Now, it is fighting to stay alive, and Julius Erving knows why. Erving talked about the current state of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest during a ...

Hall of Famer Julius Erving, an NBA and ABA champion, is considered one of the greatest basketball players ever and one of the sport's finest ambassadors. He is.

On Sunday, the Chicago Triplets and Miami 305 are scheduled to face off for the BIG3 championship. Philadelphia 76ers legend Julius Erving is head coach of Chicago’s BIG3 team. Erving had a prolific ...

FAYETTEVILLE – Razorback sophomore Karter Knox has been named 1 of 20 players on the 2026 watch list for the Julius Erving Award, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced today. The annual ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The great Julius Erving always knew what to do whenever he went up in mid-air, but in 2011, Dr. J seemed to have run out of moves ...