Brittney Griner became the first player in Unrivaled history to dunk in a game Monday night then shared the moment with WNBA legend Lisa Leslie.

In 1998, a year after an abysmal dunk-off headlined by a young Kobe Bryant, the league replaced the contest with 2Ball, a shooting contest that paired NBA and WNBA players from the same city.

In recent years, though, the Slam Dunk Contest has been filled with ... the event featured an NBA All-Star, an NBA icon and a current WNBA player from the same city or state teaming up to go ...

His dunk contest dominance has brought some of ... Before joining SI in November 2024, he covered the WNBA, NBA, G League and college basketball for numerous sites, including Winsidr, SB Nation's ...

Hall of Fame small forward-turned-TNT commentator Vince Carter, who executed perhaps the coolest finish in Dunk Contest history at Oracle Arena way back in 2000, taped introductory hype videos for ...

who scored the first dunk in WNBA history, in attendance. According to USA Today, Griner made the historic basket March 3 while playing against the Lunar Owls. Although her team, Phantom BC ...

Diana Taurasi is the all-time leading scorer in the WNBA, but her best dunk may have came off the court. Taurasi, 42, threw a zinger at Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green during the 2016 ...