dunk

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Two years later, Candace Parker won the annual Slam Dunk Contest, defeating, among others, JR Smith and Josh Smith, both of whom would be NBA first-round picks within months.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

AT&T remains the title sponsor of the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest, which Sprite sponsored for much of the 2000s and the first half of the 2010s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

For all his introspection, Dunk wrongfully justifies his own survival as a transaction — a king-to-be traded for a commoner.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

Dunk, a hedge knight who cannot abide the strong preying on the weak, might have intervened regardless of his romantic feelings for Tanselle, the Dornish puppet master who treated him kindly.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

Hawke gave Dunk a friendly slap on the shoulder.

From The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land by Stuart, Gordon