The 1997 Slam Dunk Contest was the nadir of the event, with Kobe Bryant winning on a missed dunk and the whole thing getting canceled for a few years.

LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant is a five-time NBA champion, and now he's also an Oscar nominee thanks to a film he made with animator Glen Keane. Bryant is hoping to make a slam dunk at the Oscars ...

Even at the age of 15, Kobe Bryant was a prodigy. Years before he would take the NBA by storm and win five championships, he was dunking like a pro. In the wake of his tragic death in a helicopter … ...

Footage has emerged of a teenage Kobe Bryant in a slam dunk contest. According to the video, the dunks are from 1994, when Kobe was 15 and would have been a freshman or sophomore at Lower Merion Hi… ...

If you're heading into All-Star Weekend wishing for some throwback thrills like we saw in 1988, the Greatest NBA All-Star Weekend Ever, you don't have to look that far back. Twenty years ago, Kobe ...

Read “Footage of Kobe Bryant's 1st High School Dunk Contest At Age 15 Resurfaces (VIDEO) ” and other Los Angeles Lakers, NBA articles from Total Pro Sports.

Kobe Bryant believed LeBron James would finish second in the 2010 Dunk Contest behind Lakers teammate Shannon Brown.

Veniceball celebrated the 20th anniversary of its "Legends Tournament" on Sunday, honoring the pickup courts that inspired ...