Asher Price looks back at Spud Webb's iconic performance in The Year of the Dunk: A Modest Defiance of Gravity (Random House, 2015). Spud Webb and the Year of the Dunk / This February’s NBA All-Star ...

Anthony “Spud” Webb dazzled Reunion Arena and captured America in 1986. Unfortunately, I’d seen his act before. As a horrible point guard for the 1981 Duncanville High School Panthers, I had the ball ...

Via ESPNDallas.com, 1986 Dunk Contest champion Spud Webb will judge this year’s dunk contest. Webb was recently involved in the dunk contest when Robinson jumped over Spud in 2006 on his way to a ...

SPRINGFIELD – Former NBA player Spud Webb is best known for being the winner of the 1986 NBA Slam Dunk Contest and being one of the best little men in a big man's game. But during an appearance at the ...

Spudd Webb has defied the expectations of many as a hooper shorter than most players in the NBA during his time.And even though he’s way past his playing days, the former Atlanta Hawk star is seeing ...

The Over and Back NBA podcast is celebrating the NBA at 75 by rewatching some of the greatest Slam Dunk Contests in NBA history. The 1986 NBA slam-dunk contest is famous for being the night when ...

Porter "What's Gravity" Maberry calls himself "the shortest dunker in the world" and, at 5-foot-5, I don't think anyone can argue with him. At the Kings of Air dunk contest on Tuesday, he threw on an ...

"It was the passing of the torch" - Nate Robinson detailed how Spud Webb helped him win his first dunk contest originally appeared on Basketball Network. Nate Robinson had a decent NBA career, ...

The NBA has been dominated by tall players over the years. However, many short-heightened players have proved their mettle with unbelievable athleticism. For instance, 5’9” Nate Robinson blocked 7’6” ...

Guy N. Limbeck, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. Oct. 24—ROCHESTER — Spud Webb, a diminutive and dynamic former NBA player, will be the guest speaker at the 2024 Rochester Sports Banquet. The annual ...

Hawks star Dominique Wilkins didn’t expect the 1986 NBA slam-dunk contest to be much of a competition. His usual nemesis, Michael Jordan, was out with an injury. The other participants combined for ...