Spud Webb was used to seeing the greatest players in the league compete in the NBA Slam Dunk contest. In today's game, that's ...

Every NBA fan knows the name Spud Webb is synonymous to a dunking legend. At 5'6", Webb etched his name in history by winning the 1986 NBA Slam Dunk contest. Since then, Spud became a fan-favorite ...

LAS CRUCES - Boys & Girls Club supporters will welcome retired NBA Professional Anthony “Spud ... Webb made basketball history during the 1986 All Star Game in Dallas, where he won the Slam Dunk ...

DALLAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — Tonight, Dallas native Spud Webb takes his place as part of the fifth class of the Dallas ISD Athletic Hall of Fame. At 5 feet 7 inches, Spud will always be known as ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, the Slam Dunk Contest was the event of All-Star Weekend. Over the years, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and 5-foot-7 Spud Webb dazzled fans in the contest. Today in 1986 ...

Shaquille O'Neal went so far as to say McClung, quote, "saved the dunk contest ... SHAPIRO: Or in 1986, when 5-foot-6 Spud Webb won the NBA contest over the human highlight reel, Dominique ...

Spud Webb was the shortest player in the league in 1986 and goes down in history as the shortest NBA player to have participated in a Slam Dunk Contest. Drafted in 1985, Spud primarily played the ...

The Slam Dunk Contest had never seen anything like this before. 6. Spud Webb reverse dunk off of a lob — 1986 All you can do is laugh when you see this dunk. Webb is 5'7. You are not supposed to ...

For instance, 5’9” Nate Robinson blocked 7’6” Yao Ming in 2006, while 5-foot-7 Spud Webb shocked the world in the 1986 Slam Dunk Contest by beating Dominik Wilkins. Some cases are subject ...

Spud Webb, a former dunk champ himself and now president of basketball operations for the NBA G League team the Texas Legends, told NPR that the hype is really exciting for G League players ...

1986 — Atlanta’s Spud Webb, at 5-foot-7, wins NBA Slam Dunk competition. Webb receives a perfect 50 from the judges in the last two rounds to shock defending dunk champion Dominique Wilkins ...