Chris Andersen lived up to his nickname Tuesday against the Celtics when he jumped to grab a loose ball off a Mario Chalmers ...

Chris "Birdman" Andersen dunks a basketball during his tenure as a New Orleans Hornet. The NBA booted Andersen out of the league in 2006 for violating its drug policy, the first player to be ditched ...

In many ways, the slam dunk is the quintessential representation of basketball. It's athleticism in its purest form: beauty, violence and power compacted into a singular, crowd-roiling moment. Being a ...