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Bob Donnan/Pool via AP Donovan Mitchell took home the 2018 Slam Dunk Contest trophy on Saturday night, beating Larry Nance Jr. in the final round. Mitchell paid homage to Vince Carter with his final dunk of the night, donning his jersey and matching one of Carter’s iconic dunks. Mitchell was the cleanest dunker of the […]
The final event on Saturday night following the Taco Bell Skills Challenge and JBL Three-Point Challenge was the dunk contest. Only Victor Oladipo of the four competing have had a taste of the event before, and the Pacers guard came second to Zach LaVine back in 2015. Larry Nance Jr, Donovan Mitchell and Dennis Smith […]
The Houston Rockets guard was entering the competition as one of the favourites to win back-to-back titles. As the defending champion he went last with just three going through to the final round. But Gordon was unable to beat the scores of Tobias Harris, Devin Booker and Klay Thompson with just 12 points. And NBA […]
A dozen camels have been disqualified from an annual beauty contest in Saudi Arabia after their trainers used Botox to enhance their appearance. The contest is part of a month-long festival, located on the outskirts of Riyadh, and is designed to celebrate the camel, which is considered a “symbol of Saudi Arabia,” Fawzan al-Madi, chief […]
CES 2018 kicked off with a major Google presence on the show’s front doorstep. Nathan’s already explained why the company may have decided to appear at the world’s biggest tech show with such strength, but halfway through the show, I get the feeling that the gambit’s paying off. Google Assistant is eroding the lead established […]
The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, a documentary short takes a look at an […]
Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images Forty British members of parliament from Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party have agreed to sign a letter of no-confidence in her. 48 are required to trigger a party leadership contest. An earlier attempt to unseat May after her disastrous speech at the annual party conference fizzled out. May has […]
How good are your Pokémon Go photography skills? We’re asking, because Niantic is holding an in-app augmented reality photography contest for all players where Pokémon Go has been officially released. Yep, it’s not limited to US residents only, and the winner will get a sweet swag bag containing a poster autographed by the team, a […]
The game Marvel vs. Capcom — Infinite was released on on September 19th, and it appears as though Capcom is going all out to promote it. They’re hosting an eSports tournament called Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite — Battle of the Stones, and they’re inviting you to participate. The tournament, which will be held in Anaheim […]
Monitoring electricity use to drive energy efficiency is not a new concept, but as the technology for doing so has rapidly advanced, cost has remained a barrier to widespread adoption. However, a Greek startup that settled into a business incubator in Michigan last year to grow in the U.S. market may have broken that cost […]
