Word: dunking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Backup center Bill Ewing has shown flashes of potential in the post all season, and that pattern continued against St. Joseph's. He scored seven points in the first half, including a two-handed dunk, and recorded one of his trademark elections, but only saw six minutes of action in the second half and did not score after halftime...
...from downtown in the first half and scored 16 points in the first 20 minutes, including an authoritative slam dunk with 3:34 left before halftime that put the Big Green ahead by 10 points. Freshman point guard Flinder Boyd also hit two treys and scored 10 points in the first half...
...arced high, a kid soars through the air of the Crenshaw High School gymnasium into the waiting arms of two grinning teammates, who heave him up toward the rim. The basketball slams haplessly off the forward edge to the roar of "Milk! Milk! Milk!" "You wait for Milk to dunk," quips teammate Jonathan Stokes, "you'll be waiting every game...
...stereotype, and the players know it, which is why they poke fun at it. "Milk" is David Meriwether, 17, 5 ft., 11 in., a junior whose mere presence at the Los Angeles school dropped more jaws than his first dunk ever could. When Meriwether steps onto the court for Crenshaw's first regular-season game this week, he will become the first white basketball player in the school's 30-year history. In a preview of the anticipated pandemonium, Meriwether's introduction at a recent preseason scrimmage prompted more than 1,000 students to stomp and chant his politically incorrect...
Topsfield even retains an old carnival standby: Dunk the Clown. Hit a cantaloupe-sized target with a tennis ball from roughly 50 feet away, and watch the obnoxious clown tumble into a tub of murky water. Miss all five shots, and bear the merciless taunting of the clown. "You sissy!" he will say. "Did you play with dolls while all of your friends were out playing baseball?" Attempts to bean the clown directly in his cruel, cruel mouth are foiled by a protective net. He sneers, baring his teeth in a direct challenge. You cry and run away...