Photo: Houston Rockets’ center Hakeem Olajuwon shoots over New York Knicks’ center Patrick Ewing. Photo credit: Getty Images, Focus on Sport. Cover photo: Hakeem Olajuwon of the Houston Rockets dunks against the Chicago Bulls. Photo credit: Sunny Gill. An NBA legend celebrates a birthday on Jan. 21 as 12-time all-star and Hall of Fame center Hakeem Olajuwon turns 63.  Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Olajuwon did not start playing basketball until the age of 15. Prior to that, he part

Next month’s starters for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles were announced on Monday.  Los Angeles Lakers’ superstar LeBron James is an omission from the starting lineup for the first time since his rookie season of 2003-04. Filling out the game’s starters out of the Western Conference are Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder), Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors), Luka Doncic (Los Angeles Lakers), Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs), and Nikola Jokic (De

Photo: Dominique Wilkins during the 1988 NBA Slam Dunk contest in Chicago. Photo credit: Charles Cherney, Associated Press. Cover photo: Dominique Wilkins of the Atlanta Hawks dunks against the Boston Celtics. Photo credit: Associated Press. An NBA legend celebrates a birthday on Jan. 12 as 9-time all-star and Hall of Fame forward Dominique Wilkins turns 66.  Born in Paris, France, Wilkins starred at North Carolina’s Washington High School (Washington, N.C.). There, he led th

Photo: The aftermath of the shattered backboard, courtesy of a dunk from Philadelphia 76er Darryl Dawkins in a Nov. 13, 1979 game against the Kansas City Kings. Photo credit: Associated Press. Cover photo: Darryl Dawkins of the Philadelphia 76ers dunks against the Atlanta Hawks on April 15, 1980. Photo credit: Portland Press Herald. An NBA legend was born on this date 69 years ago.  Before he became, in 1975, the first NBA player to go directly from high school to the NBA, Or