NBA Dunk Contest winners by year: Mac McClung, Zach LaVine, Nate Robinson top list of most wins in All-Star event originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

The Slam Dunk Contest has always been All-Star Weekend’s Wild Card, the event most likely to flip from forgettable to unforgettable in a single leap. Over the last decade, though, the trophy has belonged less to established stars and more to hungry role players and specialists carving out a lane above the rim.

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest is a staple of the league’s All-Star weekend. Each year the contest is held the night before the All-Star Game, giving the opportunity for basketball’s highest flyers to show off their creativity and dunking skill. Once upon a time it was the highlight of the weekend and a can’t-miss event on any sports fan’s calendar.

Damian Lillard shocked the NBA world by managing to win Saturday’s Three-Point Contest despite not having played in a game in roughly ten months. Lillard

Damian Lillard was a surprise participant in the 3-point contest, having not played all season. He made history with another victory in the event.

The NBA introduced its Three-Point Contest in 1986, when Celtics legend Larry Bird was the inaugural winner. He won the first three Three-Point Contests the league conducted until Dale Ellis of the SuperSonics became the first winner other than Bird in ’89.

The winners of MnDOT’s Name a Snowplow contest have been revealed. Northeast Minnesota will go with “Minne-Snow-ta.” ‘Oh, For Sleet’s Sake’ and ‘Flurrious George’ will soon join the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s fleet of snowplows statewide, along with six others: