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# Slam Dunk

This year
2023
Magical scenes as club pro Michael Block hits hole-in-one at US PGA Championship
The PGA Tour Pro produced the moment of the tournament at Oak Hill.
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May 21st 2023, 10:34 PM
All time
Emily Ratajkowski sponsors local underage basketball team in Cork
‘It’s funny to see all the reaction and tweets, people think it’s gas. But they’re just normal people when it comes to Bantry.’
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Jul 21st 2021, 9:04 PM
New Euro T20 league involving Irish franchises cancelled at last minute
Organisers said they have postponed the competition until 2020 after reportedly running into financial difficulties.
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Aug 15th 2019, 10:32 AM
Curry steps up for injured Durant to help Warriors power into fifth sucessive Conference finals
Golden State defeated the Houston Rockets in Game 6 to seal a 4-2 series victory.
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May 11th 2019, 9:22 AM
'Seeing my mother with tears in her eyes - that's when I realised this is huge'
There were scenes of pure joy in north Wales on Friday night as Ireland U20s wrote their own piece of history.
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Mar 18th 2019, 6:00 AM
Wales derail England's Grand Slam attempt and take over as Six Nations leaders
Warren Gatland’s side bullied their way through 34 phases to force Cory Hill’s match-turning try.
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Feb 23rd 2019, 6:47 PM
Heavyweight Wexford garda Niall Kennedy to share bill with Katie Taylor at home of Boston Celtics
The Gorey man will take to the ring at the 20,000-capacity arena on a night of world championship boxing.
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Aug 22nd 2018, 10:14 PM
'Johnny just didn't want to do it the same way as ROG': Schmidt hails old heads in clinical win
There was a lot of second half work to do, but Ireland put the winning scores on the board nice and early in Twickenham.
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Mar 17th 2018, 6:41 PM
England v Ireland, Grand Slam decider
We went minute-by-minute through Ireland’s St Patrick’s Day bid for glory in Twickenham.
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Mar 17th 2018, 1:45 PM
LeBron James calls Donald Trump a 'bum' as US sports stars get political
Donald Trump has said that the NBA champions won’t be be coming to the White House.
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Sep 23rd 2017, 6:45 PM
One day after bodyslamming reporter, Republican politician gets elected, vows to 'drain the swamp'
Greg Gianforte has defeated his Democrat rival Rob Quist comfortably in the Montana special election.
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May 26th 2017, 7:21 AM
This is some disgusting athleticism from tennis star Gael Monfils
Don’t try this at home, kids.
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May 11th 2016, 12:07 PM
6'7" Aussie Rules star gets some serious hang time for the AFL Mark of the Year
Nic Naitanui has got game.
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Sep 29th 2015, 10:20 PM
Gronk and David Ortiz singing on a tandem bike is the weirdest ad you'll see
And now this stupid song is going to be in our heads until we get some cool, refreshing iced coffee.
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Jun 10th 2015, 6:00 PM
This guy has just taken dunking biscuits to a whole new level
Slow clap.
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Apr 22nd 2015, 10:10 PM
Cork team make history only for their captain to break the trophy in over-eager celebration
The reaction of the presentation party is priceless.
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Mar 30th 2015, 11:13 AM
The Atlanta Hawks are hosting a 'swipe right' Tinder night
This wouldn’t work at Croker, would it?
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Jan 7th 2015, 9:08 AM
VIDEO: Is this the best dunk of the NBA season so far?
The answer is yes by the way.
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Jan 19th 2014, 10:12 AM
Going to Ireland v Italy? Stay for free and support the Grand Slam Women's team
Ireland take on Italy in an Aviva Stadium double-header on 8 March.
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Jan 15th 2014, 7:43 PM
LeBron James jumped OVER 6ft 5in Ben McLemore for this slam dunk last night
“Sucks that it was him, too,” consoled King James after Miami Heat scorched Sacramento Kings.
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Dec 21st 2013, 11:05 AM
College player puts down a gravity-defying slam dunk
Javonte Douglas – remember the name.
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Nov 6th 2013, 12:01 PM
Yowza! LeBron puts up Dunk of the Year contender, destroys Jason Terry
The Miami Heat won their 23rd successive game last night, beating the Boston Celtics 105-103.
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Mar 19th 2013, 9:33 AM
VIDEO: Dwyane Wade’s kick to the groin gets him a one-game ban
The Miami Heat star made a knee-jerk reaction against the Bobcats.
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Dec 28th 2012, 1:49 PM
VIDEO: Watch this monster dunk from Charlotte's Byron Mullens
Charlotte Bobcats have surprised many this season. Here’s one big reason why.
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Dec 4th 2012, 8:59 PM
VIDEO: Former NBA star Joey Dorsey shatters the backboard with this two-handed dunk
Dorsey’s dunk was so good the game had to be stopped two minutes before the end.
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Sep 14th 2012, 11:09 AM
WATCH: Player ejected after awesome slam dunk
You wouldn’t see it in the GAA…
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Jan 26th 2012, 11:11 AM
WATCH: Lil’ fella wows judges to win NCAA Slam Dunk contest
Five-foot-eleven point guard Jacob Tucker may have been the smallest man in the competition, but that didn’t stop him from destroying his opponents.
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Apr 3rd 2011, 11:30 AM
College basketball star kicked off team for having sex with his girlfriend
Brandon Davies broke his university’s ‘honour code’ and faces season on the sidelines.
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Mar 3rd 2011, 1:25 PM