April 12, 2009

The dunk that made history

With 6' 8" Brittney Griner playing at Baylor next season, there's been renewed buzz about dunking.

I was surprised to learn that the first official dunk in a women's college basketball game happened more than 20 years ago — on Dec 21, 1984. No visual evidence of the play was ever released, but it had been videotaped and the tape was made public earlier this year.

The Wall Street Journal reported the whole story, which includes a small image of the video. Here is a larger image.

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