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Chris Gautz

Crain's Detroit Business — Capitol Correspondent
Bio: Husband, father, CMU alumnus, Capitol correspondent for Crain's Detroit Business. Email me at cgautz@crain.com
Location: Lansing
I get now why the "Birdman" has all those tattoos and mohawk. So we will forget him missing 8 dunks in a row t.co/Tpte81fPF5

Bruce Arthur

National Post — Sports Columnist
Bio: National Post sports columnist, father of three, regular on The Reporters on TSN and TSN Radio, cruel yet handsome eyes. My tweets contain multitudes.
Location: Toronto, Ont.
Mike Miller, dunk contest prop

Danny Frankel

Freelance Journalist
Bio: Maker of killer French toast, bitchin' rides to school, sweet mid-range jump shots and awesome corporate communications strategy
Location: Los Angeles
NBA Draft 2nd round dreams: Can the Lakers pull another Nick Van Exel out of their a**? t.co/uQKTpsMuzv
NBA Draft 2nd round dreams: Can the Lakers pull another Nick Van Exel out of their a**?
by his second place showing at the NCAA slam dunk contest), can score from all three levels and has the ability to lock up defenders. He’s battle-tested coming from the Pac-12, where he squared off

Andrew Baggarly

San Francisco Giants Beat Writer, SportsNet Bay Area
Bio: SF Giants beat reporter for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area. Author of A Band of Misfits: Tales of the 2010 San Francisco Giants. In the words of Trebek: solid.
Location: Bay Area, Calif. USA
#SFGiants notes: How latest roster moves can help Posey, a look at newest Giant Jake Dunning, plus more updates: t.co/QaJ9zUPS0v
Giants notes: Moves should help Posey, a look at Dunning
position extremely well – and he was once recruited to take part in a dunk contest with the Hoosiers basketball team. He even briefly considered walking on to the hoops squad. But he stuck with baseball. And

Jon Terbush

The Week Magazine — Staff Writer
Bio: Staff writer @TheWeek covering politics, sports, other stuff. Cat enthusiast.
Location: Brooklyn
Best pump fake of the night RT @chrisgayomali: T-MAC SPURS HIGHLIGHTS. t.co/AAF7bkqy9G ht @isaacthegrreat

Chris Gayomali

The Week Magazine — Science and Technology Editor, TheWeek.com
Bio: Science and Tech Editor @TheWeek. Kanye apologist. Good jokes. Email: Gayomali(at)http://t.co/Ukv8xjDkK0
Location: New York

Percy Allen

Seattle Times — Sports Reporter
Bio: Washington Huskies men's basketball writer at the Seattle Times.
Location: Seattle, WA
Rosters for Washington Alumni Game on June 23. Who are you anxious to see back in an UW jersey? #UWHuskies t.co/jplvz6AkK7
Rosters announced for UW Alumni Game
alumni game, fans will be treated to a three-point shootout competition and a slam dunk contest. The dunk show will likely feature Ross, who won the NBA slam dunk title this year and Robinson, a three-time

Michael Grant

Courier-Journal — Sports Reporter
Bio: Born in Jamaica, grew up in New York City, sports reporter for Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal. Not related to Ulysses S. Grant, Eddie Grant or Hugh Grant.
#Morehead alum and Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried will hold camps at Morehead on Thursday and Friday. t.co/DPE4wNw3SC #ovc
NBA Star Kenneth Faried to Host Camp at Morehead State
-Rookie First-Team.  In 2013, he was invited to the NBA Rising Stars Challenge, participated in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest and picked up the prestigious J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award for his efforts

Eugene Kane

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Columnist
Bio: National award winning columnist/blogger. Also, read my regular Sunday Crossroads column in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Location: Milwaukee WI
Imagine an NBA All-Star Dunk contest where the best players in the game actually compete instead of lesser stars. What a concept.#TheDoctor

Norm Clarke

Las Vegas Review-Journal — Columnist
Bio: Gossip columnist at Las Vegas Review-Journal since '99. Voted 2013 Best Print Journalist by R-J readers. AP writer 73-84. Ch13 KTNV Morning Blend on Thurs.
Location: Las Vegas, NV
ESPN ranks UNLV 13th among schools producing top NBA pros. t.co/omH4suusSv #unlvmb #vegas #lvrj
Men's College Basketball Nation Blog
first moments in the league. In 1994, Rider won the 1994 NBA Slam Dunk Contest with the "East Bay Funk Dunk." Rider was a good but never great pro from 1993-94 through 1999. But he was out of the league

Matthew Zeitlin

BuzzFeed — Business Reporter
Bio: Business reporter @BuzzFeed matt.zeitlin@buzzfeed.com
Location: Brooklyn
At least one of the kids in this video wasn't alive when MJ won his last championship t.co/jY6N0Ta4YZ

Derrick Harris

GigaOM — Senior Writer
Bio: Senior (and big data) writer at GigaOM; J.D.; thai boxer
Location: Las Vegas, NV
More sensors are coming to professional sports, but research outpaces business models t.co/WYmeHyrknC by @gigajordan
More sensors are coming to professional sports, but research outpaces business models
system at the 2012 All-Star Game’s slam-dunk contest, said Michael Bove, a professor at the MIT Media Lab. Readings were displayed on for everyone watching the contest on television. The system doesn’t

Bobby Bonett

Deputy Sports Channel Manager, Thunderdome
Bio: Deputy Sports Channel Manager at Digital First Media's Project Thunderdome. Former Online Sports Editor at Newsday.
Location: LI | Astoria | NYC

Chris Jose

Fox 31 Denver — Reporter
Bio: Fox 31 Denver/Channel 2 News reporter, husband, dog owner, sports fan w/ a below average golf game, proud Wazzu grad #gocougs
Location: Denver, CO
Beat: Metro Denver
16 year old kids dunking like Jordan, Carter and Wilkens. yes they just got their Driver's license t.co/Yefi0pl0uc

Douglas Kass

The Street — Contributor
Bio: http://t.co/NmgQaeHQeO
Location: Palm Beach, Florida 33480
Slam Dunk market -- enjoy the weekend! t.co/GFcS1ndsn4

Peter Lattman

New York Times — Business Reporter
Bio: Reporter, The New York Times, DealBook
Location: New York
RT @espn: Jumping over one 6’8” guy = #sick. Jumping over two 6’8” guys AND throwing down a dunk = #NASTY -> t.co/2qFrJ0CuF7

Jesse Eisinger

ProPublica — Senior Reporter
Bio: Senior Reporter @ ProPublica. New York Times Dealbook columnist. Wall St+ Finance. Green Bay Packers.
Location: New York
RT @espn: Jumping over one 6’8” guy = #sick. Jumping over two 6’8” guys AND throwing down a dunk = #NASTY -> t.co/sIxwbhzm40

Mike Persinger

Charlotte Observer — Sports Editor
Bio: Sports editor of the Charlotte Observer
Location: Charlotte, NC
Beat: Sports
Davidson Day QB Grier invited to elite competition; Sun Valley, Porter Ridge hire FB coaches; more news and notes. t.co/BtdfPNPD2y
QB Grier invited to elite competition
school. There will be food, a disc jockey and a dunk contest in addition to the game. •  Porter Ridge girls basketball player Jasmine Huntley signed with UNC Pembroke. She’s the 17th player from the school

Kevin Koczwara

Reporter, MassLive.com
Bio: Reporter for @masslivenews. Seen on @Classical, Soccer By Ives, @ThisIsASN, @AFootballReport. Obligatory: These are my thoughts, not my employers.
Location: Worcester, MA
RT @rwohan: Here is Jason Kidd—as in, Jason Kidd—crossing-over Clyde Drexler and dunking w/his left hand: t.co/NUzXk25f8x

Ryan O'Hanlon

Associate Editor, Pacific Standard Magazine
Bio: Associate editor @PacificStand. Also: elsewhere.
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Here is Jason Kidd—as in, Jason Kidd—crossing-over Clyde Drexler and dunking w/his left hand: t.co/NUzXk25f8x
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