City Slam is an ESPN

ESPN

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

 television series that premiered in 2005. The show is a basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 competition featuring streetball

Streetball

Streetball or street basketball is a variation of the sport of basketball, typically played on outdoor courts and featuring significantly less by way of formal structure and enforcement of the game's rules...

 players competing in a slam dunk

Slam dunk

A slam dunk is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air and manually powers the ball downward through the basket with one or both hands over the rim. This is considered a normal field goal attempt; if successful it is worth two points. The term "slam dunk" was...

 and three-point shooting

Three-point field goal

A three-point field goal is a field goal in a basketball game, made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc radiating from the basket...

 contest.

This show is hosted by Dee Brown, himself a 1991 NBA slam Dunk Champion.

2008 City Slam
City Slam returns to ESPN. The event will take place in Chicago on August 9, 2008 and be aired on ESPN August 14, 2008. Dee Brown will return as host.

Contestants:

Above and Beyond

Air Bama

Elevator

Exile

Fabian Gresier

Guy Dupuy

Golden Child

High Rizer

JustFly

KD

Special FX

Tdub

Tfly

Werm

Event Details on City Slam Official Site