Spurs

The Moments That Defined Texas Sports in 2019

This year saw no shortage of impactful sports news, from Dirk Nowitzki’s retirement to Art Briles's return.

By Dan Solomon

A Lifelong Spurs Fan on Rooting for a Team With a Losing Record

The San Antonio basketball team has been known for its consistency for years. Now, it's hardly recognizable.

By Cat Cardenas

The Best Thing in Texas: Tim Duncan Is a Spur Once More

“Coach Tim” has a nice ring to it. 

By Cat Cardenas

I Ate Twelve Apples With a Knife and Fork to Try to Understand Kawhi Leonard

Yes, I know ”apple time, apple time” was a joke. But why were so many of us willing to believe it of the NBA star?

By Dan Solomon

Tony Parker, Last of the San Antonio Spurs’ Dynastic Big Three, Is Retiring

Along with Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, he brought unprecedented NBA success to the Alamo City.

By Joe Levin

San Antonio Spurs Fans Face an Existential Question: Kawhi Leonard or the Warriors?

In this year’s NBA Finals, do they root for the star who spurned them or their hated Western Conference foe?

By Texas Monthly

The Big Texas Sendoff for Dirk Nowitzki

At his final games Tuesday in Dallas and Wednesday in San Antonio, fans gave our favorite German Texan the farewell he deserved.

By Jonny Auping

Gracias, Manu: A Farewell to a Basketball Legend

With the retirement of his jersey, the Spurs and the city of San Antonio honor Manu Ginobili and how he changed the game.

By Cat Cardenas

The Three* Best Teams in the NBA Since 1997 Are in Texas, According to This Ridiculous Statistic

*There’s a big drop off between #1 and #2, though.

By Dan Solomon

With Manu Ginobili’s Retirement, It’s the End of an Era for the Spurs

Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, and Kawhi Leonard have all left the franchise. Tim Duncan retired the year before. How does the team move on without its iconic players?

By Dan Solomon

Why the Spurs Will Have Frost Bank Logos on Their Jerseys This Season

San Antonio’s team found a local partner for its first jersey sponsor.

By Dan Solomon

We Hoped Kawhi Leonard Would Be the Next Tim Duncan. He Wasn’t.

Things aren’t so easy in San Antonio after all. Replacing a legend might just be the trickiest thing to pull off in all of sports.

By Joe Levin

Everybody Wants to Sign LeBron James, Including the Spurs and the Rockets

As the NBA’s best player enters free agency for the third time, here's why the Rockets and the Spurs are viable potential destinations.

By Dan Solomon

The NBA Reacts to the Death of Gregg Popovich’s Wife, Erin

The outpouring of support was a reminder of what Pop means to the league.

By Dan Solomon

The Dallas Mavericks Now Play in China as the “Lone Ranger Heroes”

”Mavericks” is tough to translate. So is ”Dynamos.” But we imagined ways that we could rename Texas teams in a universal way.

By Dan Solomon

The Best Thing In Texas: Apparently Manu Ginobili And Gregg Popovich Are Concert Buddies

There’s no accounting for taste, though.

By Texas Monthly

The Dream Of The San Antonio Raiders Is Officially Dead, But Why?

The NFL isn’t coming to San Antonio. Instead, the Raiders filed paperwork to move to a town less than half the size.

By Dan Solomon

Spurs of the Moment

They are successful, visionary, and humble. If only we could say the same for our presidential candidates.

By Erica Grieder

The LaMarcus Aldridge Experiment

LaMarcus Aldridge is coming on strong as of late, but is it enough?

By Chris O'Connell

The Rise of Boban Mania

Move over Porzingis, the Spurs have a giant of their own.

By Chris O'Connell

Watch Gregg Popovich Prank An NBA TV Reporter Hard

The seemingly humorless coach plays up his persona for a perfect prank.

By Dan Solomon

Becky Hammon Just Coached The Spurs To A Summer League Championship

Becky Hammon coached the Spurs to a Summer League title, but some people seem surprised she wasn’t writing plays in lipstick.

By Dan Solomon

She Got Game

Becky Hammon didn’t get hired as the Spurs’ assistant coach because she’s a woman. She got the job for the same reason everyone gets a job with the Spurs: to keep the team winning.

By Jan Jarboe Russell

Should the Rockets, Spurs, or Mavericks Sign LeBron James?

Who's that? Just kidding.

By Dan Solomon

Tim Duncan Is Going To Be A Spur Again Next Year

Well, he's a Spur for life, but reports are that he'll exercise the final year option on his contract and be a uniform-wearing, on-court, potential-championship-winning member for the 2015 season. 

By Dan Solomon

How ’Bout Them Spurs?

Maybe it's because Tim Duncan is the anti-LeBron, but it's pretty clear that during this year's NBA Finals, San Antonio’s team is America’s Team.

By Jason Cohen

The Gambling Odds Favor the Spurs

America loves the Spurs these days, but so do the offshore bookies that put their money where their love is.

By Dan Solomon

Bits and Spurs

Equestrian gear that will steer a horse—and turn some heads.

By Kristie Ramirez

Tim Duncan Gives Fan the Finger

The Spurs forward expresses his profane displeasure with a stalker fan at CVS in typically low-key fashion. 

By Jason Cohen

Why Tony Parker Might Not Play in the Olympics

Will the eye injury he says he suffered as a bystander in Drake and Chris Brown's alleged New York nightclub brawl stop him from playing for France?

By Jason Cohen

Are the Spurs Done?

Don't people ask that every year? While some sportswriters say this was the "last best chance" of Duncan era, others still think there's a shot at that fifth championship. 

By Jason Cohen

‘Sports Illustrated’ Profiles Tim Duncan

The story proclaims the San Antonio Spurs star to be "the greatest, least appreciated player of his generation." 

By Jason Cohen

School Blows Whistle on Spurs Fan’s Matt Bonner Haircut

A middle schooler’s playoff tribute to his fellow redhead on the San Antonio Spurs has been deemed a "distraction" by the Judson ISD.

By Jason Cohen

Win the Weekend: Cars Will Soon Be Driving Us and Other News to Know

A UT study on the traffic intersections of the future, the Perry gravy train is back on the track, and the Spurs lose a game on purpose.

By Jason Cohen

How to Wear Spurs

Any rodeo fan can don a Stetson, Wranglers, and a pair of Tony Lamas, but the cowboys in the arena are the ones who wear the spurs. “It’s like a knight in his armor,” says Joe Spiller, who’s been handcrafting them for 27 years and owns Spiller Spurs and Bits,

By Andrea Valdez

Tech Talk

By Texas Monthly

Spur of the Moment

San Antonio put a full-court press on basketball superstar David Robinson in hopes that he wouldn’t forget the Alamo City.

By Gary Cartwright