Award-winning South Side park’s 3D model stolen after public event
Crooks targeted an award-winning South Side park and stole the 3D model of the entire project after an event for the public.
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Italy gets back 266 antiquities from New York seizures after collector approaches Houston museum
ROME – Italy celebrated the return Friday of 266 antiquities from the United States, including Etruscan vases and ancient Roman coins and mosaics worth tens of millions of euros (dollars), that were looted and sold to U.S. museums and private collectors. The returned items include artifacts recently seized in New York from a storage unit … Read more
Tony Parker was a huge factor in joining the Spurs says Pau Gasol
“It was fun. It was different,” says Pau Gasol about fellow Hall of Famer Parker in San Antonio. UNCASVILLE, Conn. — On the NBA stage or in international competition, two of basketball’s greatest foreign players, San Antonio Spurs‘ Tony Parker and Lakers’ Pau Gasol, clashed on the hardwood and are now set to enter the … Read more
UIL implements new way to keep athletes safe in the heat – measuring wet bulb temperatures
The wet bulb replaces last year’s heat index reading. The magic number is 92.1. Above that, practice is canceled. FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — This year, the UIL has issued a new rule governing outdoor athletics in heat. Football is the most notorious sport in the Texas heat for its two-a-day practices. But the new … Read more
Popovich, Parker, Hammon and Gasol headline star-studded 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame class
The San Antonio Spurs are well-represented in Springfield this year, with four legends of the game being honored for their career accomplishments. SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame is set to enshrine the star-studded class of 2023, and four Spurs legends are headlining one of the most accomplished groups of inductees ever. … Read more
Man sought after stealing Home Depot credit card, spending nearly $5K, BCSO says
A man accused of stealing a Home Depot credit card and spending nearly $5,000 is being sought by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
‘I used to hate the Spurs’ | Dirk Nowitzki shares his admiration of the Spurs
The newly-minted Hall of Famer gets real about facing the Spurs in his NBA career. UNCASVILLE, Conn. — If there was one NBA game you could circle on the calendar that was likely going to be an instant classic was the San Antonio Spurs versus the Dallas Mavericks. In the early 2000s, the Spurs and … Read more