SAN ANTONIO — Nothing will rile up San Antonio Spurs fans more than someone trying to insult the Alamo City. And you cannot blame them. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has poked fun at the San Antonio Riverwalk calling it “ugly” and Charles Barkley is always firing off verbal insults about San Antonio women. Making fun … Read more
LONDON, UK — Where and when to pop your Champagne is such a Wimbledon problem. Someone got the timing wrong Sunday at the oldest Grand Slam tournament, where the bubbly helps wash down the strawberries and cream. “Ladies and gentlemen, please, if you are opening a bottle of Champagne don’t do it as the player … Read more
SAN ANTONIO — On this episode of Locked On Spurs, host Jeff Garcia welcomes Michael Jimenez of The Acquired Taste YouTube Show to discuss San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama’s Summer League debut versus the Hornets. Also, Dr. Ryan McCorkle stops by to chat about how Wembanyama can gain strength and the process of warming up … Read more
He’s the highest Coastal Bend prospect since Burt Hooton was drafted in 1971. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Sinton community has another reason to celebrate their baseball team. Former Sinton Pirate Blake Mitchell is now a Kansas City Royal. He is the highest Coastal Bend prospect since Burt Hooton was drafted in 1971. Mitchell is … Read more
The No. 1 pick in this year’s draft looked much more like himself in his second game of Summer League on Sunday. He finished with 27 points and 12 rebounds. LAS VEGAS — Victor Wembanyama was yelling in celebration, punching the air, even got a Band-Aid on his right cheek because of some physicality. For … Read more
Northwestern is only the latest school forced to confront hazing within its athletic programs. WASHINGTON — More than six months after Northwestern began investigating allegations of hazing within its football team, and two days after announcing that coach Pat Fitzgerald had been suspended for two weeks without pay, the program remains shrouded in uncertainty even … Read more
In a letter to the university, Huggins’ lawyer threatened a lawsuit if the former coach isn’t reinstated. Bob Huggins says he never resigned as West Virginia’s basketball coach following a drunken-driving arrest and wants his job back, according to a letter from his attorney to the university. Huggins’ Cleveland-based attorney, David A. Campbell, wrote to the … Read more