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• Sopranos Actor James Gandolfini Dies

  June 19, 2013

  By Isis Madrid
  

  NPR is reporting that James Gandolfini, an actor known for his infamous Tony Soprano mafia boss character on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” died of a “sudden stroke” earlier today while in Italy for the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily.
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• 5 Things To Expect From The Council Runoff Winners

  June 19, 2013

  By Mary Tuma
  

  As campaigns wind down and recent city council runoff election winners get the official nod later this week during a swearing-in ceremony at City Hall, what should we expect from our newly elected members once the celebrating is done and they start the real work in office? Based on the Current’s candidate questionnaires from...
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• The Spurs’ 7 Keys to Winning Game 7

  June 19, 2013

  By Mike Seely
  

  Funny thing, a basketball fan’s psyche. Had the Spurs gotten blown out by 30 instead of having a championship snatched out from under Ray Allen’s feet in the final five seconds of Game 6, it’s safe to say San Antonio would be a far more cheerful pace in the hours leading up to the...
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• It’s Juneteenth. Where’s the Celebration?

  June 19, 2013

  By Scott Andrews
  

  Some things take forever and a day to get done. In 1865, two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans in Texas were finally informed that the days of slavery were over. The news was delivered by Major General Gordon Granger when his regiment arrived in Galveston to enforce Federal...
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• Esperanza Center Joins Little Free Library Movement

  June 19, 2013

  By Mary Caithn Scott
  

  On Friday, June 21 the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center will unveil San Antonio’s first Little Free Library. Located at 816 South Colorado, the Little Free Library will allow book lovers to share, swap, and borrow books for free. Part of a worldwide movement initiated by Todd Bol, Little Free Libraries offer communities free...
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• Last Day To Buy Your #SPURSHEAD Shirt is Today

  June 19, 2013

  By Darian Mendez
  

  Damien Velasco, founder of Sharpen Up Graphics, got the idea from novelty shirts. But he never saw it done for a sports team before. “I wanted something that was going to be unique and get the fans as close as possible to the Spurs,” Velasco said. And that’s exactly what happened during a fateful...
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• Texas Senate Votes To Decimate Abortion Access

  June 19, 2013

  By Mary Tuma
  

  People are “genuinely afraid” of how the Texas Legislature treats women, said state Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin) in an impassioned speech just before the Republican-dominated Senate, in a 20-10 vote, sailed through a measure that would shut down all but five abortion clinics in the state. Watson requested his colleagues remember the day they...
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• It Stinks: Spurs, Manure Squander Fourth-quarter Lead, Vintage Duncan Performance in Demoralizing Loss to Heat

  June 19, 2013

  By Mike Seely
  

  Over 100 games into this NBA season, who knew that the Miami Heat’s least valuable player was LeBron James’ headband? Utterly stymied for a full three quarters of Game 6 of the NBA Finals by the Spurs’ peculiar defensive tag team of Boris Diaw and Kawhi Leonard, James chucked his headband, flexed his receding...
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