Blogs: Posts Tagged ‘ spurs ’

Texas Monthly’s BBQ Twitter sparked a rivalry of the meatier sort between Memphis and San Antonio this week, and San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro has gotten in on the fun. After a virtual nudge from the Texas mag, Mayor Castro decided to put his BBQ where his mouth is and wager tasty smoked meats from The...
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The Spurs played nothing short of a perfect game Sunday, throttling Memphis 105-83 while holding Grizzlies’ star Zach Randolph to a mere two points in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. Kawhi Leonard continued his playoff-long coming out party with 18 points on 4-5 shooting from three-point range, but the game’s real revelation...
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Straight from the Spurs’ mouth: Tickets to the San Antonio Spurs’ first two home games of the Western Conference Finals (Games 1 & 2) against the Memphis Grizzlies are on sale now on Spurs.com or ATTCenter.com.  The Spurs will host the Grizzlies at the AT&T Center for Game 1 on Sunday, May 19 at 2:30 p.m. Spurs tickets...
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If you, a Spurs fan, were told that Tim Duncan sat on the bench during the final four minutes, that Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker combined to shoot 4-22 from the field, and that the Spurs were playing a Game 6 against a desperate–and supremely talented–team in one of the most hostile road arenas...
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Introducing a weekly opinion column about vaginas, penises, and everything in between. Why yes, there is some sand in my vagina. It is actually irritating me and I need to address it, so hold on, here we go… Vagina. There, I said it. Vagina, vagina, vagina. I have a vagina. Y’all, my mom has...
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Have you ever seen a vagina walk down the street? Not in the midsection of a woman, but an entire human who’s made entirely of vaginal matter? If you haven’t, just watch a Spurs game and, in particular, watch Tiago Splitter. Oh, the Spurs won Tuesday night, rather easily (109-91), because they had to,...
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Happy Mother’s Day from the NBA! We gave every conference semifinalist the night off on Thursday so we could plop a key playoff game right in the middle of your day, just for you. Chicken wings and beer are great brunch items, aren’t they? And surely you’d rather spend your afternoon at a sports...
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Isn’t it amazing what happens when the San Antonio Spurs decide to run their offense through Tim Duncan and move the ball? Actually, it’s not; it’s utterly fucking predictable. Unless they’re facing the ghosts of Bill Russell’s Celtics, the Spurs are going to win. And win they did Friday night in Oakland by a score of...
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If you thought the NBA’s youngest team might come out demoralized after blowing a 16-point lead with four minutes to go in Game 1, you wouldn’t have been alone. But you’d have also been dead wrong, as the Golden State Warriors won in San Antonio (100-91) for the first time since 1997 to even...
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In a 129-127 game in which the guy you’re guarding goes for 44 points and your famously clutch teammate hits a three-pointer with one second to go for the win, it’s tough to single out a defender’s effort as the key to a team’s success. Yet once Kawhi Leonard switched on to Steph Curry,...
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“Hey, you know who I saw at Fiesta last weekend eating three turkey legs at all one time? Tim Duncan! That’s the one.” Not much to say about this one except that it’s really, really funny. Done by San Antonio artist Robert B Gonzales.  
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Miami Heat fan Larry McGuinness blames the San Antonio Spurs for ruining his night last Nov. 29. He only chuckles when asked if he at least had fun at the game. Probably not. McGuinness, a lawyer based in Miami, filed a class-action lawsuit on Monday against the Spurs for alleging the team violated Florida’s...
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