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6 unusual facts about San Antonio Spurs


Janet Krueger

Her work is contained in such private and corporate collections as the Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, Laredo National Bank, TAMIU, the University of Texas at San Antonio, Valero Energy and the San Antonio Spurs, a professional basketball team anchored at the Alamodome.

KTKR

As a result, the San Antonio-titled show changed to "The Mike Taylor Show." Taylor has been linked to a sports myth of having cursed the fortunes of the San Antonio Spurs since he moved to town.

KWNX

KWNX continued to broadcast Texas Rangers games, Texas State football games and occasional Round Rock Express and San Antonio Spurs games.

Puroslam

During a 128-week span starting in December 2002 and ending during a San Antonio Spurs NBA Finals game in 2005, PuroSlam attracted over 100 paid fans each and every week, including a seven-week span in the summer of 2004 when over 200 people walked through its glass doors every Tuesday.

San Antonio River Walk

The San Antonio Spurs had their four NBA Championship victory parades/cruises along the river.

Win Butler

Several other celebrities and athletes participated, such as Matt Bonner of the San Antonio Spurs, whom Butler defeated in a 3-point competition.


Barry Sumpter

Barry Sumpter (born November 11, 1965 in Brooklyn, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 3rd round (56th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft.

Becky Hammon

It comes from the nickname "Big Shot Rob" given to San Antonio Spurs forward, Robert Horry.

Chip Engelland

Since the 2005–06 season Engelland has been serving as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs.

Ettore Messina

For example, he was one of the many coaches in the discussion for the Sacramento Kings head coaching role, and it was also rumored that he would join the Toronto Raptors and San Antonio Spurs coaching staffs.

Ian Mahinmi

It was there that he first caught the attention of international scouts, including San Antonio Spurs scout Sam Presti.

Inwood, San Antonio

The neighborhood has been home to several famous people, including San Antonio Spurs Sean Elliott, Alvin Robertson, Doc Rivers, and Willie Anderson, as well as local radio personality Sonny Melendrez and Congressman Henry Bonilla (R-TX).

John Yonakor

His son Rich was a star athlete in Euclid and went on to play one season for the National Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs.

Like Mike

He comes into that game in the fourth quarter and leads a comeback against the San Antonio Spurs in which Calvin dunked on Spurs future Hall of Fame center David Robinson and scored 27 points.

Northern Burlington County Regional High School

Cedric Jackson (born 1986), basketball player who has played in the NBA for the Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs and Washington Wizards.

RealGM

In 2012 a RealGM poll was mentioned by Ernie Johnson of the TNT broadcast team during a 2012 playoff game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs.


see also

Enterprise Radio Network

Talk show hosts and update announcers included John Sterling, the current voice of the New York Yankees; Don Chevrier, the longtime TV voice of the Toronto Blue Jays; network radio veterans John O'Reilly and Bob Buck; Jay Howard, the radio voice of the San Antonio Spurs' first NBA championship; and Bill Denehy, a former major league pitcher.

Puroslam

This streak saw a record-high 318 guests for Survivor Slam III in December '03, and a record low 47 on that humid June night in 2005 when the San Antonio Spurs were dismantling the Detroit Pistons en route to their third NBA title.

Warren Harding High School

Charles Smith (1985), played basketball for New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers,Florida Beachdogs & San Antonio Spurs.

Weidner

Brant Weidner (born 1960), NBA player for the San Antonio Spurs