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Gregg Popovich Won't Coach Spurs In Game 3 Following Death Of His Wife
The San Antonio Spurs have announced that head coach Gregg Popovich will not be with the team for tonightâs playoff game against the Warriors. Last night, the team announced that Popovichâs wife, Erin, had died at the age of 67 after battling an illness....
Erin Popovich, Wife Of Gregg Popovich, Dies
Erin Popovich, wife of San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, died today at the age of 67 after battling an illness:...
Gregg Popovich's Praise Of LaMarcus Aldridge Felt Rather Pointed
The Spurs are down 0-2 to the Warriors in their first-round playoff series, and Kawhi Leonard is not with the team. The reasons for that are still somehow impossibly murkyâLeonard has been dealing with an injured quad muscle all year; he may or may not have been healthy enough to play for some time ...
Pro-Trump Spurs Fans Willingly Show Their Asses, Complain About Gregg Popovich's Politics
The Washington Post today published a Cletus safari of Donald Trump supporters, but with a twistâthese people are also fans of the San Antonio Spurs, whose coach, Gregg Popovich, isnât shy about giving his liberal takes to the press. Popovichâs criticism of the presidentâand not the fact that the se...
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Gregg Popovich On Kawhi Leonard: "I'll Be Surprised If He Returns This Season" [Update]
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said today that heâll be âsurprisedâ to see Kawhi Leonard, whoâs recovering from an injured quad muscle, play again this season. Woof....
Gregg Popovich: LaMarcus Aldridge Asked To Be Traded This Summer, But We're Cool Now
Spurs big man LaMarcus Aldridge is having perhaps the most efficient season of his career while standing in for Kawhi Leonard as San Antonioâs main dude. While the Warriors and Rockets are in an arms race to see who can shoot 100 threes in a game first, the Spurs are sneakily right there in the mix ...
Gregg Popovich Ejected After "Fucking Terrible Ref" Outburst
Steve Kerr got heated early in tonightâs Golden State win over San Antonio, but Gregg Popovich was ultimately the one to get ejected. In a fourth-quarter outburst with the Spurs trailing, he said something along the lines of âYouâre a fucking terrible referee,â after not getting the travel call he w...
Gregg Popovich Called Up Dave Zirin To Call Donald Trump A "Soulless Coward"
Gregg Popovich has never been hesitant to criticize Donald Trump when reporters ask him for his thoughts. However, in the wake of the presidentâs baffling claim that Barack Obama âand other presidentsâ never called grieving military families, Popovich, who served in the Air Force, went out of his wa...
Gregg Popovich Goes Off On Trump: "Our Country Is An Embarrassment In The World"
This afternoon at San Antonio Spurs media day, coach Gregg Popovich addressed Donald Trumpâs recent comments on Steph Curry, as well as the broader reaction to NFL players taking a knee en masse. Popovich has been giving thoughtful and eloquent responses to questions about politics since the electio...
Manu Ginobili Never Slowed Down
The Spurs got wrecked tonight, as most everyone expected they would. Golden State is headed to the Finals, and Manu Ginobili looks like he is probably going to hang âem up. While the Argentinian legend has yet to make a formal announcement about his plans, he has hinted that he would probably retire...
Gregg Popovich Is Steamed About Zaza Pachulia
Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard left Sundayâs game after injuring his ankle on a play in which Golden Stateâs Zaza Pachulia took him out, or Leonard landed awkwardly. (It depends on whose opinions you trust.) With a major threat out of their way, the Warriors rallied for a 113-111 win. San Antonio head ...
Gregg Popovich Offers Yet Another Eloquent Criticism Of Donald Trump
A few hours before Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich shared some characteristically witty thoughts on subjects ranging from the play of Patty Mills (âthe more good things I say about him, the more weâre going to have to pay himâ) to whether he watched Sa...
This Blazers Game-Winner Was So Strange Even Gregg Popovich Had To Chuckle
With the Spurs up one on the Blazers in the last six seconds of tonightâs game, Shabazz Napier had an open look at a three-pointer for Portland, but he drove into the lane and lost the ball. It pinballed around a few times before landing fortuitously at the feet of Noah Vonleh, who picked it up and ...
Gregg Popovich Gave An Insightful Monologue On White Privilege And Black History Month
The San Antonio Spurs are putting together another excellent season that is flying completely under the radar. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, however, has spent the year righteously fired up about the spate of horrific things that have befallen our country and heâs given speech after speech before game...
Michael Bradley, Gregg Popovich, Others Speak Out On Trump Muslim Ban
President Donald Trumpâs ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countriesâIran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemenâhas brought a weekend of chaos, uncertainty, pain and protest. Sports have not been exempt from that. The NBA is trying to figure out how to help players who may be aff...
The Sports World Continues To Roast Donald Trump's Liars
Warriors head coach Steve Kerrâs joke at the expense of White House press secretary Sean Spicer and the Trump administrationâs embrace of âalternative factsâ seems to have inspired others to get in on the roast. The sports people are crackinâ jokes and we are loving it....
Gregg Popovich Expresses Support For The Women's March, Again Criticizes Donald Trump
On a day that saw millions around the world march in support of womenâs rights and against President Donald Trump, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was in Cleveland preparing his team to play a basketball game. Speaking with reporter pregame, Popovich spent five minutes praising marchers and c...
Emmanuel Mudiay Helped Gregg Popovich With His Ejection
Wow, Emmanuel Mudiayâs most accurate shot of the season....
Tim Duncan's Retirement Ceremony Was Charming And Delightful
The Spurs retired Tim Duncanâs No. 21 last night in a muted, charming ceremony, proving that you can still celebrate a guyâs legacy even if that guyâs central myth is his complete absence of flash, ego, or pomp. That image of Duncan can sometimes feel reductive or parodic, but last night it was just...
Gregg Popovich Talked About Craig Sager Instead Of Basketball Tonight
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is a famous curmudgeon who expresses his open disgust with the NBAâs stipulation that coaches give sideline interviews during nationally televised games. Nobody drew his ire more than Craig Sager, and the pairâs welcome-back hug was one of the most touching moments during ...