San Antonio Spurs

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Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr. “You want to solve terror, you want to solve crime. This is not the way to do it.” Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
America at Large: Courageous Steve Kerr not afraid to speak truth to power

In 1988, near the end of his final year as a guard with the University of Arizona basketball team, Steve Kerr was warming up before a game against loc(...)

Gregg Popovich was one of the first NBA coaches to start seriously trawling overseas for talent, the constant influx of under-rated international players has helped Spurs to a quintet of titles. Photograph: Paul Buck/Epa.
Pioneering basketball coach Gregg Popovich gets most out of Spurs

Every profile of Gregg Popovich seems to begin or end with a profound quote that hangs in the San Antonio Spurs’ locker-room. Specifically chosen by t(...)

LeBron James (number 23) of the Cleveland Cavaliers shoots against the Washington Wizards on November 26th, 2014. Photograph: Gregory Shamus/NBAE via Getty Images
Sporting Advent Calendar #2: LeBron James’s return home

Although the Miami Heat became the first team since the Boston Celtics ’87 vintage to appear in four consecutive NBA finals series, there was a sense(...)