A few months back we looked at the bizarre story of Mike Lavender, a man who did PA announcing work for the San Antonio Spurs before being charged for harassing a local TV reporter with an anonymous Twitter account. His story recently took another surprising (to us) development…he wasn’t indicted.
SportsGrid
According to this report on Reuters:
“He just said he’d like to come and play here at Tottenham,” Redknapp told reporters after Spurs beat Fulham 1-0 on Saturday to move up to fourth in the Premier League.
“We’d have to (move fast),” said Redknapp. “I’ve left it to the people at the club (Spurs). I’ve passed it [...]
Major League Soccer (MLS) Rumors – For the time between the games
WHO WILL BECKS JOIN BEFORE RETURNING TO MLS?
WILLIAM HILL have opened a book on which club David Beckham will honour with his playing presence prior to returning to the MLS for its new season, and with Harry Redknapp suggesting Spurs may be interested, the London club has been installed as 1/3 favourite with Beckham’s former [...]
Major League Soccer (MLS) Rumors – For the time between the games
Tuesday night the surging San Antonio Spurs will host the struggling Los Angeles Lakers. San Antonio comes in with a league-best record of 26-4, while the Lakers are just 21-9 after starting the season 8-0. The Spurs quickly bounced back after falling at Orlando 123-101 last Thursday with a 94-80 win over the Washington Wizards [...]
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Ten years ago this wouldn’t have been a shocker, but at a record of 20-3, the San Antonio Spurs are, by far, the most surprising team in the NBA.
Essentially the same team for the past ten years, the Spurs are still going at it harder than ever.
Tim Duncan is scoring less, but still efficient enough for a 34 year old. Manu Ginobili is finally healthy and contributing in his very unorthodox way. He is 33 years old. Tony Parker is at his peak at age 28, becoming the team leader, and not even bothered by his divorce from Eva Longoria. Also, there’s Richard Jefferson who wasn’t himself in his first year with San Antonio last year, but 23 games into the 2010-2011 season, he is showing good form.
Finally, the Spurs organization is probably the best in all of sports. The last 13 years the Spurs have won at least 64% of their games, that amounts to at least 54 wins out of 82 per year. Not even the Los Angeles Lakers have done that, and the Miami Heat will never come close to that, trust me.
Will San Antonio reign supreme this season, or will age be a factor?
The Spurs: An old dog, new tricks.
*You can reach the author of this post at kc@gacksports.com (I’m Back!)
For some reason, George Hill is always at the center of these childish, though graceful, antics. Would be nice to the Spurs act professional for a change. [via Harry How/Getty Images]
The Sports Hernia Blog
Dear Arsenal Supporter,
Right, I’ve been waiting to hear this. Go on.
We could not maintain our focus nor our urgency for 90 minutes on Saturday because some players dropped their level. At the same time if you look at the stats and the numbers it’s very difficult to understand how we lost the game.
“Some players dropped their level”. Some players meaning the two central defenders you bought who could not cover anyone with speed in a phone booth? Those two? Because that’s how it looked to me, pal. Oh, and that rubbish backup keeper, he dropped focus too. AGAIN.
There was a drop of concentration, some basic errors, some bad luck as well because I don’t think it should have been a free kick in the build-up to the penalty. But overall I was speechless after the game; it’s a mystery how we could lose it like that.
The referee and bad luck. I could write these things myself. “It’s a mystery how we could lose it like that”? Please. You say this after every loss. EVERY ONE. We’ve lost three times at the Emirates this season and it’s always “bad luck” and “the referee”.
We were in control in the second half as well as the first half. It was a free kick for us and then a goal for them. We were caught on the counter-attack at 2-0 and after that we were punished. We dominated Tottenham but we lost it and we can only look at ourselves.
Actually, you were in control in the first half, that part is true. You were not in control in the second half. You got dominated and taken apart in the second half, to be honest, and you know it, and the scoreline proves it. They came out and ran more, hustled more, and generally bossed it. Oh, and they deserved the three points, too. Your guys like to admire their work, their guys go out there and attack. That’s the difference. They grind, you paint.
I believe what is difficult to accept is that when you are 2-0 up, you have a free kick and you are caught on a counter-attack. That is very difficult to understand. Once a team comes back to 2-1 they have hope again. And we couldn’t take our third chance. We had plenty of chances to score: we had Chamakh, Koscielny, one or two shots, but we didn’t take those chances.
No, you didn’t take those chances. They weren’t spectacular chances, they were just chances. You don’t have a player like Gareth Bale or Rafa Van der Vaart at this point, players who make other players better and can score goals. I know you continue to think that Theo can be that, but he isn’t. Cesc looks lost at times, his head is clearly elsewhere. The Russian has been off his game all year. Gael Clichy has been Arsenal’s dirty little secret for 18 months because his play has been below-average. So let’s not go on and on about missed chances and how you don’t understand how they came back. They have a good team, they are a Champions League side, and they came out with fire and tried to win. Your guys didn’t. Simple as that, fella.
I don’t think we lacked focus – if we had not started the game well maybe you could say that. But I felt some players who played midweek – who played Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday – could not maintain the pace in the game so we had some heavy legs in the second half.
Did you or did you not say like four paragraphs ago that some players dropped focus? Yes, you did. Now it’s heavy legs. I’ll grant you that internationals were played this past week, perhaps you’re aware that Spurs have international players as well? They do. When your group supposedly got “heavy legs” their crew, containing a number of internationals, managed three goals. At your stadium. So what is it? Heavy legs or lost focus? I think Spurs just kicked your ass in the second half, but you’ll never say that or give them credit, so, I guess it’s up to me.
Obviously three defeats at home is too many. In the first two games against West Brom and Newcastle we didn’t deliver the performance and we can only say that we got what we deserved. On Saturday we delivered the performance but what is worrying for me is that we had an opportunity to go to the top of the league and when we had to deliver we couldn’t.
You delivered the first half performance. You then took your foot off the gas, clearly thinking “same old Spurs” and they took you apart. It’s a good point about this team knowing what they should be playing for and not delivering, though. First smart thing you’ve said in this entire screed. Congratulations.
That’s worrying because that’s part of our job.
Indeed it is. Winning matches at home against teams in the second half of the table like West Bromwich Albion is part of your job. Beating teams at home is part of every teams job. So stop losing at home. NOW.
Thanks for your support.
Yeah, whatever. Shut up, I hate you.
