Nine years after his retirement, San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan remains the enduring symbol of what it means to wear the Silver and Black. Although Spurs fans watched Duncan dominate on the basketball court for 19 seasons and five NBA championships, off the court he remained an enigma to many — quiet, reserved and […]
As MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred once again discusses the possibility of adding teams to the league, a new list compiled by Fox Sports places San Antonio among nine markets most likely to get a pro-expansion baseball franchise. Even so, experts caution that the Alamo City’s chances of actually landing an MLB team remain slim — namely […]
Activists will hold a protest in downtown San Antonio on Labor Day to oppose billionaire influence and corruption in the U.S. and to push back against the city’s controversial Project Marvel development. The protest is part of a national movement led by the May Day Strong Coalition, a collective of organizations including AFL-CIO, Indivisible, Our […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas colleges could see one of the steepest drops in international student enrollment in the country this fall.
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. The Department of Homeland Security announced on Tuesday that Secretary Kristi Noem has waived the protections of the Endangered Species Act and other federal statutes to “ensure the expeditious […]
A San Antonio man whom Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones asked about his hourly age during a City Hall press conference last week lambasted her in an Express-News op-ed that accused her of making unfair assumptions about his work life. “Words matter. You never truly know someone’s story unless you’ve walked in their shoes,” Ruben Mateo Lopez, a […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas House on Tuesday sent a measure to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk that would let the attorney general’s office independently prosecute election-related crimes, years after the state’s highest criminal court ruled the […]
Get ready to get your geek on, San Antonio. San Japan, the annual bash billed as South Texas’ biggest anime and gaming convention, will take place at the Henry B. González Convention Center and San Antonio Grand Hyatt Friday, Aug. 29-Sunday, Aug, 31. Now in its 16th year, the fan-run con typically draws tens of thousands of faithful, […]
San Antonio paranormal investigators Curious Twins Tours & Events are fighting to save a crumbling hospital 80 miles southeast of the city that they recently acquired to host ghost tours and other events. The Curious Twins, whose real names are Fred and Stephen Garza-Guzman, bought the former Yorktown Memorial Hospital on July 9 from junk artist and former […]
California-based restaurant chain Squeeze In, a brunch-heavy chain known for bragging that it serves the “best omelettes on the planet,” will open a San Antonio location as its first expansion into Texas. Squeeze In officials said the company is scouting for real estate in the Alamo City and hopes to launch the new dining spot […]