Spurs

The Oklahoma City Thunder will play the San Antonio Spurs in a preseason game next season in Austin, Texas. The Oct. 20 game will be played at the Erwin Center. It will serve as a homecoming for Thunder star Kevin Durant, who played one season for Texas before entering the NBA.  

SPURS boss Harry Redknapp feels the next Scotland boss will be taking on a monumental task - and he hopes that man is not Joe Jordan. The White Hart Lane assistant boss has been linked with the vacant post following the sacking of George Burley last Monday. Jordan, who has been boss of Hearts, Stoke and Bristol City, has been with Redknapp at both Portsmouth and Spurs and has established himself as one of the best coaches in the English game.

He is a great character.He is quiet but when he says something it is worth listening to.   -Harry Redknapp

 

Republic of Ireland stars Richard Dunne, Robbie Keane, Liam Lawrence and Glenn Whelan are likely to be absent this weekend because they are physically and mentally drained by the Paris defeat. Stoke midfielder Whelan came off against France with a groin strain but clubmate Lawrence, Aston Villa's Dunne and Spurs captain Keane are all likely to be rested. End of the world: Republic of Ireland's Robbie Keane consoles team-mate Keith Andrews Keane is likely to sit out Sunday's home game against Wigan Tottenh  

WHAT today's papers sre saying . . . Everton's Jack Rodwell is a hot tip to end up in a Manchester United shirt sooner or later - according to his old boss at Birkdale United, at least. But Rodwell's current manager, David Moyes, insists the 18-year-old is going nowhere.  

Monta Ellis has heard from the start of training camp that the Warriors were his team. Officially, though, his era may have started Friday night at Oracle Arena. Ellis was a dynamo at both ends of the floor against the Portland Trail Blazers, finishing with a season-high 34 points, eight assists and six steals in a 108-94 win that easily ranks as Golden State's most impressive of the season.

I was more energetic than anything   -Monta Ellis

 

Debate continues over Investigations in Number, Data and Space, the math resource being used at the elementary level in Frederick County Public Schools. A report detailing the successes of Investigations given to Board of Education members last week has done little to ease the concern of parents who say they are watching their children struggle with the new program's math. Nelson Palmer, elementary math curriculum specialist, told board members that elementary math is more than just arithmetic -- it d

My daughter is having her best math year ever, but she's at the magnet program where they're not using Investigations   -Angie Fish

 

The chairmen from the three groups that make up Brevard Family of Housing Authorities will come together in a rare public meeting Monday, triggered by one of the group's decisions to consider breaking away. "Cocoa has made it clear they wish to go in a different direction," said Michael Hartmann, chairman for Brevard County Housing Authority, which called for the meeting. "We're having a meeting just to clarify their intentions."

Cocoa has made it clear they wish to go in a different direction   -Michael Hartmann

 

 

10 Keith Bogans (6-5, 7th yr) - 6 Mike Miller (6-8, 10th yr) Bogans has added defensive edge to Spurs' starting five. SF - 24 Richard Jefferson (6-7, 9th yr) - 3 Caron Butler (6-7, 8th yr) Like Utah's Boozer, Butler's mid-range can cause matchup problems. PF - 21 Tim Duncan (6-11, 13th yr) - 4 Antawn Jamison (6-9, 12th yr) Stats That Don't Make Sense Dept.: Spurs 0-4 when Duncan scores 20.