Spurs: America’s Team and Other Important Thoughts

So I promised a friend I would not write about sports on my blog.  But my birthday is around the corner so I am gifting myself.  (When did gift become a verb? Around the time impact did?)  In any case, nothing about the world of HispanicLatinos specifically but three thoughts that do have some social relevance:

The San Antonio Spurs should be America’s Team.  Forget the Dallas Cowboys and the rest of professional sports, with colleges not far behind.  Has there been a group of players that so personifies the word team?  And so embodies athleticism?  And does not embarrass anyone?  And allows itself to be coached?  That does not use Jesus Christ as a football?

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