The Spurs announced they will play two regular-season games in Paris next season against Indiana on Jan. 23 and Jan. 25, 2025. It will mark the first time the NBA will play two regular-season games in the French capital in the same season.

City officials have signed NDAs that would penalize them for speaking about discussions to build a Spurs arena downtown.

“This is how you get into decisions about things like site and location that are made entirely too narrowly and often don’t work out.”
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Today’s column.

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Sunday opinion. Our editorial about Abbott quashing free speech at UT. cary clack writes about District 3: Councilwoman Phyllis Viagran's cancer diagnosis and treatment. Gilbert Garcia on the slow progress with Ready to Work. nancypjohnson visits SAMMinistries + a fascinating commentary about the Alamo.

Editorial | As students peacefully exercising their free-speech rights were arrested, Greg Abbott boasted on X, “These protestors belong in jail.' To be clear, “These protestors belong in jail” is the rallying cry of an authoritarian. expressnews.com/opinion/editor… via @expressnews

Medics across the U.S. have been quietly injecting sedatives to subdue people detained by police.

Dozens of deaths reveal the practice carries risks, AP finds. apnews.com/article/invest…

Incisive commentary from our award-winning editorial board at San Antonio Express-News: expressnews.com/opinion/editor…

Editorial: Aid for Ukraine is in the United States' interest trib.al/KCq7hHg

Pretty authoritarian move by Abbott to quash peaceful protest at UT. Lots to unpack about this complex moment. expressnews.com/opinion/editor…

Glad to see The Hill pick up on my criticism of Gov. Abbott's ridiculous claim that student protesters at UT Austin were antisemitic and therefore should be jailed, particularly when he's never tried to jail neo-Nazis whose protests I've covered.
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Watch this guide UT released 'in celebration of Free Speech Week' 6 months ago.

They explain the campus is open for the public to demonstrate - student or not - and the university can impose content-neutral time/place/manner limits.

The video is unlisted now, comments off

ESPN just posted this today from my Steve Kerr story. So, in case you missed it, read it here:

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Tonight in Orlando, Ashley Moyer-Gleich will be the first woman to officiate an NBA playoff game in 12 years.

Our story on when she was picked for the league's referee playoff roster: apnews.com/article/nba-pl…

Incredibly disturbing footage out of Texas where authorities appear to be barring any pro-Palestinian protest at all in open outdoor areas of campus — not just disruptive ones. This appears to be a blatant violation not just of the First Amendment but S.B. 18 which requires these…

'I'm with the media,' he says, as he's being arrested. 'I'm sorry ... They were pushing, so I tripped, and I almost fell --'

The officer escorting him says, 'I wasn't there to see it.'

Others around them start to shout, saying, 'He's press! What are y'all doing?'

I can’t remember a journalist ever being arrested for doing his job in my 24 years of reporting in Austin.

Video of troopers throwing FOX 7 Austin photographer to the ground. He is clearly a member of the press - covering the protest. As troopers moved the line back - he was reportedly pushed by a trooper into another trooper. And, then - this happened. #austin #atx #utprotests

And with the additional arrest of a journalist today, the first amendment questions will linger

After stocking up on future draft picks, Spurs now must decide how to use them trib.al/F0nj1WQ

As an underdog in Paris, Victor Wembanyama can take another leap (✍️Mike Finger)
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