Spurs share the wealth with rare statistical feat
The Spurs showed some remarkable balance in piling up assists Wednesday night at Toronto. Four different Spurs had at least six assists in the game, a feat that hasn’t happened for the franchise in...
View ArticleSloan’s coaching tenure in remarkable terms
Former Utah coach Jerry Sloan’s abrupt resignation stripped the NBA of its most veteran head coach in terms of tenure. Sloan began coaching the Jazz on Dec. 9, 1988. Ronald Reagan was still the...
View ArticlePop finishes third in NBA’s Coach of the Year balloting
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich finished third in final balloting for the NBA’s Coach of the Year honors. Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau, a Spurs assistant coach from 1992-94 under Jerry Tarkanian and John...
View ArticleTark in good spirits after recent heart attack
Former Spurs coach and legendary former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian is resting comfortably in a Las Vegas hospital after suffering a mild heart attack Tuesday afternoon. The Las Vegas Sun reports that...
View ArticleFrom the archives: Tark the Shark’s bizarre, short-lived stint in SA
Jerry Tarkanian, who passed away at 84 on Wednesday, was once of the most successful college coaches in history. That knowledge did not translate to the NBA, where his stint with the Spurs imploded...
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