It’s Dak Prescott vs. Tom Brady as Cowboys, Bucs face off in NFL week one

Posted on July 3, 2021 by statmanspeaks

Published first on May 17, 2021 @ www.texasredzonereport.com.

Don’t make any plans for Thursday, September 9th because that is the day the 2021 NFL regular season starts.  Watch as hopefully a fully healthy, Dak Prescott, the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys takes on the defending Super Bowl champions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 

Tom Brady, the Tampa Bay quarterback, will be 44 years old and will be aiming for his 8th Super Bowl.  Man, that is absolutely amazing for what Tom has accomplished in his career; the dude is a beast and definitely a first-ballot Hall-of-Famer.  Yeah, I am jumping on the Brady bandwagon, and I am proud to admit that.  

So, who will prevail when Tampa Bay hosts Dallas?  The young Dak or the old Tom.  I am not going to make any bold predictions for this game, other games, and even who will win the Super Bowl.  All I will say is, may all the games be competitive, without season-ending injuries, and full of memorable moments that you can watch over and over again.

I, for one, am really looking forward to this NFL season and am super excited to see fans at the stadiums cheering on their teams (but, doing it safely).  

So, here is the 2021 NFL schedule:  

All times are Eastern. 

WEEK 1

Thursday, Sept. 9

Dallas at Tampa Bay, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Sunday, Sept. 12

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS)
New York at Carolina, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Minnesota at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (FOX)
San Francisco at Detroit, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Seattle at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Arizona at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS)
L.A. Chargers at Washington, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Cleveland at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Miami at New England, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Green Bay at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Denver at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Chicago at L.A. Rams, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Sept. 13

Baltimore at Las Vegas, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)

WEEK 2

Thursday, Sept. 16

N.Y. Giants at Washington, 8:20 p.m. (NFLN)

Sunday, Sept. 19

New Orleans at Carolina, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Cincinnati at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Houston at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (CBS)
L.A. Rams at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Denver at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Buffalo at Miami, 1 p.m. (FOX)
New England at New York, 1 p.m. (CBS)
San Francisco at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Las Vegas at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Minnesota at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
Dallas at L.A. Chargers, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Tennessee at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Kansas City at Baltimore, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Sept. 20

Detroit at Green Bay, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 3

Thursday, Sept. 23

Carolina at Houston, 8:20 p.m. (NFLN)

Sunday, Sept. 26

Washington at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Chicago at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Baltimore at Detroit, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Arizona at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (FOX)
L.A. Chargers at Kansas City, 1 p.m. (CBS)
New Orleans at New England, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Atlanta at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Indianapolis at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS)
New York at Denver, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)
Miami at Las Vegas, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)
Tampa Bay at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Seattle at Minnesota, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Green Bay at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Sept. 27

Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 4

Thursday, Sept. 30

Jacksonville at Cincinnati, 8:20 p.m. (NFLN)

Sunday, Oct. 3

Washington at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Houston at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Carolina at Dallas, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Indianapolis at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Cleveland at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (CBS)
N.Y. Giants at New Orleans, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Tennessee at New York, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Kansas City at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Arizona at L.A. Rams, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
Seattle at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
Baltimore at Denver, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Pittsburgh at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Tampa Bay at New England, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Oct. 4

Las Vegas at L.A. Chargers, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 5

Thursday, Oct. 7

L.A. Rams at Seattle, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/AMAZON**)

Sunday, Oct. 10

New York vs. Atlanta (London), 9:30 a.m. (NFLN)
Philadelphia at Carolina, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Green Bay at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (FOX)
New England at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Denver at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Miami at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. (CBS)
New Orleans at Washington, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Cleveland at L.A. Chargers, 4:5 p.m. (CBS)
Chicago at Las Vegas, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)
San Francisco at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Buffalo at Kansas City, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)*

Monday, Oct. 11

Indianapolis at Baltimore, 8:15 p.m. ESPN

WEEK 6

Thursday, Oct. 14

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/AMAZON**)

Sunday, Oct. 17

Miami vs. Jacksonville (London), 9:30 a.m. (CBS)
L.A. Chargers at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Minnesota at Carolina, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Cincinnati at Detroit, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (CBS)
L.A. Rams at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Kansas City at Washington, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Arizona at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
Las Vegas at Denver, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Dallas at New England, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Seattle at Pittsburgh, 8:20 p.m. (NBC*)

Monday, Oct. 18

Buffalo at Tennessee, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 7

Thursday, Oct. 21

Denver at Cleveland, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/AMAZON**)

Sunday, Oct. 24

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Washington at Green Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Atlanta at Miami, 1 p.m. (FOX)
New York at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Kansas City at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Detroit at L.A. Rams, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
Philadelphia at Las Vegas, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
Houston at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Chicago at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Indianapolis at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m. (NBC*)

Monday, Oct. 25

New Orleans at Seattle, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 8

Thursday, Oct. 28

Green Bay at Arizona, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/AMAZON**)

Sunday, Oct. 31

Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS)
San Francisco at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Philadelphia at Detroit, 1 p.m. (FOX)
L.A. Rams at Houston, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Cincinnati at New York, 1 p.m. (CBS)
New England at L.A. Chargers, 4:5 p.m. (CBS)
Jacksonville at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)
Washington at Denver, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Dallas at Minnesota, 8:20 p.m. (NBC*)

Monday, Nov. 1

N.Y. Giants at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 9

Thursday, Nov. 4

New York at Indianapolis, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/AMAZON**)

Sunday, Nov. 7

Minnesota at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (FOX)
New England at Carolina, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Denver at Dallas, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Houston at Miami, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Atlanta at New Orleans, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Las Vegas at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (CBS)
L.A. Chargers at Philadelphia, 4:5 p.m. (CBS)
Green Bay at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Arizona at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Tennessee at L.A. Rams, 8:20 p.m. (NBC*)

Monday, Nov. 8

Chicago at Pittsburgh, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 10

Thursday, Nov. 11

Baltimore at Miami, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/AMAZON**)

Sunday, Nov. 14

Atlanta at Dallas, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Cleveland at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Buffalo at New York, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Detroit at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (FOX)
New Orleans at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Tampa Bay at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Carolina at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
Minnesota at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
Philadelphia at Denver, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Seattle at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Kansas City at Las Vegas, 8:20 p.m. (NBC*)

Monday, Nov. 15

L.A. Rams at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 11

Thursday, Nov. 18

New England at Atlanta, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/AMAZON**)

Sunday, Nov. 21

Indianapolis at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Washington at Carolina, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Baltimore at Chicago, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Detroit at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (FOX)
San Francisco at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Green Bay at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Miami at New York, 1 p.m. (CBS)
New Orleans at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Cincinnati at Las Vegas, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)
Dallas at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Arizona at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Pittsburgh at L.A. Chargers, 8:20 p.m. (NBC*)

Monday, Nov. 22

N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 12

Thursday, Nov. 25

Chicago at Detroit (Thanksgiving) 12:30 p.m. (FOX)
Las Vegas at Dallas (Thanksgiving), 4:30 p.m. (CBS)
Buffalo at New Orleans (Thanksgiving), 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Sunday, Nov. 28

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (CBS)
New York at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Tampa Bay at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Atlanta at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Carolina at Miami, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Tennessee at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (FOX)
L.A. Chargers at Denver, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)
L.A. Rams at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Minnesota at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Cleveland at Baltimore, 8:20 p.m. (NBC*)

Monday, Nov. 29

Seattle at Washington, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 13

Thursday, Dec. 2

Dallas at New Orleans, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/AMAZON**)

Sunday, Dec. 5

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Arizona at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX)
L.A. Chargers at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Denver at Kansas City, 1 p.m. (CBS)
N.Y. Giants at Miami, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Philadelphia at New York, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Washington at Las Vegas, 4:5 p.m. (FOX)
Jacksonville at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
San Francisco at Seattle, 8:20 p.m. (NBC*)

Monday, Dec. 6

New England at Buffalo, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 14

Thursday, Dec. 9

Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/AMAZON**)

Sunday, Dec. 12

Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m. (FOX)
San Francisco at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Baltimore at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Seattle at Houston, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Las Vegas at Kansas City, 1 p.m. (CBS)
New Orleans at New York, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Detroit at Denver, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
N.Y. Giants at L.A. Chargers, 4:5 p.m. (FOX)
Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Chicago at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m. (NBC*)

Monday, Dec. 13

L.A. Rams at Arizona, 8:15 p.m. ESPN

WEEK 15

Thursday, Dec. 16

Kansas City at L.A. Chargers, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/AMAZON**)

Saturday, Dec. 18

TBD, 4:30 p.m. (NFLN)
TBD, 8:15 p.m. (NFLN)

Saturday Pool Date/Time/Network TBD

Carolina at Buffalo
Las Vegas at Cleveland
New England at Indianapolis
New York at Miami
Washington at Philadelphia

Sunday, Dec. 19

Green Bay at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Arizona at Detroit, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Tennessee at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Cincinnati at Denver, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)
Atlanta at San Francisco, 4:5 p.m. (CBS)
Seattle at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 8:20 p.m. (NBC*)

Monday, Dec. 20

Minnesota at Chicago, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 16

Thursday, Dec. 23

San Francisco at Tennessee, 8:20 p.m. (NFLN)

Saturday, Dec. 25

Cleveland at Green Bay, 4:30 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/AMAZON**)
Indianapolis at Arizona, 8:15 p.m. (NFLN)

Sunday, Dec. 26

Detroit at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (CBS)
L.A. Chargers at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS)
L.A. Rams at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Buffalo at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Jacksonville at New York, 1 p.m. (CBS)
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Chicago at Seattle, 4:5 p.m. (FOX)
Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Denver at Las Vegas, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Washington at Dallas, 8:20 p.m. (NBC*)

Monday, Dec. 27

Miami at New Orleans, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 17

Sunday, Jan. 2

Atlanta at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (FOX)
N.Y. Giants at Chicago, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Kansas City at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Arizona at Dallas, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Las Vegas at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Jacksonville at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Tampa Bay at New York, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Miami at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Philadelphia at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Denver at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)
Houston at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)
L.A. Rams at Baltimore, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Detroit at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Minnesota at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m. (NBC*)

Monday, Jan. 3

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 18

Saturday, Jan. 8

TBD, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)
TBD, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)

Sunday, Jan. 9

New Orleans at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS)
New York at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Green Bay at Detroit, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS)
New England at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Dallas at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX)
Seattle at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
Kansas City at Denver, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
San Francisco at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)
L.A. Chargers at Las Vegas, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
TBD, 8:20 p.m. (NBC*)

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Reflections On…NBA Basketball

Posted on April 25, 2021 by statmanspeaks

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Before Niko was born, I was a huge NBA basketball and San Antonio Spurs fan. Football and baseball, were not on my horizon. I could watch those two sports, but I wasn’t enamored like basketball. If anything, I liked basketball first and high school football second.

From 1997 through 2016, I was a high school football statistician. I also did stats for a high school and college basketball team, I did stats for UTSA football for a 1 year, and I am currently a freelance sports writer and photographer since 2011. I could easily write a part 2 to this and name it Reflections On…High School Football. Wait, let me do that now! Yeah, this one is going to be another long one and I will need lots of time to write it. Plus, when I am done, I will share it on here and www.thestatmanspeaks.com just like this one.

Ok, let’s get back to basketball.

It’s funny because my parents and my brother are not sports fans, so I really don’t know where my passion came from. I know my mom’s father, Grandpa Charlie, and her sisters husband, Uncle George, enjoyed watching sports and when I would visit them, we would watch together.

My dad never played sports with me, but I do remember him putting up a basketball hoop above the garage. I pretended I was on the Spurs and it was up to me to hit the game winning shot! I also had a metal rim in my bedroom on my door and I would bounce a ball on the wall, then catch it and shoot it for the win; man that rim also took a beating as I would dunk on it a lot!

I recently read an awesome booked called Loose Balls, about the history of the American Basketball Association. The Spurs were one of four ABA teams to merge into the NBA and I really enjoyed reading how it came to be as well as lots of fun tidbits about former players and coaches. Did you know that Dr. J and George “Ice Man” Gervin played together at one point? The book I read before the ABA book was the autobiography of Dr. J. A book I have yet to read but is staring at me from the bookcase is the history of the Kentucky Colonels, another ABA team.

I had an official NBA guide that I purchased for several years; the last one I have (and still have) is from the 2006-2007 NBA season. I enjoyed scanning through the stats, records of teams and records for individual and team categories, and the end of the year box scores.

I even subscribed to the NBA League Pass a few times so I could watch more basketball games than just the Spurs. Yes, the Spurs were my favorite, but I loved watching other teams and games, especially if it was a close game coming down to the final basket. I used to say a lot to anybody who would listen that when the Spurs and Dallas Mavericks (the Dirk years) played a game, just skip the first 43 minutes and give them 5 minutes to play and the score tied; may the best team win.

I saw Spurs games in Hemisphere Arena, The Alamodome, and the AT&T Center. I remember watching them lose lots of games in the 90’s and I never imagined that they would be NBA Champions (5 times)! I had a poster of one of those teams from the early 90’s and the team is standing around Shamu from Sea World of Texas.

One of those players from the early 90’s has an ex-wife and even though she works in another department at the bank, I know of her and at one point, she sat in front of me. She talked a lot about her kids and I was a great listener. I won’t name names!

I loved it when somebody in my immediate family would bring me autographs of players. I have quite a collection. My oldest Spurs autograph is from June 20, 1991 and it’s Avery Johnson. How do I know certain that date? Well, his autograph is on a ticket stub from a San Antonio Missions (they were a AA minor league baseball team affiliated with the LA Dodgers) game. I think that particular game was a game in which professional LA Dodger baseball player, Orel Hershiser, pitched in one of his rehab starts after an injury. That could be why Avery was at the game! I have another Avery autograph from 1999 and it’s a picture of him hitting the game winning shot in Game 5 of the 1999 NBA Finals; I got it from one of my managers when I worked for the Spurs and he told me not to tell anybody!

Another Spurs autograph that I have is Sam Mack. I was with my family celebrating my birthday at a Chinse restaurant and I recognized him immediately. I was to shy to ask him for his autograph, but my dad wasn’t and even told him it was my birthday. Well, not only did he give me his autograph, but he also gave me his home phone number and told us to reach out to him as he was going to try to get us tickets to the next Spurs home game. He was only able to get us 1 ticket and was I not feeling well for that game, but well enough to drive to a park and ride and catch a bus to the arena. I sat behind the basket with the wife’s and girlfriends of the team as well as the person who sang the National Anthem. What an awesome gesture on his part and I think it was my 16th birthday (1993) and quite possibly the last game in Hemisphere Arena. I wish I had that ticket stub!

In addition to Sam Mack and Avery Johnson, I also have these former Spurs coaches and players: Will Perdue, Larry Brown, Terry Cummings, Paul Pressey, Howard Eisley, Alvin Robertson, Chuck Person, Terry Porter, Vinny Del Negro, David Robinson, George Gervin, Sean Elliott, Vernon Maxwell, Willie Anderson, The Coyote!, and Tim Duncan. Non Spurs autographs are: Gerald Wilkins and Kevin McHale. I actually got the Tim Duncan one from a Spurs season ticket holder; it’s a picture of him coming off the airplane when he arrived in San Antonio being interviewed by one of the local sports broadcasters.

Man, looking at that list above, that would be one heck of a great team with Larry Brown at the helm! I think my starting five would be: David Robinson, Tim Duncan, George Gervin, Terry Porter, and Chuck Person! The sixth man would be Sean Elliott!

For one summer, I worked for the San Antonio Missions baseball team; they were a AA minor league baseball team and the manager at that time was Rick Burleson. I collected baseball and basketball cards and still have a few remaining in my collection. I had a very small stack of baseball cards from 1982 and one of those players just happened to be Rick Burleson. So, I asked one of the home clubhouse guys (the name, I can’t remember) if Rick would sign it for me. Well, not only did he sign it, but he also signed a current card of him as manager of the club! Pretty cool!

I never in a million years expected to ever be working for the San Antonio Spurs, but that did happen in 1999. Yes, I bumped into players and coaches throughout my tenure, but it was never OH MY GOSH, YOU’RE MY FAVORITE PLAYER OR COACH, CAN I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH! It was always a quick hello and good luck. One of the highlights that will never again happen to me is I got to take the 1999 NBA Championship trophy home a few times; one of those times, my family had a party! I do have Spurs memorabilia and 1999 championship memorabilia stashed in my closet.

You may be wondering, how I got the job with the Spurs in first place? Well, I saw an Internship and I applied and I got the job; nothing special.  I was working for a local computer company when this happened. It was a very difficult decision for me.  I was in my last year of college and had to really think about my future career goals.  Do I take an Internship with a professional sports franchise with a significant pay decrease or stay at the computer company and be a computer dude for the rest of my life? The Spurs Internship eventually turned into a part time position which finally ended in May of 2002.  So, for those 3 years, I worked every home game at the Alamodome.

If you’re familiar with the San Antonio Spurs or the St. Mary’s Rattlers Basketball team in San Antonio, I am going to drop a lot of names that you may have heard of.  If not, use Google to research further. From 1991 to 1995, I was the manager of the varsity basketball team for my high school. Occasionally at the varsity basketball games, you may see Bob Hill, a former Head Coach of the Antonio Spurs, Gregg Popovich, the current Head Coach of the San Antonio Spurs, or Buddy Meyer Sr, a former Head Coach of the St. Mary’s Rattlers.  Hill’s and Meyer’s sons played for us and Popovich’s daughter was on the women’s varsity basketball team and they would often play before us.  I will say that none of these kids got any special treatment. Not on our team was George Gervin’s son.

But, as I mentioned at the start, I haven’t paid any attention since Niko was born in 2016 to the NBA. And, I really don’t miss it. I have a much better time with my wife and son than being entranced in an NBA game or even other sport. I don’t care to be honest!

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Sotomayor High School 12/20/2020

Posted on December 20, 2020 by statmanspeaks

I am really enjoying taking photos of this new school being built. I even reached out to the construction company to see if I can get more access and I haven’t heard back from them. So, later today, I will reach out to the school district.

I am very glad that that huge tree in front of the school isn’t being torn down; yet.

Here are some photos from today’s visit.

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