Earlier today, Jordan Rivas, presented his reasons why the Spurs title run in 1999, 2003, 2005, and 2007 does not place the franchise among the great NBA dynasties.

Next is Lance Fell who will give his reasons why the Spurs should be considered a dynasty after winning the title four times since 1999.

By Lance Fell, Staff Writer Project Spurs

Throughout time, there have been great dynasties all over the world. From 1550 thru 1292 B.C. the 18th Dynastyof Egypt helped usher in a new era of economic prosperity for the Egyptian people. Perhaps the most famous of all Egyptian Pharaohs, Tutankhamen became ruler of Egypt during the 18thdyansty at the age of nine, and died before his twentieth birthday. The Argead Dynasty was another great dynasty that ruled all of the Greek Empire from 700 to 310 B.C. Lead by none other then Alexander the Great, The Argead Dynasty was able to expand all the way from Greece to India, and conquer one of the greatest empires of all time, The Persian Empire. The last great Chinese Dynasty,...

Today Project Spurs will be looking back at the Spurs' title run beginning in 1999 and ending in 2007.

Many say the Spurs' championship run places them among the great NBA dynasties, while others say the Spurs' championship run should not be considered a dynasty. To discuss this topic, Jordan Rivas and Lance Fell will present you their reasons the Spurs should be considered a dynasty and why they shouldn't.

First will be Jordan Rivas to state the reasons why the Spurs winning the NBA title in 1999, 2003, 2005, and 2007 does not place the franchise among the great NBA dynasties.

By Jordan Rivas, Staff Writer Project Spurs

The sports world has co-opted a term it doesn't understand. Talk radio and sports columnists have independently elected to riddle themselves in conjecture. They are content – some are even enamored with the idea – to substitute logic and definition for bias and subjectivity. Not satisfied with holding command over issues of sound opinion, they have opted to ascend to lofty Adamic proportions,...

The Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio was established in 2004 with the purpose of funding not-for-profit healthcare services and health education in Bexar County and surrounding areas. Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio is committed to improving the health of the community by fostering and funding clinical, educational, spiritual and scientific initiatives while honoring their Baptist heritage.

On March 1, Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio began accepting Letters of Inquiry for 2010 Responsive Grants from non-profit organizations that help meet the community's health needs. Organizations having 501(c)(3) designation by the Internal Revenue Service may submit letters for their request that addresses a community healthcare need.  The Foundation is only able to consider one request per organization per year, and organizations should have at least one full year of operating history. 

The Responsive Grant Letter of Inquiry should provide information about the organization,...

Hey there everyone!  My name is Emu and I’m a sweet 1½ year old male Miniature Schnauzer Mix. I was recently transferred to the shelter and am super excited about meeting my new family.  What’s cute about me is that one of my ears flops down and other one sticks straight up when I’m in deep thought.  I have a really cool coat because it is black with blond highlights all throughout.  It’s actually pretty awesome!  I’ve even been described as a high fashion dog.  I have striking dark brown eyes and a wonderful paw-sonality to match.  I am playful but still very calm and cuddly when it is time.  I would love to learn some tricks and hope that you will to teach me very soon.  I am definitely a one of a kind gentleman, so if you think I sound like the guy for your family, come see me at the Humane Society of San Antonio today!

Adoption fees for Dogs:

25 pounds & under - $125

26 pounds & over - $89

This adoption fee includes: spay/neuter surgery, first set of vaccinations,...

Hello there everyone!  My name is Bali and I’m a 2 year old male Retriever mix.  I was recently transferred to the shelter and while I have met some wonderful friends, I can’t wait to be at home with my new family!  Spending time with my loved ones is quite relaxing.  I have a pretty reddish brown coat and a handsome black nose and long legs.  I’m very very energetic and absolutely love chatting with new friends.  I hope you like to run and play, because I can’t get enough!  What’s great about me is that I do well on a leash when out on daily walks.  Will the whole family join us?  If I am your kind of playful pup, then come see me at the Humane Society of San Antonio today!

Adoption fees for Dogs:

25 pounds & under - $125

26 pounds & over - $89

This adoption fee includes: spay/neuter surgery, first set of vaccinations, microchip, de-wormer, flea and tick prevention, collar, tag, complimentary wellness exam within the first 5 days after adoption and 14 day complimentary...

Hello everyone!  My name is Karen and I am a very gorgeous 2 year old female feline who is looking for a new family to share my love with. My orange and black fur coat is delightfully soft and beautiful. Being petted is something I cannot get enough of.  My happy purr will definitely prove this!  I am sure you will fall in love with my very pretty face that is mostly black on the left side with a few sparks of orange fur thrown in while the other side of my face is mostly orange. Extra-long whiskers adorn my pretty face and my cute black chin. Not only is my fur just plain beautiful but my paw-sonality is wonderful as well. I am a very sweet and mellow lady who likes to be loved and who will love you right back.  When you come to visit me at the Humane Society of San Antonio you will notice that my beautiful eyes are not only yellow in color but that my irises are decorated with a fine ring of lime-green as well.  I cannot wait to meet you and to show you how wonderful I am. How about...

Hello everyone! Please let me introduce myself, my name is Bisquet and I’m a gorgeous 8 year old feline lady with a wonderful medium-length fur coat in the beautiful colors of light-brown, brown, black, and white.  I even have some orange markings on my front paws and around my beautiful green eyes. My cute little nose is of a darker pink coloring which is adorable and is further decorated by my long white whiskers. The inside of my ears and my fluffy chest seem to be dusted with white fur that accentuates a couple of my wonderful assets.  My owner moved and brought me to the shelter with hopes of finding a new family. Currently I want nothing more than to find a new forever home because a wonderful lady like me should be with a loving family to give and receive love. When you come to meet me at the Humane Society of San Antonio you will be impressed by my majestic exterior as well as by my wonderful paw-sonality. Please come soon so that you can find out for yourself that I am the best companion!

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By Jeff Garcia & Arianne Villanueva, Project Spurs

Arianné Villanueva and I are back for the latest Spurscast in Spanish. In this episode, Arianne tells us of her first Spurs game, recaps the last games for the Spurs, and we discuss Richard Jefferson's play for the Spurs this season.

Remember, Project Spurs was the first Spurs blog to have a Spurs podcast and the first to have a Spanish podcast for Spanish-speaking fans.

Arianné Villanueva y yo estamos de regreso con el Spurscast en Español mas reciente. En este episodio Arianné les informa sobre su primera visita a un juego de los Spurs en vivo, repasa los juegos de los Spurs y discutimos como esta jugando Richard Jefferson esta temporada.

Y recuerden que Project Spurs fue la primera página de Internet en tener un podcast de Los Spurs y la primera en tener un podcast en español para los fanáticos de habla hispana.

Click HERE to listen to the show at Project Spurs.

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By Robby Lim, Staff Writer Project Spurs

The trade deadline has passed and some teams made moves that will probably make them better. The Spurs opted to dump salary by sending Theo Ratliff to the Charlotte Bobcats for future considerations.

The move may not affect the Spurs current rotation, mainly because Ratliff hardly played, but the Spurs lost a player that can provide some defensive presence on the floor. Yes, Ratliff is an aging veteran, but he can still block some shots and his defensive ability could have been useful for short stretches.

With that being said, the Spurs' defensive inconsistency continues to be a major concern.

However, with Ratliff's departure along with Marcus Haislip back overseas, this has left roster spots open for the Spurs.

The Spurs could very well carry on with the current lineup, but it could be a hint of things to come. For example, last season the Spurs made a move by signing Drew Gooden to bolster their frontcourt.

This year, if they can find a player that is good enough to...

By Michael De Leon, Founder Project Spurs

According to James Munoz of KENS 5 in San Antonio, former Spurs great Alvin Robertson is wanted in a probe of a child sex trafficking ring.

"A former San Antonio Spurs player is wanted on charges of sexual performance of a child, trafficking of persons under 18 for prostitution and sexual assault of a child. Alvin Robertson is wanted and has not been arrested. He is one of seven people allegedly involved in a child sex trafficking ring."

This isn't the first time Robertson, who is one of only four NBA players to ever record a quadruple-double, has been in trouble with the law.

He's had multiple charges including assault bodily injury, evading and resisting arrest, criminal mischief, burglary, violating a protective order and the list goes on and on.

Robertson had a great NBA career with the Spurs, Bucks Pistons and Raptors, averaging 14 points, 5.2 rebounds, 5 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game. On top of that, he was a two-time Olympic gold medal-winner and held the NBA...

By Jeff Garcia, Co-Founder Project Spurs

Spurs fans are very knowledgeable about the Spurs. They know Tim Duncan likes to hug the ball before tip-off, Coach Pop's love of wine, or Tony Parker's "rapping career."

But did you know these tid-bits about Duncan and DeJuan Blair?

Friend of Project Spurs, Humberto Cervera, of News 4 WOAI TV in San Antonio, recently wrote about Duncan's other pre-game ritual. Did you know he hangs on the back of the rim?

Everyone knows about Tim Duncan's pregame ritual of hugging the ball, but that's not the most interesting one he has on the court. Before the teams are announced the Spurs will turnout the lights in the arena and show a video on the Jumbotron. During that time, Tim will jump up and hang on the back of the rim facing the other side of the court. He swings there for a few seconds, and then gets back to the line for his name to be announced.

What about Blair? Talk about a workhorse. This is his PRE-GAME workout.

Click HERE to read the complete article at Project Spurs....

By Lance Fell, Staff Writer Project Spurs

The second round has been good to the San Antonio Spurs. In 1999 the Spurs drafted an unknown Argentinian with the 57th pick in the second round. You could say the rest is history.

It seems that a decade later the Spurs have done it again. Taken with the 37th pick of the 2009 draft, DeJuan Blair came to San Antonio with no ACLs and high expectations, and so far the 20-year-old Pittsburgh native has not disappointed.

In his first pre-season game, Blair finished with 16 points and a ridiculous 19 boards against the Houston Rockets. Granted, it was only preseason, but in his first professional game, and probably with butterflies in his stomach, Blair showed his God given ability for rebounding. And as we Spurs fans know, it takes defense and rebounding to win championships.

Blair kicked off his first professional season with a bang, and his first ever double-double, scoring 14 points on 7 of 10 from the field. My math could be a little off, but I'm pretty sure that's 70...

I reluctantly went to see Valentine’s Day on opening weekend contributing to its approximate $67 million during opening weekend, according to Entertainment Weekly Web site.  While not looking forward to seeing the movie and knowing some of the reviews it had received my mind was already made up that it was not going to be on my list of good movies. This Garry Marshall directed movie (who also directed Pretty Woman, Georgia Rule, The Other Sister) was a film with over a dozen big name celebrities and somehow was able to keep it under a $50 million budget.  

My expectations with the movie were low and after watching a few minutes the movie became a bit predictable. It was quite easy to see how the end was going to play out, however it took the movie an hour and half to show it. I did found myself unwillingly laugh during parts of the movie not wanting to admit to my wife that I found the movie humorous.

The movie plays out with five or more different couples or friendships, although while independent from...

When: Tuesday, February 23rd   

8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Where: Mission Verde Center at Cooper

1700 Tampico St. (Map)

Speakers: Thomas Henkel, Ph.D,

Keith (Bud) Leavell - Yazaki Energy Systems Inc.

Andrew I. Lowenstein, Ph.D - President, AIL Research, Inc

Jeremy Osborne, Solar San Antonio

Click here for agenda & full bios

Cost: $20 for Solar San Antonio members, $30 General admission

Click here to register online

Solar Cooling can provide a solution to the many problems associated with conventional methods of cooling buildings. It can reduce the peak electricity loads on the network and the total energy consumption required by conventional air conditioning. It also has environmentally friendly refrigerants that are neither GHGs nor ozone-depleting. To help answer the challenge of reducing energy consumption for air conditioning, we are offering a workshop to learn, share, collaborate and to begin developing solar cooling into a thriving industry in Texas.

There is a strong relation between the...

By Jeff Garcia, Co-Founder Project Spurs

After being introduced to some cheers and some boos in Dallas, 12 time All-Star Tim Jennifer Pottheiser/NBAE/Getty ImagesDuncan looked ready to represent the Spurs in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game.

With big men for the West starting such as Amar'e and Dirk, it would be tough for Duncan to get touches. Plus during pre-game interviews with some of the West guards, they all said they would like for Dirk to receive MVP honors.

So how did it go for Duncan? This is how it went down in Dallas for him.

In the first quarter, Tim Duncan lined up for the West team for the tip-off and won the tip over Dwight Howard. He grabbed a couple of rebounds and on one play, he got the step on Kevin Garnett but had his reverse lay-up blocked by Garnett. Duncan then took it outside of the paint and hit a jump shot for the West.

It was reported Duncan did not want to play heavy minutes in the game but did tell West coach George Karl he wanted to be out on the court when he went to a four point-...

By Michael De Leon, Founder Project Spurs

If Becky Hammon and Robert Horry in the celebrity game weren't enough San Antonio representation in Dallas for the opening night's festivities of All-Star Weekend 2010, DeJuan Blair was destined to change that.

Being overlooked is nothing new for the 6-7 Blair, who watched as 29 other NBA GMs passed on him on draft night.

A pregame poll on NBA.com asked which rookie would have the biggest impact on the game. Tyreke Evans, Stephen Curry and Brandon Jennings all made the list, but Blair was nowhere to be found.

But you didn't have to search for him once the game started. His presence was felt early with hustle points and rebounds. Of course that's no to Spurs fans, who see him do the same thing on a nightly basis.

The highlights wouldn't elude him though as he picked off a pass and ran the length of a court. He was rewarded with a pass on the other end and with no one else in front of him, he threw the ball off the glass and slammed it through on the rebound....

Consider the word 'love.' Roll it around on your tongue like a piece of fine chocolate. Feel its velvety smoothness on your skin. Think how love makes you feel--tingly, excited, passionate, euphoric… Sometimes love feels comfortable like your favorite cozy chair or safe like a parent's sheltering embrace. When love goes bad, it can feel like an 'achy-breaky' heart.

Love is a ubiquitous human condition. Love permeates our entire existence from birth to death. It expresses itself in our literature, art, film, music, and religion. Love built the Taj Mahal and destroyed cities. Studies have shown teenage boys think of 'love' every 14 seconds or something like that.

Did you ever wonder how love and the heart became conjoined? Here are a few facts I found on Wikipedia: The heart was once widely believed to be the seat of the human mind.  Ancient Egyptians and Greeks and throughout the Bible, the heart was used poetically to refer to the soul. In the 15th century Europeans began stylizing the heart with its current...

By Michael De Leon, Founder Project Spurs

In just a few short days, the NBA All-Star game makes its return back to Texas. But 14 years ago, the NBA made San Antonio its stage.

I was a senior at Fox Tech High School in Downtown San Antonio at the time and it was as if my dreams came true.

Since I was about 10 years old, it's been my yearly ritual to set aside my entire weekend for All-Star Weekend. It's one of my favorite times of the year and it also usually lands around my birthday so I was always able to get away with being a couch potato for the entire weekend.

I always got home from school on Friday with plenty of time to carve my spot out on our living room couch and hopefully before everyone else so I could take control of the tv and remote for that night. I watched whatever All-Star programming the NBA had for me, whether it was the rookie game, legends game, celebrity game. It didn't matter, I was watching it.

On Saturdays, I woke up early to watch Inside Stuff and the NBA Jam Session and prepared for...

(Feb. 11, 2010) … The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) invites the regional scientific community to attend “New Technologies in Using Recombinant Attenuated Salmonella Vaccine Vectors,” a technical seminar featuring National Academy of Sciences member Roy Curtiss III.  The free seminar, hosted by UTSA’s South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Cellular and Molecular Biology doctoral students, will be held at 9 a.m., Feb. 12 in the Biotechnology, Sciences and Engineering Building’s Multifunction Room (BSE 2.102) on the UTSA Main Campus.

A complimentary continental breakfast and networking session with Curtiss, hosted by the Office of the Vice President for Research, is open to the public and will precede the seminar at 8:15 a.m. in the BSE Atrium.

Curtiss, an expert in bacterial infections and prevention, is an Arizona State University professor and the director of its Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology.  Currently, his laboratory is engaged in developing vaccines...

(Feb. 9, 2010) … The University of Texas at San Antonio’s Steel Bridge Team placed second overall at the Texas/Mexico regional qualifier of the 2010 National Student Steel Bridge Competition, held recently at the UTSA Main Campus.  The second place win allows UTSA to compete at the national level at Purdue University on May 28-29.

In addition, UTSA earned first place in three of the regional competition’s six individual categories – Aesthetics, Construction Speed and Construction Economy – trumping teams from UT Austin and Texas A&M.

The National Student Steel Bridge Competition tests each team’s ability to design, fabricate and construct a 1:10 scale bridge while emphasizing economy and maximizing bridge strength.  Judges score the teams on their bridge’s construction speed, weight, deflection, economy, structural efficiency and overall presentation.

The Texas/Mexico regional competition held recently was one of 18 regional competitions taking place around the country to determine which teams will proceed...

Institute will promote educational and cultural exchange between South Texas and China

(Feb. 9, 2010) … Tomorrow, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will celebrate the grand opening of its new Confucius Institute.  The Institute, one of more than 300 located worldwide, will promote an awareness of Chinese culture, history and society in South Texas through Chinese language instruction and educational exchanges in partnership with Beijing, China-based University of International Business and Economics (UIBE).

“China is a global economic and political power,” said Don Lien, director of UTSA’s East Asia Institute and Confucius Institute.  “By adopting an awareness of China’s culture, history, society and economy, we are equipping our students with the tools they need to establish strong and successful business partnerships once they graduate.”

The opening celebration for UTSA’s Confucius Institute will begin when a delegation from the UIBE, led by the Chair of its University Council, Wang Ling,...