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SAN ANTONIO (March 6, 2024)&nbsp;– The San Antonio Spurs today unveiled a special Spurs x Austin themed mural at Wanderlust Wine Co., created by local Austin artist&nbsp;Adrian Landon Brooks, in celebration of their upcoming Spurs Week and I-35 Series, presented by Alienware and X World Wallet. The Spurs are also releasing a limited number of ticket packages for the Sunday I-35 Series game against the Brooklyn Nets which will include a T-shirt featuring a portion of the mural, while supplies last.

The outdoor mural is a tribute to Spurs fans in Austin and was recently completed at Wanderlust Wine Co.’s downtown location and depicts a collage of different icons and patterns representing the Spurs and symbolizing the motion and movement of basketball. Muralist Brooks is an Austin-based painter and creator who has exhibited his work across the U.S. and internationally. The mural will remain up through the remainder of the Spurs 2023-24 season and fans are encouraged to take a photo and tag @Spurs and @Austin_Spurs using #SpursGetMoody for a chance to be featured on the team’s social channels. During Spurs Week, the Spurs will host a pop-up at the mural on Wednesday, March 13 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., where fans can stop by for free to enjoy a DJ, prizes and photo opportunities.&nbsp;

“Painting this massive Spurs mural, the energy and love from fans was electric,” said artist Adrian Landon Brooks. “From photo ops to car-window cheers, it was an amazing experience. I’m honored to celebrate this powerful team and its family. Go Spurs!”

“As we approach our second annual I-35 Series, this mural memorializes a special moment in time for our organization. Last year we celebrated 50 years of Spurs basketball and as we look to the next 50 years, it is moments like this that we will remember, which is why we are so excited to continue to make history alongside our Austin fans,” said Brandon James, Senior Vice President of Strategic Growth & Deputy General Counsel at Spurs Sports & Entertainment. “Collaborating with local artists and businesses allows us to bring our love for Austin fans to life in the biggest, boldest ways possible, as Austin continues to embrace the Spurs as their hometown team.”&nbsp;

The Spurs are offering a special T-shirt ticket package for the I-35 Series game on Sunday. Supplies are limited.

To see additional works and learn more about muralist Adrian Landon Books, visit&nbsp;AdrianLandonBrooks.com&nbsp;or follow on Instagram at @adrianlandonbrooks.

Fans can purchase tickets to the I-35 Series by joining the&nbsp;Official Spurs Fan Club&nbsp;or texting SPURSGAMES to 210-444-5050.&nbsp;Loge boxes in Moody Center for the I-35 Series are available for purchase. Text MOODYBOX to 210-444-5050 to learn more. Group tickets are available now atSpurs.com/groups&nbsp;or by calling or texting 210-444-5959. Groups of 10 or more can receive up to 25% off I-35 Series games and access to special fan experiences. The Spurs 2023-24 season is presented by H-E-B.

Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) is a value-based and community-centric sports and entertainment company that provides premier live and global digital experiences for fans across a portfolio of three teams and two venues – all supported by a staff of more than 1,000 full and part-time employees. SS&E owns and operates the San Antonio Spurs (NBA), Austin Spurs (NBA G League), and San Antonio FC (USL), as well as manages the day-to-day operations of the Frost Bank Center, Toyota Field and STAR Complex. In November 2021, SS&E broke ground on The Rock at La Cantera, a multiphase $500 million legacy project that extends across 45 acres and is home to the new Victory Capital Performance Center, a state-of-the-art training facility for the San Antonio Spurs, a 22-acre park, and Frost Plaza, a community-centered outdoor space. Future phases will feature a human performance research center and space for medical, hospitality and office use. The SS&E investor group is led by Managing Partner Peter J. Holt.

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San Antonio Spurs Unveil Mural in Austin Celebrating Spurs Week & I-35 Series 

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AUSTIN (Oct. 4, 2023) –&nbsp;The San Antonio Spurs today announced the release of their first retail collaboration with five-time GRAMMY® Award-winning and&nbsp;global icon, Shania Twain. This exclusive limited-edition T-shirt is part of Twain’s southern Texas week as she is set to perform in Austin at Zilker Park on Saturday, Oct. 7 and in San Antonio at Frost Bank Center on Thursday, Oct. 12.

Limited to 500 T-shirts, fans can purchase a shirt at The Post-Up, a streetside Spurs shop, parked on 3rd and Congress in Austin beginning Thursday, Oct. 5 through Friday, Oct. 15 from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. The T-shirt features Twain's "Queen of Me" album cover merged with the core branding of the San Antonio Spurs, who tip off their 2023-24 season campaign 13 days later on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The back of the T-shirt highlights dates of Twain’s shows in South Texas.

Fans who visit The Post-Up will receive a surprise gift and be entered for a chance to win a pair of tickets to Twain’s show in San Antonio. The T-shirts will also be available for purchase at&nbsp;www.spursfanshop.com/ShaniaTwain.

Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) is a value-based and community-centric sports and entertainment company that provides premier live and global digital experiences for fans across a portfolio of three teams and two venues – all supported by a passionate staff of more than 1,000 full and part-time employees. SS&E owns and operates the San Antonio Spurs (NBA), Austin Spurs (NBA G League), and San Antonio FC (USL), as well as manages the day-to-day operations of the Frost Bank Center, Toyota Field and STAR Complex. In November 2021, SS&E broke ground on The Rock at La Cantera, a multiphase $500 million legacy project that will extend across 45 acres and feature a human performance research center, 22-acre park, a community outdoor event plaza and space for medical, hospitality and office use. The campus will be home to the new Victory Capital Performance Center, a state-of-the-art training facility for the San Antonio Spurs, which is scheduled to open late summer of 2023. The SS&E investor group is led by Managing Partner Peter J. Holt.

Global Superstar, Celebrated Songwriter and Style Icon Shania Twain is a five-time GRAMMY winner and one of music and fashion’s most renowned trailblazers. With six albums released and more than 100 million albums sold worldwide, Twain remains the top-selling female country pop artist of all time. Her hits include “Any Man of Mine,” “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” “You’re Still the One” and “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!”. Shania was the first artist in history to release 3 consecutive diamond certified albums. Twain’s first album in 15 years, NOW, was released in September 2017 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 albums, making it the first female country release in over 3 years to top the all-genre chart. The release was followed by a year-long sold-out NOW World Tour. In 2021, Shania kicked off her second residency in Las Vegas called “Let’s Go!” which completely sold out and continued through September 2022. In July 2022, Netflix released “Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl,” a brand-new, career-spanning documentary on Twain’s life and career with an accompanying Highlights album. Most recently, Shania released her sixth full length album Queen of Me on February 3 via Republic Nashville, which received glowing reviews from NPR, Rolling Stone, Consequence, and more out the gate. The album debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart, No. 5 on Australia’s ARIA Chart, and No. 10 on the US Billboard 200. She is currently lighting up the stages on her sold-out global Queen of Me tour, which runs through November 2023. Shania will return to Las Vegas in 2024 for her third residency called “Come On Over!”.

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Spurs Collab With Global Superstar Shania Twain on Exclusive T-Shirt as Part of Her Sold Out 'Queen of Me' Worldwide Tour

AUSTIN (June 28, 2023)&nbsp;– The Austin Spurs today announced that the team has named Will Voigt as head coach, making him the ninth head coach in franchise history. In addition, Willis Hall and Pierre Parker have been named assistant coaches on&nbsp;Voigt’s&nbsp;staff, joining Jesse Childs who&nbsp;returns for&nbsp;his third season as an assistant.&nbsp;

Voigt (VOYT) most recently served one season as head coach for Zamalek of the Egyptian Basketball Super League where the team finished third in the 2022 Basketball Africa League Playoffs. Prior to Zamalek, Voigt was hired as head coach for the Angola National Team in 2017 and helped qualify Angola for the 2019 FIBA World Cup.&nbsp;

After an internship with the Los Angeles Clippers to begin his coaching career, Voigt spent two seasons with the Spurs as a video coordinator from 1999-2001. After his stint in San Antonio, he spent time at the University of Texas (2001-02) and Metro State in Denver (2002-03). Voigt landed his first head coaching position in Norway with the Ulriken Eagles (2003-06) prior to returning home to become head coach of the American Basketball Association’s Vermont Frost Heaves (2006-09). In 2009, Voigt was named head coach of the Bakersfield Jam of the G League, where he spent five seasons before relocating to China to coach the Shanxi Dragons in the Chinese Basketball Association (2014-15).&nbsp;

A standout moment for the Cabot, VT native, Voigt led the Nigerian National Team to their first ever FIBA Afrobasket Championship win in 2015, automatically qualifying them to compete in the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

Hall joins Austin after most recently serving as a player development assistant for the San Antonio Spurs. Last season was Hall’s seventh season with the Silver and Black, starting as a quality assurance assistant in 2016. He played professionally for one season with Lusitania Expert in Portugal where he averaged 15.2 points and 8.3 rebounds in 21 games after appearing in 137 games for the College of Charleston.

Parker comes to Austin after serving as a basketball operations video assistant for San Antonio last season. Prior to the Spurs, Parker was head coach for the Under 21 ASVEL Basket team, leading them to their first Euroleague Junior qualifying tournament win in franchise history. The Dieppe, France native also served as lead director of skills and development for the Tony Parker Camp for 10 years.

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Interview | Austin Spurs Head Coach Will Voigt | 6/28/23

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AUSTIN SPURS NAME WILL VOIGT HEAD COACH

SAN ANTONIO (May 8, 2023) –&nbsp;Spurs Sports Academy is celebrating its 50th&nbsp;anniversary of Spurs Summer Basketball Camps and inviting youth athletes to register for camps in San Antonio and Austin. Presented by Gatorade, this fun and competitive basketball learning experience is ideal for kids who want to learn the basics of basketball or are looking to improve their skills.&nbsp;Registration is now open at&nbsp;spurssportsacademy.com/summercamps.

The camps are open to children ages 6 to 18 and will help athletes hone their basketball skills while experiencing daily Spurs values and character development conversations. This is a foundation of the Spurs Sports & Entertainment organization’s goal to build leaders and legacies in the community.

Select Spurs Summer Basketball Camps include special guest appearances with a Spurs player, Spurs assistant coach, former player or Coyote. As a part of registration, each camper will receive a commemorative Spurs Camp Team Memory Mate – an 8x10 photo of the athlete with a Spurs championship trophy and Spurs camp team.

Spurs Summer Basketball Camps offers six options:

For 50 years, the San Antonio Spurs have been committed to being a presence in nearby communities and the lives of surrounding youth. The Spurs Summer Basketball Camps started, and have continued, with a goal to develop young athletes while inspiring lifelong memories and character development through competition. Many campers have participated in the summer camps since they were in elementary school through their high school graduation, helping build lifelong Spurs basketball fans.

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SPURS SPORTS ACADEMY ANNOUNCES 2023 SPURS SUMMER BASKETBALL CAMPS IN SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN

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R.C. Buford Pre-Game vs. Portland Trailblazers | 4/6/23

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Malaki Branham Shootaround vs Portland Trailblazers | 4/6/23

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Keita Bates-Diop Shootaround vs Portland Trailblazers| 4/6/23

SAN ANTONIO (April 4, 2023) –&nbsp;In celebration of Spurs Week in Austin, Spurs Give and the Austin Parks Foundation (APF) are donating nearly $500,000 to launch “Play ATX,” a multi-year program dedicated to renovating parks and basketball courts throughout the city of Austin. To tip off the program, a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at Dove Springs District Park to unveil a newly renovated basketball court on Tuesday, April 4. Following the ceremony, a basketball clinic will be held with 50 youth athletes from nearby schools.&nbsp;&nbsp;

“We are so excited and grateful to partner with the Spurs for this special program,” said Colin Wallis, CEO of Austin Parks Foundation. “Our Parks & Recreation Department is severely underfunded and partnerships like this help amplify our work and allow us to make much-needed improvements to our city’s parks. Outdoor activities, such as playing basketball, are so important, not only to foster a sense of community but for the tremendous physical and mental health benefits.”&nbsp;

Spurs Give and APF are working in partnership with the City of Austin and Austin Parks and Recreation Department to create safe play spaces and foster active lifestyles for families by rebuilding, refurbishing and updating community parks and basketball courts. Improvements to the basketball court at Dove Springs District Park include resurfacing and restriping the court, replacing the goals, and new benches and lights.&nbsp;

“Through creative collaboration and teamwork with Austin Parks Foundation and the Spurs, the newly refurbished basketball court is a wonderful addition to Dove Springs District Park,” said Austin Parks and Recreation’s Director Kimberly McNeeley. “Thank you to our partners who worked closely with the Parks and Recreation Department and community to make this court a reality.”&nbsp;

Play ATX is an expansion of the Spurs Give program “Play SA,” which began in San Antonio in 2020. The San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department and Spurs Give teamed up with a goal of renovating parks most in need in each of the city's 10 districts. Projects have ranged from revamped basketball courts to a skate park to upgraded playgrounds. Play SA is in its third year and has completed 11 renovations.

“At SS&E we invest our time and resources in building leaders and legacies both on and off the court,” said Dr. Kara Allen, Chief Impact Officer for Spurs Sports & Entertainment. “We’re honored to get to do this work in Austin with incredible partners like the Austin Parks and Recreation Department who, like us, understand the importance of safe spaces for children and families to heal and play.”

For 30 years, Austin Parks Foundation (APF) has been connecting people and parks. APF is dedicated to partnering with our community to enhance people’s lives by improving our public parks, trails and green spaces through volunteerism, innovative programming, advocacy and financial support. APF’s goal is to improve Austin’s parks by building community through our parks with people at the forefront of our work.

APF’s programming and strategic vision are aimed at helping to fill the funding and resource gap for our parks, and we strive to ensure that every Austinite has access to well-kept parks, trails and green spaces no matter their neighborhood.

APF’s community-initiated grants have distributed nearly $4 million since 2006, and the group’s annual flagship volunteer event, It’s My Park Day, results in an average of $650,000 in volunteer labor each year. APF is a presenting partner and beneficiary of the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Metropolitan Park and empowers neighbors all over the city to create a parks system that serves their needs. For more information, please visit&nbsp;www.austinparks.org.

About City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department

Austin Parks and Recreation seeks to inspire our community to learn, play, protect and connect by creating diverse programs and experiences in sustainable natural spaces and public places. This City of Austin Department protects and maintains parkland, urban forest, and trails as well as offering sports, recreation, educational enrichment, arts programs, cultural opportunities, and nature and aquatic activities for Austinites. For more information visit AustinTexas.gov/Parks

We are a family - a team - passionate about sports. We are passionate about what sports can do for our community - especially our youth. At the heart of it, we believe sports can provide a family with a common goal, and a hope for a better future. We are Spurs Give - the official 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of Spurs Sports & Entertainment. Since our founding in 1988, we have invested $32 million in our community. Through our players' passions, our grants, and our impact programs, we are changing lives and leaving a lasting impact. You give. We give. Spurs Give.