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The San Antonio Spurs Kicked Off Their Playoff Run in Matching Black Suits

The San Antonio Spurs Kicked Off Their Playoff Run in Matching Black Suits

Published by Jenni Sidey

While the suit-with-sneakers look doesn’t always work—we here at GQ are particularly against the combo at weddings—if there was ever a place to try it, I suppose it’d be before a basketball game. In any event, the threatening pregame uniforms did their job: The Spurs dusted the Blazers in a relatively painless 111-98 win, with Wemby supplying 35 points in his first taste of the playoffs. We’re choosing to believe sharpshooter Julian Champagnie’s shimmering chain, sensible handbag, and stylish loafers were more responsible for the victory than his teammates’ casual footwear. Michael Gonzales/Getty Images Rookie guard Dylan Harper, all of 20 years old, was one of the players who laced up his sneakers with the AMIN threads. In an entrance video captured by the NBA, a smirking Harper revealed that he had not put on a suit since getting drafted in June. Here’s to hoping it won’t be his last time either, as a well-tailored rig is a sight for sore eyes in the modern NBA. The only questions left are whether Olynyk, who’s made …

Suspected Illegal Gambling Operation Shut Down in San Antonio

Suspected Illegal Gambling Operation Shut Down in San Antonio

Published by skeptic

Bexar County deputies say they’ve dismantled what they believe was an illegal gambling operation on San Antonio’s North Side, arresting three people and detaining eight others during a coordinated raid. The operation took place on Tuesday at a location in the 400 block of West Hildebrand Avenue. According to the sheriff’s office, investigators had been watching the site for some time before obtaining a warrant and moving in. Dozens of machines seized during raid When deputies entered the building, they say they found a substantial gambling setup, seizing about 50 machines. That volume matters. In past cases, law enforcement has used the number of devices to distinguish between small, informal operations and larger-scale illegal game rooms that may generate significant revenue. Officials described the machines as the type commonly seen in so-called “eight-liner” operations, which have long existed in a legal gray area in Texas but are often ruled illegal when they function as games of chance rather than skill. Authorities have not yet said whether cash was seized or how much money the operation …

The San Antonio Spurs’ sixth man is a real-life cowboy who wears actual spurs

The San Antonio Spurs’ sixth man is a real-life cowboy who wears actual spurs

Published by Sam Flores

Johnson grew up in South Hill, Virginia, a rural area with a population of about 5,000, near the North Carolina border. His father drove 18-wheelers, which meant early mornings and long days. As a young boy, Keldon would sometimes ride with him. His father taught him to fish and hunt, too, a rite of passage in that part of the world. “If you go to Virginia and see the sign that says ‘country’ and then you take a right to go deeper in the country — that’s where he’s from,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. But Keldon grew to be 6-feet-5, 200-plus pounds and one of the country’s top basketball prospects for his age. He played at Oak Hill Academy, the famed Virginia prep school that produced Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant, and then a year at the University of Kentucky, where his freshmen class included future pros Tyler Herro and Immanuel Quickley. The Spurs drafted Johnson in the first round in 2019, when the organization was going through a seismic shift. The Tim Duncan-Tony …

UN Secretary-General António Guterres to attend EU leaders’ summit – POLITICO

UN Secretary-General António Guterres to attend EU leaders’ summit – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres will attend a lunch with EU leaders during a gathering in Brussels on Mar. 19, according to two EU diplomats, as some countries call for a stronger defense of international law from the bloc. The lunch with Guterres will likely focus on the situation in the Middle East, where a war between the United States, Israel and Iran — now in its second week — is disrupting trade and global energy markets. Guterres has previously attended March editions of the European Council’s gathering. Source link

Socialist Antonio José Seguro elected president, beating far right

Socialist Antonio José Seguro elected president, beating far right

Published by Sam Flores

Socialist Antonio José Seguro, after the announcement of the presidential election results in Caldas da Rainha,Portugal, on February 8, 2026. PEDRO NUNES/REUTERS Antonio José Seguro, a Socialist, was elected president of the Portuguese Republic on Sunday, February 8, with 66.8% of the vote, defeating far-right leader André Ventura (33.2%), the founder of the Chega (“Enough”) party. While the wide margin reflected strong voter turnout, Ventura’s score was higher than his party’s result in the May 2025 parliamentary elections, confirming that Chega is entrenched in Portugal and that Ventura is a disruptive, central actor in the changing state of the country’s political scene. Seguro, 63, a former secretary general of the left-wing Socialist Party (2011-2014), had already come out ahead in the first round, winning 31.1% of the vote on January 18. Running for the presidency after having stepped back from politics for years, he managed to rally support from well beyond his own camp. Throughout his campaign, he benefited from endorsements by figures from the far left, the center and the right, including ex-president and …

Centre-left candidate António José Seguro defeats far-right rival in Portugal presidential race

Centre-left candidate António José Seguro defeats far-right rival in Portugal presidential race

Published by Sam Flores

Centre-left Socialist candidate António José Seguro recorded a thumping victory over far-right populist André Ventura in Portugal’s runoff presidential election Sunday, exit polls indicated. Polls by the country’s three main broadcasters suggested the moderate Seguro won a five-year term in Lisbon’s riverside “pink palace” with around 70% of the votes, compared with about 30% for Ventura. Most official results were expected by 11 p.m.  The ballot was an opportunity to test the depth of support for Ventura’s brash style, which has struck a chord with voters and helped make his Chega (Enough) party the second-biggest in the Portuguese parliament, as well as gauge the public appetite for Europe’s increasing shift to the right in recent years. Seguro, a longstanding Socialist politician, positioned himself as a moderate candidate who will cooperate with Portugal’s centre-right minority government, repudiating Ventura’s anti-establishment and anti-immigrant tirades. He won the backing of other mainstream politicians on the left and right who want to halt the rising populist tide. In Portugal, the president is largely a figurehead with no executive power. Traditionally, …

‘Architect of God’ Antonio Gaudí could be beatified in Spain as anniversary of death approaches

‘Architect of God’ Antonio Gaudí could be beatified in Spain as anniversary of death approaches

Published by Sam Flores

With a sly smile and the proud air of someone who had worked hard to get where he was, José Manuel Almuzara slid the small card onto the table at the café in La Pedrera, Barcelona. On the front was a photograph of architect Antonio Gaudí, long bearded and gazing off into the distance, taken at the end of his life. Behind him, the silhouette of the Sagrada Família, the famous basilica of Barcelona and his unfinished masterpiece, stood out against a pink backdrop of Catalan sunset. At the bottom, you could see the artist’s name, his dates and an inscription: “The architect of God.” “This was the first devotional tool we had printed at the start of our wild adventure,” said José Manuel Almuzara, 73, born in 1952, 100 years after Gaudí, as he likes to point out. “You really have to read what’s on the back.” On the back, the card features a text in tiny letters: A short biography of the architect that ends with a prayer. “God, our Father, who inspired …

Socialist Antonio José Seguro leads in first round

Socialist Antonio José Seguro leads in first round

Published by Sam Flores

Socialist candidate José Antonio Seguro on the evening of the first round of the presidential election in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. On January 18, 2026. PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP Socialist candidate Antonio José Seguro topped the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, January 18, in Portugal, ahead of the leader of the far-right Chega party, André Ventura. As none of the 11 candidates crossed the 50% threshold, a runoff will take place on February 8 to choose the successor to conservative Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who served as president for 10 years. Sixty-three-year-old Seguro, a center-left Socialist figure, received 31.1% of the vote. He was followed by 43-year-old Ventura, founder of Chega (which translates to “Enough”), who garnered 23.5%. Liberal Initiative’s Joao Cotrim Figueiredo, a member of the European Parliament, came in third with 15.9%. Independent candidate Henrique Gouveia e Melo, a retired admiral praised for leading the Covid-19 vaccination campaign, finished fourth with 12.3% of the vote, ahead of Luis Marques Mendes, the government-backed candidate, who received 11.3%. The fragmentation …