SAN ANTONIO — Everyone in St. Croix knows Tim Duncan. As the Spurs’ No. 21, The Big Fundamental is widely considered the greatest power forward of all time. With his incredible talent and humble personality, Duncan helped shape the San Antonio Spurs’ winning culture, earning five championships in 19 seasons of exceptional basketball. Most recently, the […]
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Duncan Talks The Talk At Hall of Fame After Walking The Walk In Vaunted Career
UNCASVILLE, Connecticut — St. Croix legend Tim Duncan — who made a 19-year NBA career out of letting his basketball play speak for him — gave an All-Star speaking performance at the Basketball Hall of Fame that thrilled the crowd on a different stage Saturday night. Accompanied by San Antonio Spurs Hall of Famer David Robinson, and […]
St. Croix’s Tim Duncan Comes Home To Found Educational Program For Disadvantaged Children
CHRISTIANSTED — St. Croix native Tim Duncan returned home to help launch a new children’s education initiative called “Yes! Our Kids Can.” Duncan and his wife Vanessa will be donating $500,000 via The Tim Duncan Foundation to help kick start the program, which is designed to help create higher education opportunities and career readiness for disadvantaged […]
Despite Paying $7.5M In Restitution, Man Who Swindled Tim Duncan Must Stay Jailed
SAN ANTONIO — The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to uphold the federal prison sentence for the former financial adviser of St. Croix’s Tim Duncan. A judge ordered Charles Augustus Banks IV to pay $7.5 million in restitution following his sentencing in 2017. Banks filed an appeal, but the court affirmed the sentencing on […]
St. Croix’s Tim Duncan Takes His New Family of 5 on A Caribbean Vacation … To Belize
LIMIN’ IN BELIZE: St. Croix’s own Tim Duncan took his girlfriend and three children on a vacation to Belize last week. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] BELMOPAN — Perhaps trying to get the feel of the Caribbean climate without the harsh glare of recognition, St. Croix’s own Tim Duncan was spotted in Belize last week. […]
St. Croix’s Tim Duncan Gets $7.5 Million Settlement From Financial Advisor Who Fleeced Him
SAN ANTONIO — Retired San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan has agreed to accept $7.5 million to settle his lawsuits against a former financial adviser he accused of bilking him out of more than $20 million. The San Antonio Express-News reported the money is to come from restitution a judge ordered Charles Banks IV of Atlanta to […]
St. Croix’s Tim Duncan Honored on House Floor For His Humanitarian Efforts Following Hurricanes Irma and Maria
[ad name=”HTML-68″] WASHINGTON — We all know how great San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan has been for not only the city of San Antonio but also for the territory. Tim has raised a lot of money, food and more for the Islands as they were devastated by recent hurricanes. During the House oversight meeting Thursday, […]
500 Hulu Workers Will See Mural of St. Croix’s Tim Duncan Every Day When They Go Into Work in San Antonio
SPURS LEGEND: From left, Eddie, From left, Eddie, Marilyn ,15, and Erica, and Max Martinez , 8, look at Nik Soup’s mural dedicated to The Spurs at Franky Diablo’s on Saturday, March, 4, 2017. [ad name=”HTML-68″] SAN ANTONIO – Hulu opened it’s new San Antonio Viewer Experience Operations headquarters this week, complete with murals that pay […]
OPINION BY TIM DUNCAN: To My Friends, Family and All U.S. Virgin Islanders: ‘I’m Not Giving Up On You’
[ad name=”HTML-68″] By TIM DUNCAN Special to the V.I. Free Press The three islands that make up the U.S. Virgin Islands — St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas — have a combined population of 100,000 and a poverty rate of 22 percent, nearly 50 percent higher than where I live in Texas. Island […]
BEATEN TO THE PUNCH? San Antonio Considering Name Change of Secondary School To ‘Tim Duncan High School’
[ad name=”HTML-68″] SAN ANTONIO — Imagine going to “Tim Duncan High” where the fundamentals of learning are key. How about “Gregg Popovich High School” where students are taught to check their egos at the door and to keep pounding that rock. A Texas school trying to shed its Confederate ties is considering changing the name […]