JerryBriggs

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Funeral services honoring Central Catholic coaching great Joe Cortez set Known affectionately in the Central community as "Papa Joe", the San Antonio native's life will be celebrated over two days in late October.

Funeral services honoring Central Catholic boys basketball coaching great Joe Cortez, who died Oct. 8 at age 94, will be held in San Antonio beginning Oct. 30 and ending Oct. 31, his son Danny Cortez said.

Here are the details:

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San Antonio hoops coaching legend Joe Cortez dies at 94 Cortez once reigned as the city's all-time winningest prep coach after 36 years of excellence at Central Catholic.

Charlie Boggess remembers Joe Cortez as "The Guy" of San Antonio basketball.

"He was big and intimidating and had a deep voice and his guys played like demons," Boggess said of his fellow boys basketball coaching great.

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Time and time again, one realizes that talking to this guy is unlike talking to most guys.

A lasting image from today's event at Travis Park... An elderly woman in a wheelchair, sitting and watching intently as people marched in the street, her caregiver saying, 'the parade is over,' trying to get her ready to go. With hands folded, she didn't budge as my wife and I walked by. #NoKings

Loving the spirit of San Antonio. #NoKings

Lorenzo Morresi had quite a story to tell this week about his journey from Macerata, Italy, to the United States and, ultimately, to UTSA. Sure hope his parents, who run a grocery in Macerata, can get to Los Angeles this weekend to see their son play against UCLA. thejbreplay.com

UTSA hosts Rice for three games at Roadrunner Field in a regular-season ending series scheduled to run from Thursday through Saturday. thejbreplay.com

New in The JB Replay: Fishing is a thing for hard-hitting James Taussig and the UTSA Roadrunners, who are angling for their first 40-win season after clinching the American Athletic Conference title. Please see my story. thejbreplay.com

Vacation memory...a silver moon rises over the mountains at dusk in Sedona, Ariz.

Pete Rose, other deceased players removed from MLB’s permanently ineligible list The decision, announced by commissioner Rob Manfred Tuesday, makes the sport’s all-time hit king eligible for election to the Hall of Fame.

From @theathletic.bsky.social: Pete Rose was reinstated by Major League Baseball after a lifetime ban for gambling on his team, making him eligible for the Hall of Fame. It's an extraordinary twist to a saga that has gone on for more than three decades.

No Flagg, but Spurs have 'pick of litter' after lucky night at NBA lott The team lands the No. 2 pick in a lottery that began with general manager Brian Wright performing a good-luck ritual with his children.

With Brian Wright’s good luck ritual coming through again, Spurs have a chance to get a “pick of the litter”.

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Wright on what this latest dose of lottery luck can yield for the Spurs: "You want the highest level talent you can, with the highest character, and we think there are good players in this draft that help us accomplish that. We're excited. Great night for the organization, the city, the team."

Leaving the drawing room together, Brian Wright says to me, “What a day, what a night” after the Spurs landed the No. 2 pick.

Meanwhile, a year ago the Spurs had zero playmaking guards and now they might have three elite ones?

Not sure Harper is automatically the pick, but putting him with Fox and Castle around Wemby? That might work ok.

Temple is taking it to the UTSA women today at the Convocation Center. The Owls' defense has 10 steals and has forced 13 turnovers en route to a 36-24 lead at halftime. Please see my first-half story. thejbreplay.com

Good afternoon from the Convocation Center. Jordyn Jenkins is on the floor warming up in pre-game for the UTSA women. Roadrunners host the Temple Owls today. Tipoff at 2 p.m. in the Convocation Center. thejbreplay.com

Good evening, all. I'm up to my eyeballs these days covering college 🏀 basketball at thejbreplay.com. So, follow along.