San Antonio Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs team participates in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise began in 1967 as the Dallas Chaparrals. They competed in the American Basketball Association (ABA) as one of the initial eleven basketball teams. In 1970, they changed their name to the Texas Chaparrals. In 1973, the team moved to San Antonio where the team adapted a new name, the San Antonio Spurs.

By 2007, the San Antonio Spurs won the NBA Championships three times, the Division Championships fifteen times and the Conference Finals eight times.

The present San Antonio Spurs logo colors resemble the original logo created in 1976. Both logos display San Antonio Spurs name in silver, white and black with a silver spur drawn in place of the letter "U". The new logo shows a black background around "San Antonio" and a silver background with white outline around "Spurs". Hoopedia.com lists current San Antonio Spurs logo pictures.

The basketball team's players wear San Antonio Spurs jersey colors of black, silver and white.

The Spurs cheerleaders are called the San Antonio Spurs Silver Dancers. The Silver Dancers perform professional dance routines for fans and players at home games. They also invite girls ages five through eighteen to participate in the Junior Silver Dance Clinic to become a Junior Silver Dancer.

Players on the 2007 San Antonio Spurs roster include Bruce Bowen of Cal State, Robert Horry of Alabama, Brent Barry of Oregon State and Melvin Ely of Fresno State. Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs is currently engaged to Desperate Housewives star, Eva Longoria. Parkers' San Antonio Spurs salary for the 2007 season was $9,450,000.

One of the great ways to show team spirit is to download free San Antonio Spurs wallpaper for your desktop located on the NBA Spurs Official website. The wallpaper depicts San Antonio Spurs backgrounds of different players in action. The NBA site offers free widgets of fans favorite basketball players that can be added to San Antonio Spurs Myspace layouts, or other html based website.

Spurs enthusiasts can get information about the San Antonio Spurs schedule at the NBA website. Look under "schedule" on their website's toolbar to download a copy of the San Antonio Spurs game schedule to Outlook, or in PDF form. The Official NBA Spurs website, loaded with San Antonio Spurs pictures, shares information about the team and their history. This includes where and when to purchase San Antonio Spurs tickets.