Matt Levine works as a contributing writer for Newsweek based in California. His expertise is in covering the NBA but he also covers multiple other sports. He has been with Newsweek since 2024.

Gregg Popovich, the San Antonio Spurs' coach, is retiring. He will now be the President of Basketball Operations. Popovich coached for about three decades. He led the Spurs to five NBA championships.

Since 1996, Gregg Popovich has coached against the Philadelphia 76ers as the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs. Although the Sixers only faced the Spurs a couple of times a season, they’ve had ...

For the first time in nearly three decades, someone other than Gregg Popovich will be the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs. On Friday, the NBA franchise announced Mitch Johnson's promotion to ...

The San Antonio Spurs put fans through a largely expected whirlwind on Friday, as Gregg Popovich announced his retirement after 29 seasons as the head coach. The Spurs immediately announced that ...

Mitch Johnson never expected to be coach of the San Antonio Spurs, not even on an interim basis. It's his team going forward. Johnson, the acting coach for the final 77 games the Spurs played this ...

Gregg Popovich is stepping away as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs and will become the team’s president of basketball operations, the Spurs announced Friday. Popovich, 76, took over as the ...

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is stepping down after 29 seasons, six months after being sidelined by a stroke, the NBA team announced on Friday. San Antonio said in a statement that ...

After 29 seasons as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, Gregg Popovich has officially left the role. The NBA legend won five championships with the team and his run with the Spurs was the longest ...

SAN ANTONIO — Gregg Popovich will no longer be the Spurs head coach, according to the team. He will be the team president moving forward. Popovich is the NBA's all-time winningest coach and have led ...

It's the end of a legendary era in San Antonio. Basketball Hall of Famer Gregg Popovich will no longer be the head coach of the Spurs and is transitioning into the role as president of basketball ...