TONY PARKER

Gregg Popovich, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Pau Gasol, Dwyane Wade and Becky Hammon are the headliners of the 2023 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class.

Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki and Tony Parker are all one step closer to basketball immortality.

Manu Ginobili, a four-time NBA champion who spent his entire career with the San Antonio Spurs, headlines this year’s group of finalists for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Kevin Durant had 32 points and 12 rebounds, Kyrie Irving scored 29 points and the Brooklyn Nets recovered from their superstars’ frigid start to beat the Boston Celtics 104-93 in Game 1 of their series.

One odd Christmas dinner that turned into an impromptu film session helped Diaw realize his friend and French teammate, Tony Parker, was going to be just fine. The seeds of that evening came to full fruition as the San Antonio Spurs retired Parker's No. Accompanied by his wife, Axelle, and sons Josh and Liam, Parker celebrated his career with former teammates and coaches along with the Spurs fans. "It was an honor to play for you guys, to play together," Parker said. Parker invited Diaw to San Antonio to celebrate the holidays and they both went to Popovich's home for Christmas dinner.

The manhunt, which generated more than 430 tips and involved at least 400 law enforcement personnel from multiple agencies, came to an end only 10 miles from the prison. Closing in on the suspectRausch said hundreds of law enforcement officials flooded the area and Watson had nowhere to go. The officers that took him into custody were two women from the Tennessee Department of Corrections. He said Johnson's body received a law enforcement escort from Memphis to the funeral home in Nashville and that there are more plans to honor her. Johnson began her career with the Tennessee Department of Corrections in 1981 and served in multiple positions including as an officer and warden.

Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped Wednesday from the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Lauderdale County and is a person of interest in a homicide. LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Tenn. - Authorities in western Tennessee are searching for an inmate who escaped Wednesday, the same day a longtime corrections official was found dead in her home on the grounds of the prison. "Rest assured that we will find this offender and bring justice to the family of Debra Johnson," Commissioner Tony Parker of the Tennessee Department of Correction said. The West Tennessee State Penitentiary is in Henning, about 45 miles northeast of Memphis. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation added Watson to its Most Wanted list and tweeted pictures of his face and his tattoos.