SAN ANTONIO — In their simple convent, where rows of chairs are arranged in front of a television and a crucifix, the 23 nuns of the Salesian Sisters of Mary Immaculate Province briefly put aside their pleas for the sick and the poor to pray for the San Antonio Spurs.
Spurs’ faithful always sport team colors
Team welcomes cheers, prayers from 23 boisterous nuns
Thursday, June 7, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 8:56 a.m. CDT, Sunday, June 29, 2008
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