Names & Faces: Johnny Miller, Gregg Popovich

The NBC analyst from Napa was the runner-up to Tom Weiskopf in the 1973 British Open at Scotland’s Royal Troon, site of this week’s tournament.

Miller recalled asking Tom Watson how he won the British Open five times because of so many funky bounces that can occur along the humps and hollows of links courses.

It was very revealing to me that he was saying, ‘I’m a tough guy mentally, and if I’m getting bad bounces, most guys are complaining.

[...] I know if they are getting bad bounces, I don’t have to worry about them too much.’

The longtime Spurs head coach bade an emotional farewell to Tim Duncan’s playing career Tuesday, saying the now-retired power forward was the best teammate anyone could have known.

Sounding as if he were choking up at times and wearing a T-shirt with Duncan’s face printed on the front, Popovich called the five-time NBA champion “irreplaceable.”