DUI.ddddddddddddAdrian smiled as he comforted his younger teammates.I love a little emotion, he said. I had to fight back some tears myself.Dressel, a sophomore at Florida, and Held are Olympic rookies. Heck, the Rio de Janeiro Gam

SAN ANTONIO -- The team attempted to keep it private, but San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is doing more than just speaking to reporters about social issues, according to a couple of Twitter posts Monday from scholar and activist Dr. Cornel West and The Nation sports editor Dave Zirin.Over the summer, Popovich reached out to youth from disadvantaged backgrounds. On Sunday, the coach invited West to speak in San Antonio to approximately 350 kids at the Jo Long Theatre of Performing Arts at the Carver Community Cultural Center. The event lasted 3 or 4 hours, Popovich said, and included the entire Spurs team and basketball staff, as well as owners Peter and Julianna Holt.Zirin served as the moderator for the event, which covered the gamut, Popovich said.It was big time. Cornel West is amazing, Spurs guard Manu Ginobili said. Hes been fighting that fight for a long time. Hes very clear, very well-spoken, had a lot of examples and names. He was right there. I had listened to a few of his interviews, and its just mesmerizing to listen to him. So it was good to get to meet him and to listen to him face to face. And if you add that to the fact that there were 350 kids from Sam Houston High School learning and listening, I think it was very powerful. It was a great, great move.Popovich has been outspoken over the years regarding social issues, and he hasnt shied away in recent days from expressing his views regarding the presidential election. This event, however, had been planned well in advance of the election, and the team took its time putting it together because Popovich wanted Sundays town hall with the local youth to be more substantial than a one-time visit.It was about the kids, Popovich said. In todays environment, one can talk a good game about we need this or we need that. We need fewer disparaging remarks. We need more attention to healing the atmosphere for a lot of minority groups, whether its racial or things that have been said about women or handicapped people or any such talk is just talk. But at some point, theres got to be follow-through where people are engaged.The Spurs plan to conduct more outreach activities with local youth. Much of the discussion during Sundays town hall focused on what young minorities face on a daily basis.The purpose of it was to show the kids that even though the environment is as it is, and weve heard some pretty rough talk through the election, that there are people, many people at all levels who value them greatly, Popovich said. They dont need to be as fearful or feel less than because we know who they are. We depend on them for the future.Popovich said the town hall conversation touched on a variety of topics, including race in America, sports, economics and the fatal shooting of a San Antonio police detective during a traffic stop Sunday.Of course that was pretty poignant considering the tragedy we had losing a police officer (Benjamin Marconi) through just horrible violence. But thats what it was all about, Popovich said. The kids were great. It was as simple as that. We just wanted to be there for them so that they know we want to interact with them, and that a lot of people care.Adidas NMD Mens Discount . It is a cliché dragged out by fans and pundits regularly when discussions take place around which teams are better than others. Adidas NMD Pharrell Williams Human Race Yellow . 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Caeleb Dressel, Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian and Held teamed to claim the gold in 3 minutes, 9.92 seconds for the first time since the 2008 Beijing Games.Standing between Adrian and Phelps, Held bent his head and brought his left hand to his face as the anthem blared. Phelps saw what was happening and offered a supportive hand around Helds neck.I didnt think I was going to cry. I was too tired to cry, I didnt think I could cry, Held said. Ive heard the national anthem hundreds of times, but as soon as that played it was just something different. The tears just started rolling down my face.On the stroll around the deck, gold medals slung around their necks, Dressel lost it, too. He brought his right arm across his face to wipe away tears.They were making us cry, said Phelps, who had a tear roll down his cheek while posing for photographers.Adrian swam the anchor leg for a team highly motivated to bring Olympic gold back to the U.S. The Americans lost the race four years ago in London and didnt even make the final at last years world championships in Russia, when Phelps was suspended for his second DUI.ddddddddddddAdrian smiled as he comforted his younger teammates.I love a little emotion, he said. I had to fight back some tears myself.Dressel, a sophomore at Florida, and Held are Olympic rookies. Heck, the Rio de Janeiro Games are the first international meet of Helds career. The sophomore at North Carolina State didnt make the U.S. team in an individual event, so getting the chance to swim the relay final with veterans Adrian and Phelps was huge.I thrive off their energy, I feel more confident, Held said. I feel like I stand a little bit taller with those guys. Michael and Adrian, theyre like, `Once in a lifetime experience, lets go after it, have fun, let the emotions feel you.Phelps had counseled Dressel and Held ahead of time that it was OK to sing and cry on the medal stand.Its good to see the emotion of those young guys. It shows they really do care and they love what theyre doing, said Phelps, who earned his record 19th Olympic gold medal.Held marveled at his good fortune to have helped add to Phelps glittering collection.Holy cow, its unreal, unbelievable, he said. To be with him and to be teammates on his last hoorah, its amazing. ' ' '