THERE IT GOES! The last remaining supports of the Frank Erwin Center came down Sunday, completing the demolition of the Longhorns' basketball arena and events center built in 1977 Read more: https://trib.al/vAMb8A3 | KXAN News

🚧 Demolition of the former Institute of Texan Cultures has started The land next to Interstate 37 is owned by the University of Texas system, the City of San Antonio has an exclusive option to purchase or lease it. The 13.59-acre site at the southeast corner of Hemisfair is the planned home for a Spurs NBA arena that could cost up to $1.5 billion. LATEST DETAILS - https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2025/04/08/institute-of-texan-cultures-demolition-continues-despite-san-antonio-conservation-society

They fought in the dust and torchlight too—just fewer of them, and with far fewer people willing to write their names down. When we talk about gladiators, we usually picture men: murmillos with heavy shields, retiarii with nets and tridents, roaring crowds at the Colosseum. But the Romans had a word for female fighters as well: gladiatrices. They were rare, controversial, and deliberately exotic—but they were real. Our evidence is scattered. Suetonius mentions that Emperor Domitian staged nightt