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David Robinson is on the biggest mission of his life. After serving two tours in the deserts of Afghanistan, the army vet has no plans to leave the deserts of Arizona until he finds his 24-year-old son, Daniel Robinson.Missing in America: Daniel Robinson | September 29, 2021 | NewsNation Now

In San Antonio, David Robinson's legacy extends beyond the basketball court, a few blocks beyond the Alamodome, to 217 Robinson Place. That's the address for the Carver Academy, the nonprofit elementary school founded by Robinson so underprivileged children in his adopted hometown could enjoy a first-class education. Robinson, the retired NBA superstar, named the private school in honor of George Washington Carver, the noted educator, inventor and scientist. "That's the kind of wonder I want to inspire in the kids," Robinson said. The Carver Academy opened in 2001, enrollment has doubled since then, and an endowment campaign is underway. But...

It's early in the morning, all quiet and dark. Much of San Antonio is asleep. David Robinson is wide awake. The city's most admired man could be running for mayor. But he is reading from Scripture. The Texan of the Year could be campaigning for Congress. But he is standing in a sanctuary. The nation's most respected Admiral could be making plans to reach the White House. But he is trying to reach the hearts of 400 men. "The Lord is trying to teach us to love his word," Robinson says as the clock ticks past 6 a.m. Dressed in...

Retired basketball star David Robinson to become a minister (San Antonio-AP) -- Basketball star David Robinson, who retired from the San Antonio Spurs after leading them to this year's N-B-A championship, will reportedly become a minister at his longtime church. The Reverend Max Lucado told worshipers at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio that Robinson will become a "minister at large," adding that he and Robinson may teach a weekly Bible study together. Lucado told the San Antonio Express-News that Robinson "is a great teacher and a great builder." During the Spurs' title run, Robinson said that he was considering...

Summertime, and the journalism is easy. Pundits are complaining that Iraq, after thousands of years of rule by kings, caliphs, and dictators, did not become a peaceful democracy within two months after losing a major war. Reporters are also probing George W. Bush's feelings about weapons of mass destruction, Hillary Clinton's feelings about her destructive husband, and Scott Peterson's feelings about his murdered wife Laci. In the absence of another 9/11 disaster over the past 21 months, some in the press are sinking back into the pattern of asking questions that assume terrorists aren't terrible: Is the Bush administration spending...