After becoming only the second No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 8 seed in a best-of-seven series, the Spurs’ title window appeared to be closing as quickly as the hairs were disappearing from the top of Manu Ginobili’s head.

“I’m not against gay people,” Pacquiao, the champion boxer and Filipino legislator said in a statement, written by trainer and writer Keith Terceira, on his website. “I have a relative who is also gay. We can’t help it if they were born that way. What I’m critical of are actions that violate the word of God. I only gave out my opinion that same-sex marriage is against the law of God.”

Chirping over a questionable strike call usually results in an early shower. That was the case for Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre, but before he left the diamond, he went a little bit crazy.

The Kentucky Derby winner has settled in at Pimlico while his trainer faces some questions — both easy and tough.

I’ll Have Another is working out well, according to trainer Doug O’Neill, in preparation for Saturday’s running of the Preakness. The horse is a champion, one O’Neill compares to another thoroughbred.

Kurt Busch lost his temper in a race over the weekend and the driver, who has had anger-management problems, has been fined $50,000 and placed on probation by NASCAR for recklessly driving through Ryan Newman’s pit stall and nearly hitting crew members at Darlington Raceway.

Now, all of a sudden, the rest of the NBA is realizing just how vital the third member of Miami’s “Big Three” is to the team’s championship aspirations.

Poor Maria Menounos.

She and her “Dancing with the Stars” partner Derek Hough were the favorites to move on, but in dancing, as in football, upsets and miracle finishes happen. Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd bumped Menounos and Hough from the show Tuesday night.

Coach Mike Krzyzewski calls Amile Jefferson, the Philadelphia Friends’ Central power forward, “a perfect young man for Duke University.”

He’s certainly a perfect fit for the Duke University basketball team, which can use some help with the departure of Miles Plumlee and Austin River. Jefferson, a McDonald’s All-American, committed to playing for the Blue Devils on Tuesday night, choosing Coach K’s team over North Carolina State, Kentucky, Ohio State and Villanova.

Eagles team doctors discovered a brain tumor that voided the trade but led to the necessary surgery to protect further damage to the running back’s brain.

Welker announced the news, as previously reported by the Boston Globe, on his Twitter feed.

Donald Driver, like other athletes on “Dancing with the Stars,” has performed admirably — artistically, even. But at this point, he may need some sort of Hail Mary if he’s going to make people forget Hines Ward’s swivelly performances and hoist the moderately-coveted Mirror Ball Trophy in an in­cred­ibly close competition.

Manny Pacquiao, a boxing champion and politician in his native Philippines, is staunchly opposed to same-sex marriage and President Obama’s recent stance favoring it.

Pacquiao called same-sex marriage “an abomination,” saying “God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other.”

But it was all downhill from there for the Los Angeles Lakers. With typically strong nights from their All-Star duo of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook and better ball handling, Oklahoma City ran the Lakers out of the gym with a 119-90 win — or a right hook to the jaw of an already wounded foe.

McNabb is losing weight, working out and studying with quarterback guru George Whitfield, whose students have included Andrew Luck and Cam Newton, as he tries to return “to this game we call football.”