New York Knicks and basketball fans worldwide are sending their support to broadcaster Mike Breen and his family, who lost their home on Long Island in a fire.
Since the turn of the century, there have been some constants in New York sports. The Yankees are most likely to be pretty good and make the playoffs. The Giants will win a Super Bowl every decade or so. The Mets are bad, ok, good and then will collapse and now seem really good. The Jets are terrible and yes, they won on Sunday but have a long way to go before that classification is lifted. I will provide Robert Saleh a receipt for that statement for his files.
If you said winning a championship, you may have to wait for another century. However, with the Donovan Mitchell trade with the Utah Jazz all but stalled, the New York Knicks are about to embark on some, well, not so good history. It appears that the Knicks are about to re-sign a first-round pick to a long-term deal for the first time this century. How that translates? The Knickerbockers have done a terrible job with their first-round draft picks...until now!
New York sports fans have seen a number of incredible athletes over the years, but a few of those careers were cut short by a string of brutal injuries.
The signing of former Dallas Maverick's guard, Jalen Brunson for 4 years at a total of $104 million, should be an acquisition that New York Knicks fans are happy about. However, the bumbling franchise always seems to make easy things much harder. Now the NBA is investigating the the Knicks' front office handling of the free agent signing and fans are taking the opportunity to mock the franchise.
When your favorite athlete is in the headlines, it's not always for the best reason, and these New York athletes made headlines for their run-ins with the law.
From Torre, to Arbour, to Parcells and more, Capital Region fans made their picks for the best coaches/managers in New York sports history. Who made the list?
He played played his college basketball at a Division II school, Virginia Union. Yet he was a first-round draft pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1985. The man that they called "Oak Tree" played 19 seasons in the NBA. Ten of those years were played in Madison Square Garden for the New York Knicks. His name was synonymous with Patrick Ewing, John Starks, Anthony Mason and Doc Rivers from those tough mid-1990's teams.
Some sports jerseys catch the eye of fans, while others make us want to turn away. Which New York sports jerseys were the best, and worst, we've ever seen?
For every draft boom, there is a draft bust, and some of the largest draft "busts" have taken the stage wearing a New York sports team's logo. Here are ten busts.
We all know Jeter, we know Manning, and we know Willis Reed. But, what about the other guys, the quieter heroes, that still made a major impact on New York sports?
The New York Knicks have de-constructed their roster from a season ago, and currently look worse. That being said, it appears that there's a path forward.