NBA Bounces Around
The NBA has, at last count, been on and off the market since, get this, 2001. (Remember that Ninth Avenue deal that fell through?) Since at least 2007, the Association has been looking once again, this...
View ArticleAtlantic Yards Under Construction, Brooklynites Attack Nets Owner
Even with the Atlantic Yards development under construction, Brooklyn residents are still angry, and the subject is basketball. At a protest Thursday afternoon in front of Madison Square Garden,...
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Tracy Morgan Cannot Go To A Knicks Game Without Putting His Foot in his Mouth
Tracy Morgan has the best job security in America. His character on "30 Rock" syncs up nicely with his actual persona, though he's just a bit more profane when inhabiting the guise of Tracy Jordan....
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Financial Criminal of the Day: Retired NBA Star-Turned-Ponzi-Schemer
What's with retired athletes having second careers as financial criminals?It's not going anywhere, is what's with it. After all, it was just last month when former MLB All-Star third baseman Doug...
View ArticleJust in The Knick of Time
Madison Square Garden has been quiet—too quiet—since summer’s end. The world’s most famous arena is in the midst of what promises to be a glorious renovation, but something has been missing. With all...
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How To Think About Jeremy Lin vs. LeBron James: A Handy Guide for Smart People
If you are a sentient human being, you have no doubt heard by now that tonight the New York Knicks are playing against the Miami Heat tonight, in Miami. This is basically a euphemism for "LeBron James...
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The Brooklyn Nets’ New Jay-Z Designed Logo, Unveiled
Just a week after sports gossip site Deadspin tore the lid off of the new Brooklyn Nets logo, the team has officially released it. The logo sheet, above, comes from the team's official site. In a post...
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Kris Humphries’ $24 Million Payday With Brooklyn Nets Causing Him to...
Kris Humphries: Nothing but Nets (Getty Images) Beleaguered wax-man Kris Humphries has had a rough twelve months. The NBA lockouts had us fearing that he would forever be employed as Mr. Kardashian,...
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The Jeremy Lin Effect on $MSG Stock: Jimmy, We’re Going Down
At the beginning of 2012, when the phenomenon of Jeremy Lin known to many as "Linsanity" hit New York City seemingly out of nowhere, it took the stock price of Madison Square Garden Entertainment...
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Jeremy Lin vs. James Dolan: Whose Side To Take in War of Words?
Last season's New York Knicks sensation is this season's New York Knicks departure: Jeremy Lin is gone, off to the Houston Rockets. Jeremy Lin says he would have preferred New York, why New York...
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Baby, I’m Amazed: Why Is My Kid Such a Genius All the Time?
I have, for better or worse, the opposite of a stage mother. It’s not that my parents didn’t think I was secretly brilliant as a child—thanks to the educational Disney cartoon Ben and Me, I could...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg Hopes to Score Tickets to the NBA All-Star Game
Mayor Michael Bloomberg isn’t known for his ravenous sports fandom, but the term-limited billionaire really hopes to score a ticket to the NBA All-Star Game festivities in 2015. Read More
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Black (and Blue) Swan: Going a Few Dance Rounds With the Knicks City Dancers
Author Randi Newton, center, tries to keep up with the real Knicks City Dancers (Jordyn Taylor) “I’ve wanted to be a Knicks City Dancer since attending my first game as a young girl,” rookie dancer...
View ArticleDavid Stern’s Legacy
Today’s young people would have a hard time believing this, but 30 years ago, the National Basketball Association seemed to be on the verge of irrelevance. Annual television revenue was a mere $30...
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