She Didn’t Live to See the Knicks Championship. She Would Have Loved It. NYT | Top Stories By: Harvey Araton 16 June 2026 at 01:10 It’s finally the Knicks’ time. But the five-decade title drought, full of both joy and pain, was all some devoted fans were ever able to experience. © Geoff Burke/Imagn Images, via ReutersJalen Brunson, the Knicks’ All-Star point guard, gave long-suffering fans realistic dreams of winning a title when he joined the team in 2022.
It Was 1973, and the Knicks Were Heading to Game 5 … NYT | Top Stories By: Gabriella Gershenson and Jesse McKinley 13 June 2026 at 22:52 Lifelong fans reminisced on the team’s last championship win. “When the Knicks won, it was like a different New York City,” one said. © Getty ImagesDave DeBusschere in the 1973 N.B.A. Finals. The Knicks forward’s tenacious rebounding helped propel the franchise to its only two championships.
Has There Ever Been a Crazier Sports Moment for New York? Actually, Yes. NYT | Top Stories By: David Waldstein 13 June 2026 at 15:00 In the spring of 1994, the World Cup arrived, the Knicks were great and so were the Rangers. And in the middle of it all, an infamous White Bronco chase. © Barton Silverman/The New York TimesJust as the World Cup arrived in New York, the 1994 Knicks made a run the N.B.A. finals, hunting their first championship in decades. Sound familiar?
Spike Lee: Wemby Is Going Down! NYT | Opinion By: Spike Lee 4 June 2026 at 00:07 The Knicks are New York’s soul, and they are bringing us together again in the championship series against San Antonio.