Knicks in Five? Please Don’t Tempt the Jinx Gods. NYT - Top Stories By: Emma Goldberg 12 June 2026 at 08:00 Some Knicks fans have predicted series sweeps. Others, conditioned by decades of failure, pay more heed to jinxes and superstitious rituals. © Vincent Alban for The New York TimesThe Knicks’ championship run has revealed a fundamental difference among some fans, with some unafraid of making boastful predictions and others recoiling at the jinx factor of doing so.
Brawls, Biting and Bliss in a City Craving a Knicks Championship NYT - Top Stories By: Maria Cramer and Maia Coleman 12 June 2026 at 08:00 Decades of bottled-up hopes and frustrations have created a frenzy around the New York Knicks that has brought out the worst in some fans. © José A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York TimesPolice officers stood guard as Game 4 of the N.B.A. finals drew a massive number of fans to Midtown Manhattan.
For a Knicks Reporter, Good Basketball Wasn’t Always So Easy to Find NYT - Top Stories By: Terence McGinley 12 June 2026 at 01:00 In 2015, the team was so bad, The Times’s beat writer took a break to search for the game in its prettier forms. © Michael Appleton for The New York TimesPickup at the McBurney Y.M.C.A. was a pick-me-up for a weary N.B.A. reporter.
Knicks fans pelt eggs at Wembanyama The Age - Latest News 12 June 2026 at 00:06 A brutal night for Victor Wembanyama continued even after he returned to his hotel.