President Donald Trump’s national approval ratings are historically low for any number of reasons we won’t detail here. I try very hard to “stick to sports” in this space, though Trump himself makes it difficult by constantly foisting himself into the realm of athletes and games — as he is doing right now.

What we are reminded of ...Read more

NEW YORK — The area around Madison Square Garden was locked down starting at 4 p.m. Monday to thwart any threats as President Donald Trump watches the Knicks play the NBA Finals Game 3 — laying the groundwork for massive gridlock and disruptions for New Yorkers.

A frozen zone is being enforced from West 30th to West 35th streets between ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani revealed that he paid $1,000 for a standing-room-only ticket to see the New York Knicks play their first Finals home game on Monday night.

Madison Square Garden sells off a limited number of the seatless tickets at a slightly lower price — though for this game, ticket prices have skyrocketed, with the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The area around Madison Square Garden will be locked down starting 4 p.m. Monday to thwart any threats as President Donald Trump watches the Knicks play the NBA Finals Game 3 — creating the possibility of massive gridlock and disruptions for New Yorkers.

A frozen zone will be enforced from West 30th to West 35th streets between ...Read more

SEATTLE — As Penny Lane from "Almost Famous" would say — it's all happening.

One of the country's great financial whales now swims at Seattle Center.

Earlier in the week, it was announced that billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates was joining One Roof Sports and Entertainment, the umbrella company overseeing the Kraken, Climate ...Read more

NEW YORK — The play stuck with Stephon Castle through the night into the morning after Game 2 in San Antonio: Victor Wembanyama threw the basketball — and a chance to tie the NBA Finals at one game apiece — off of the second-year guard’s back, off the Frost Bank Center hardwood floors, right into Jalen Brunson’s hands.

“I don’t ...Read more

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s plans to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals means fans won’t be able to gather outside Madison Square Garden to cheer the Knicks on, NYPD officials decided Sunday.

On Friday, an estimated 7,000 spectators flooded W. 33rd St. outside the Garden but revelers will have to take advantage of the multitude of ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Jameer Nelson has been promoted to the Philadelphia 76ers’ executive vice president of basketball operations, The Philadelphia Inquirer confirmed Sunday afternoon.

Nelson, the former St. Joseph’s star and 14-year NBA player, had been the organization’s assistant general manager. He will hold the front office’s No. 2 ...Read more

NEW YORK — An NYPD police officer was beaten and 26 people were arrested outside Madison Square Garden in Midtown Manhattan Friday night as thousands of fans celebrated the Knicks’ Game 2 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, officials said.

The brazen attack has raised questions about celebrations next week outside The Garden as the NBA ...Read more

The Spurs knew an adjustment had to be made on Jalen Brunson, who torched San Antonio in the second half of a loss in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

And they did make that adjustment. But, they didn’t have an answer early for Karl-Anthony Towns, the Knicks’ best player on the floor for beginning of Friday’s 105-104 Game 2 win in Frost Bank ...Read more

All eyes were on Victor Wembanyama.

After the San Antonio Spurs’ all-world superstar disappointed in his NBA Finals debut, questions about how Wembanyama would respond dominated the discussion going into Friday night’s Game 2 at the Frost Bank Center.

Wembanyama, for one, wasn’t worried.

“It’s almost like I have to play normal, not ...Read more

Karl-Anthony Towns turned the corner, drove baseline and met the longest player in basketball at the rim.

Then he went through him.

Towns dunked on Victor Wembanyama in the second quarter Friday night, screamed in his direction and gave the Knicks the jolt they needed after the San Antonio Spurs spent the early minutes of Game 2 trying to ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on Friday told President Donald Trump to stay away from Knicks games as New York City’s beloved hoops team battles for its first NBA Finals title in 53 years.

With the city united behind the streaking Knicks, Jeffries called on Trump not to show up at Madison Square Garden, when the series with the San ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on Friday told President Donald Trump to stay away from Knicks games as New York City’s beloved hoops team battles for its first NBA Finals title in 53 years.

With the city united behind the streaking Knicks, Jeffries called on Trump not to show up at Madison Square Garden, when the series with the San ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Over and over last season, I looked onto the court during Kentucky men’s basketball games and the same thought filled my mind:

Man, I don’t like this combination.

Though injuries suffered by key players played a role, issues with roster construction — the pieces not meshing to form a complementary whole — were a ...Read more

SAN ANTONIO — Jalen Brunson turned both his knee and ankle in the Knicks’ victory over the Spurs in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday. The Knicks captain didn’t show any lingering signs of ailment ahead of team practice at Frost Bank Center on Thursday.

Spurs forward Harrison Barnes fell into Brunson’s right knee midway through the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Josh Hart scored only three points and shot just 20% in his NBA Finals debut.

Yet the Knicks outscored the San Antonio Spurs by 22 points with Hart on the floor in Game 1, and he played all but four minutes in the second half.

Why?

Because Hart lived up to his last name in Wednesday night’s 105-95 victory at the Frost Bank ...Read more

SAN ANTONIO — Jalen Brunson delivered in the clutch, but Rick Brunson saved the day.

The Knicks watched the Spurs march to the free-throw line time and time again in the first half of Game 1 of the NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center on Wednesday, and they began to lose their cool, beginning with head coach Mike Brown, who admitted as much during...Read more