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‘Definitely not only because of Caitlin Clark’: WNBA would thrive without her, former ESPN star says

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The impact that Caitlin Clark has made on the WNBA is pretty undeniable, but one former ESPN star doesn’t think the league needs her to remain successful. It’s impossible to ignore the impact that Clark had on the WNBA, given just how much the league surged in popularity immediately after she entered the league in…

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Knicks focus on title after accomplishing Dolan's first mandate of reaching the NBA Finals

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The New York Knicks have accomplished one of owner James Dolan's mandates by reaching the NBA Finals. Dolan said during a rare radio interview in January that the Knicks winning the Eastern Conference for the first time since 1999 was something “we absolutely got to do.” New York did that on Monday night with a 130-93 rout of the Cleveland Cavaliers to complete a four-game sweep in the conference finals.

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Knicks fans forget about the bad times and savor a record run to their first NBA Finals since 1999

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The song selection at the New York Knicks' watch party couldn't have been more obvious. Minutes after the Knicks finished their four-game sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals, the DJ at Radio City Music Hall played Prince's “1999.” The Knicks have outscored Atlanta, Philadelphia and Cleveland by a combined 262 points during their playoff winning streak, the largest margin in any 11-game span in NBA history.

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