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The New York Knicks are up 3-1, but they haven’t won it all just yet.

The Spurs trail the NBA Finals 3-1, thousands of Knicks fans expected to be in San Antonio for Game 5 of the series on Saturday night, and only a comeback of historic proportions will deny New York a title now. Are Spurs fans worried? Do Spurs fans still believe?

Perhaps it was the pure exhilaration, the adrenaline running high after the Knicks completed the greatest comeback in Finals history.

Beatrice Reilly-Jordon, a Staten Island widow and devoted Knicks fan sprinkled her late husband's ashes after them in on an empty seat at Madison Square Garden -- and her family believes his spirit has been lifting the Knicks to within one win of their first championship in 53 years.

“More than a hundred kiosks will turn our sidewalks into watch parties and our streets into celebrations," said Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The Knicks and Spurs play Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Saturday night in San Antonio.

The 11 WNBA All-Star reserves have been revealed. Who made will be in Chicago? And who won’t?

The Fever and Sparks face off in Los Angeles.

Angelica Suffren avoids the spotlight in her job as a WNBA and women's basketball referee. She steals it as a competitive ballroom dancer.

With 1,054 regular-season games and 177 postseason contests, it takes a lot to leave Dwyane Wade feeling "shocked."

PHOENIX -- The Sparks (6-6) are trying to cancel that previous three-game skid with a third straight win.

A look at just about the only thing that has gone right for the Mercury, plus some other surprising statistics.

Up until Wednesday, we knew Madison Square Garden was the Mecca of Basketball. There were loud Garden nights. There were celebrity Garden nights. To be fair, there were all sorts of nights inside the Garden because there is no event—no cap to its greatness—the Garden hasn’t graced. But then, there was Game 4. Like many, […]

The Washington Mystics play the New York Liberty tomorrow afternoon. Let’s get to it. Game info When: Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 3 p.m. ET Where: Barclays Center, New York City How to Watch: Monumental Sports Network. NBA TV nationally. Injuries: For the Mystics, Dariana Littlepage-Buggs and Kiki Iriafen are day-to-day. The Liberty have no […]

Could it really be?

Golden State Warriors guard Seth Curry shared an intriguing take about the recent conversation surrounding the NBA Finals MVP.

After blowback from Knicks fans and New York officials, Ticketmaster clarified that no tickets to Game 5 in San Antonio will be revoked.

It was bedlam on Broadway as the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years on Saturday night.

The New York Knicks won their first NBA title in 53 years. How much does it mean to the fan base? For the answer, just look to the city's celebration.

The WNBA’s apparent overprotection of its stars has sparked debate in sports circles since the arrival of new-generation stars like Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers, and Angel Reese. As much as possible, the league tries to shield its players from having to address sensitive questions that could affect its image.

The debate over who is the better player between Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers has carried over from their college days into their current WNBA careers. Many experts have discussed this topic, and the two are often compared.

Your New York Knicks are the 2026 NBA champions. Full stop. And hey, it was very obvious from the moment the final buzzer sounded inside that sad-for-the-hosts arena in San Antonio, that the thing that mattered the most to everybody in New York City was going outside. Going mad outside. There will be two banners. […]

Searching for a lovable underdog to cheer for this World Cup? Look no further than Cabo Verde.

The WNBA today announced that Minnesota Lynx guard Courtney Williams has been voted a reserve for the 2026 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game by WNBA head coaches.

The Spurs season ended as the Knicks won their first title in 53 years

How high can Nate Ament go?

The 2026 NBA Finals finished up last night at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, with the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks, which was making their first championship appearance since the 1998-1999 season, defeating the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs for the title. For the Knicks, it was their first NBA championship since 1973. Both teams […]

The ceremony at City Hall in New York will include honoring the Knicks and awarding keys to the city.

Here's a look at how the back (and front) pages reacted to the Knicks taking home the NBA title...