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The NYPD has released video of eight New York Knicks fans wanted in connection with a potential hate crime outside Madison Square Garden. And that kind of attack against a gay couple, by a bunch of straight guys in Carmelo Anthony jerseys outside an NBA playoff game, is exactly what pro sports leagues have been worried about — even before the official embrace of Collins.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Bloomberg told reporters at his press conference that the Nets cancelled their home opener against the rival New York Knicks on his recommendation. Now fan are wondering when their teams will play again.
The Jeremy Lin fiasco may have finally pushed New York basketball fans over the edge, but for the first time in a long life of disappointments they finally have another option besides quiet rage: Move to Brooklyn.
The Knicks are declining to match a $25 million offer from the Houston Rockets for point guard and sensation Jeremy Lin Tuesday, so off he will go to Houston, leaving nothing but five-month-old memories of Linsanity.
The New York Knickerbockers made a deal to acquire their old point guard Raymond Felton in a move many are calling a sign the city's golden boy, Jeremy Lin, is on his way to playing in Houston next year.
The NFL gets tough on its knee injury problem, Babe Ruth's jersey sells for $4.4 million, and Phil Jackson won't be coaching the Knicks next year.
A fight with a fire extinguisher may have doomed the Knicks playoff hopes, Andy Pettitte takes the stand in the Roger Clemens trial, and Albert Pujols is not loving the homerless life in Orange County.
The basketball sensation is undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery that will require a six-week recovery, putting the remainder of his season in question.
Outlets like the New York Post and The New York Times started the hype for the nascent Knicks superstar, so they might as well have the right to say "Linsanity" is over when it's over.
Also in sports: LSU's lady kicker has been cut, a 25-year-old Iditarod winner, and Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson has received the richest contract in NFL history.
ESPN's headline about the Knicks loss to the Hornets has resulted in an internet uproar.
The New York Knicks will return to New York cable just in time (or maybe a little late) to capitalize on Linsanity, according to a Tweet from The New York Times' Howard Beck.
When Jeremy Lin's grandma watches him play basketball from her home in Taipei, she doesn't always understand what's going on: "I only know when Jeremy puts the ball in the basket he has done a good thing."
The rise of Jeremy Lin, the New York Knicks' electric, Asian-American point guard is supposed to be a feel-good story, but a recent flurry of racist comments about his success just proves why we can't have nice things.
The sudden emergence of the Knicks superstar guard has also brought out the best in our unlicensed T-shirt designers
The New York Knicks reportedly will fire coach Mike D'Antoni right before the Super Bowl and hope nobody notices, a unique baseball bauble is missing, and baseball's new-fangled playoff format is going to have to wait a year.
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