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Jose Alvarado struggling to keep eight-day post-championship Knicks drinking pledge

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Jose Alvarado struggling to keep eight-day post-championship Knicks drinking pledge

Jose Alvarado is enjoying himself following the Knicks’ championship — perhaps a little too much. Early on during the Knicks’ historic playoff run, Alvarado said he would get drunk for eight days straight if they were to win the NBA Finals. “If we win, I’ma be drunk for eight days,” Alvarado said on the “7PM … Read more

Exclusive | How the Knicks’ Jose Alvarado ‘fought’ his way home to NYC — and why ‘everything about him screams New York’: former coach

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Exclusive | How the Knicks’ Jose Alvarado ‘fought’ his way home to NYC — and why ‘everything about him screams New York’: former coach

When Knicks point guard Jose Alvarado collided with former mayor Mike Bloomberg while chasing a loose ball in Game 3 — and then made sure the 83-year-old was OK — it was no surprise to those who grew up coaching the determined-but-kind kid from the Brooklyn projects. “He fought and he fought and he fought,” … Read more