The white performance powder we’re watching for at the World Cup — after it caused buzz at NBA Finals

The white performance powder we’re watching for at the World Cup — after it caused buzz at NBA Finals

It didn’t take long for Knicks fans to get an early surprise in Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the Spurs. As guard Josh Hart’s name was announced, cameras caught the 31-year-old taking a quick sniff from a small black tube before jogging onto the court. The moment immediately set social media buzzing, with … Read more

Meet the adorable starting lineup of Knicks kids who boosted their dads through the NBA Finals

Meet the adorable starting lineup of Knicks kids who boosted their dads through the NBA Finals

These New York Knicks counted on an adorable second string to help carry them through the NBA Finals. Meet the young children of MVP Jalen Brunson and teammates Josh Hart, Miles “Deuce” McBride and Jose Alvarado, all proud dads whose kids have brightened their A-list lives this season, both on and off the court. Jordyn … Read more

Knicks’ thrilling NBA Finals was most-watched in nearly 30 years

Knicks’ thrilling NBA Finals was most-watched in nearly 30 years

Every game of the 2026 NBA Finals was a nail-biter. And the television ratings reflected as such. The Knicks-Spurs series was the most-watched NBA Finals since 1998 — the last gasp of the Michael Jordan Bulls dynasty — by averaging 20.6 million viewers across the five games, ESPN said in a statement on Tuesday. New … Read more

Charles Barkley in shock over Sydney Sweeney NBA Finals Game 5 appearance

Charles Barkley in shock over Sydney Sweeney NBA Finals Game 5 appearance

Charles Barkley had something to say about the Game 5 Knicks-Spurs celebrity guest list. Prior to tip-off for the Knicks’ first chance in these NBA Finals to bring home a championship — their first in 53 years — the Hall of Famer and “Inside the NBA” co-host made a comment as the broadcast showcased the … Read more

Exclusive | Long Island superfan celebrating NBA Finals with a 10,000 LED light display costing $5K

Exclusive | Long Island superfan celebrating NBA Finals with a 10,000 LED light display costing K

It’s a Knicks-travaganza. A Knicks superfan on Long Island is celebrating the team’s historic NBA Finals run with a lavish, 10,000 LED light display that cost $5,000 and took 40 hours to install. James Hentschel, who is known for his elaborate light displays outside his Deer Park home, has had the Knicks-themed blaze of blue … Read more

Knicks-Spurs Finals surge to ratings heights not seen since 1998

Knicks-Spurs Finals surge to ratings heights not seen since 1998

The Knicks’ epic Game 4 comeback did monster viewership numbers for ABC. Wednesday’s thriller against the Spurs averaged 20.9 million viewers, making it the most-watched NBA Finals Game 4 since 1998 — when Michael Jordan’s Bulls took on the Jazz with Karl Malone and John Stockton —  and the most-watched Game 4 ever on ABC, … Read more

Selena Gomez fires back at Taylor Swift NBA Finals drama: ‘It’s a basketball game’

Selena Gomez fires back at Taylor Swift NBA Finals drama: ‘It’s a basketball game’

Selena Gomez said her phone was buzzing after she commented “lol” underneath a photo of Taylor Swift and Mariska Hargitay supporting the Knicks at Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals. Gomez, a Spurs fan and a Texas native, explained that she wasn’t insulting her best friend, Swift, and Hargitay, who wore matching blue-and-orange shirts … Read more

Larry David told John McEnroe ‘let’s get outta here’ as Knicks trailed by 29 in NBA Finals Game 4

Larry David told John McEnroe ‘let’s get outta here’ as Knicks trailed by 29 in NBA Finals Game 4

Larry David’s enthusiasm was a little curbed when the Knicks were down 71-42 before making an historic comeback against the Spurs in Game 4 on Wednesday night.  Fellow Knicks fan John McEnroe, seated next to David on Celebrity Row at Madison Square Garden, told the ESPN crew on “NBA Today” on Thursday that the “Curb … Read more

Knicks radio voice responds to Taylor Swift fans after questioning her fandom on air during NBA Finals

Knicks radio voice responds to Taylor Swift fans after questioning her fandom on air during NBA Finals

Knicks lead radio analyst Monica McNutt said she “misspoke” after she questioned Taylor Swift’s Knicks loyalty while on the air during Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals. During a Thursday interview with TMZ, McNutt — who said “get out of here, girl” when she spotted Swift on Celebrity Row — explained that she was … Read more

Exclusive | NYC newborns burst into the world as ‘good luck charms’ for the Knicks in the NBA Finals: ‘A dreamy day’

Exclusive | NYC newborns burst into the world as ‘good luck charms’ for the Knicks in the NBA Finals: ‘A dreamy day’

Cameron Issacs, one of the youngest New York Knicks fans, stayed up way past his bedtime Wednesday night, watching his team trample the San Antonio Spurs with a 107-to-106 buzzer-beater victory.  But winning is nothing new to the eight-day-old. He was born mere hours before the Knicks scored their first triumph against their southwestern opponents … Read more

Diehard Spurs fan Selena Gomez takes cheap shot at Knicks fans after Game 4 of NBA Finals

Diehard Spurs fan Selena Gomez takes cheap shot at Knicks fans after Game 4 of NBA Finals

After overcoming a 29-point deficit in Wednesday night’s game four of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs, pop star Selena Gomez went to social media to leave her thoughts on the game. Gomez was seen posing alongside two of her friends while rocking a Spurs jersey at Madison … Read more

Security stops fan from getting too close to Taylor Swift before Knicks’ epic rally in NBA Finals

Security stops fan from getting too close to Taylor Swift before Knicks’ epic rally in NBA Finals

Taylor Swift got an early peek at the venue security for her upcoming wedding. Four individuals — including three that seemed to be some sort of Madison Square Garden security or staff — stopped an overzealous male fan Wednesday night who ventured a little too close to the pop star while trying to either take … Read more

Timothee Chalamet had unhinged reaction to Knicks’ historic comeback in Game 4 of the NBA Finals

Timothee Chalamet had unhinged reaction to Knicks’ historic comeback in Game 4 of the NBA Finals

Actor Timothée Chalamet declared “Knicks in 5” after his hometown team pulled off a historic comeback to beat the Spurs 107-106 in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night. “Come on, it’s the Knicks, baby!” Chalamet yelled while on the court at Madison Square Garden, as seen in a video online after the … Read more

Sydney Sweeney pushed off of Knicks Celebrity Row for NBA Finals Game 4

Sydney Sweeney pushed off of Knicks Celebrity Row for NBA Finals Game 4

Sydney Sweeney may be headlining movies, but she’s apparently not considered front-row worthy for Knicks playoff games. The famous actress and her boyfriend, Scooter Braun, sat three rows back for the Knicks’ 107-106 historic Game 4 win over the Spurs on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. The “Christy” and “Euphoria” star noticeably did not … Read more

How Knicks fans reacted to Taylor Swift on Garden video board at NBA Finals Game 4

How Knicks fans reacted to Taylor Swift on Garden video board at NBA Finals Game 4

Taylor Swift brought the energy to Madison Square Garden for Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals. The 14-time Grammy winner, who took in the Knicks-Spurs series on Celebrity Row with best friends and singing sisters Este and Alana Haim, was fully animated as she was featured on the Madison Square Garden video board to her … Read more

MSG analyst questions Taylor Swifts Knicks fandom at NBA Finals: ‘Get out of here, girl’

MSG analyst questions Taylor Swifts Knicks fandom at NBA Finals: ‘Get out of here, girl’

Hot mic alert! Monica McNutt questioned Taylor Swift’s Knicks fandom before Game 4 of the NBA Finals as New York hosted the Spurs at the Garden, where the pop star was sitting along Celebrity Row. “She’s not a Knicks fan,” the Knicks MSG Networks radio analyst said, seemingly not knowing the moment was caught on … Read more

Taylor Swift proves her Knicks loyalty with Game 4 Finals appearance without Travis Kelce

Taylor Swift proves her Knicks loyalty with Game 4 Finals appearance without Travis Kelce

Madison Square Garden is always full of stars, and that remained the case Wednesday for Game 4 of the NBA Finals. One of those stars? Taylor Swift. Page Six reported Wednesday that she was expected to be in attendance at the Mecca, which also happens to be her wedding venue this summer. Taylor Swift at … Read more

Knicks-Spurs Game 3 viewership hit over 26 million in huge NBA Finals ratings win

Knicks-Spurs Game 3 viewership hit over 26 million in huge NBA Finals ratings win

The NBA league office must be salivating over the TV ratings for the NBA Finals. Monday’s Game 3 broadcast between the Knicks and the Spurs was the most-watched NBA Finals Game 3 in nearly three decades, averaging 23.8 million viewers, data released by Nelsen showed on Wednesday.  Viewership for the game peaked late in the … Read more

Trump goes after ‘dumb as a rock’ Stephen A. Smith and invokes Joe Biden as ugly NBA Finals feud spirals

Trump goes after ‘dumb as a rock’ Stephen A. Smith and invokes Joe Biden as ugly NBA Finals feud spirals

Good luck finding someone to back down in this feud. President Donald Trump continued the back-and-forth with Stephen A. Smith on Wednesday when he called the ESPN host “an arrogant fool” in an early morning social media takedown. “Stephen A. Smith is an arrogant fool,” Trump posted to Truth Social. “A low IQ individual. In … Read more

Victor Wembanyama’s sister hits magazine cover during NBA Finals: ‘Forge her own path’

Victor Wembanyama’s sister hits magazine cover during NBA Finals: ‘Forge her own path’

Spurs center Victor Wembanyama isn’t the only member of his family in the spotlight. His sister Eve Wembanyama, who is a 24-year-old model and basketball player in France, was unveiled as one of Hoops Magazine France’s covers for its latest issue. In this photoshoot, Eve “reveals herself as much through her attitude as through her … Read more