WNBA Finals Game 7 viewership reaches nearly 30-year high

WNBA Finals Game 7 viewership reaches nearly 30-year high

Game 7 of the WNBA Finals was the most-watched game for the league in nearly three decades. The contest, which saw the Valkyries take down the Dream, 68-63, on Halloween night to win the title in just the second season of the franchise’s existence, drew more than 3.3 million viewers across USA Network, CNBC and … Read more

Monica McNutt ‘mystified’ how Taylor Swift hot mic moment got leaked during NBA Finals

Monica McNutt ‘mystified’ how Taylor Swift hot mic moment got leaked during NBA Finals

Monica McNutt is still “mystified” by her wild, viral hot mic Taylor Swift moment and how that got put out into the world during Game 4 of the NBA Finals. During a recent episode of “The Pivot” podcast hosted by former NFL stars Ryan Clark, Channing Crowder and Fred Taylor, the ESPN basketball analyst gave … Read more

NYC couple names newborn son after Knicks’ unforgettable NBA Finals run

NYC couple names newborn son after Knicks’ unforgettable NBA Finals run

Two diehard Knicks fans have gone viral for reportedly naming their newborn after the team’s unforgettable championship run. Yvonne Gonzalez-Bradford and Vance Bradford welcomed their first son, “Knickson Fyve Bradford,” on Aug. 8 after New York’s historic NBA Finals victory over the San Antonio Spurs this summer, the couple told Today this week. Knickson Fyve … Read more

John Calipari reveals nervous Taylor Swift moment at NBA Finals: ‘Too scared’

John Calipari reveals nervous Taylor Swift moment at NBA Finals: ‘Too scared’

Arkansas men’s college basketball coach John Calipari was too intimidated to approach pop megastar Taylor Swift at Madison Square Garden for the Knicks-Spurs Game 4 of the NBA Finals earlier this year. During an interview on the “Eye on College Basketball” podcast on Thursday, Calipari explained that he was embarrassed to go up to Swift … Read more

Exclusive | Michael Jordan’s game-worn 1998 NBA Finals jersey could fetch $100M in record-setting auction: owner

The owner of Michael Jordan’s Game 3 1998 NBA Finals jersey has predicted it could fetch a jaw-dropping $100 million — shattering the record for the most expensive piece of game-worn sports memorabilia ever sold. Sports investor and actor Rob Gough is selling the one-of-a-kind white, game-winning jersey four years after he purchased it, The Post … Read more

Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama attends Louis Vuitton show in Paris after NBA Finals letdown

Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama attends Louis Vuitton show in Paris after NBA Finals letdown

Spurs center Victor Wembanyama returned to the spotlight in style at Paris Fashion Week after San Antonio’s NBA Finals loss to the Knicks. The 7-foot-4 Frenchman was all smiles while attending the Louis Vuitton menswear Spring-Summer 2027 show in Paris on Tuesday. Wembanyama, who is an ambassador for Louis Vuitton, donned a beige colored suit … Read more

Christopher Meloni supports Jalen Brunson making ‘SVU’ appearance after Finals heroics

Christopher Meloni supports Jalen Brunson making ‘SVU’ appearance after Finals heroics

Jalen Brunson’s “SVU” dream is alive and well. The Knicks star capped off his NBA Finals MVP performance by saying afterward that he wanted to nab a guest star role on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” alongside his friend Mariska Hargitay. And while the actor is a huge fan of Brunson, her “Law & … Read more

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