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    May 4, 2012

    Why Didn't The Knicks Tank The Final Regular Season Game To Avoid Miami?

    The New York Knicks were in an interesting predicament late last week as the NBA regular season was heading toward the finish line: They had the chance to choose their playoff opponent. Heading into the final two games of the regular season with identical records with the Philadelphia 76ers, the K ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2012

    Will The Knicks Make The Playoffs???

    It was a good Sunday for the Knicks. Carmelo Anthony had his best game of the season, scoring 43 points, including two long three pointers in the final seconds of the 4th quarter and overtime--the former forced overtime, and the latter won the game. That the Knicks did it over the team with the be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Museum of Chinese in America to Hold Viewing Party on a Night the Knicks May Lose Badly

    ​As has been reported to death the last couple of weeks by media around the city--the emergence of Jeremy Lin has led to a surging interest in the Knicks, especially among the Chinese. Restaurants and bars in, or near, Chinatown have experienced a significant boost in business, and now, the M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Q&A: Cloud Nothings' Dylan Baldi On "Blog Rock," Cleveland, And Having "Lo-Fi" On His Tombstone

    ​Clevelander Dylan Baldi is making like the indie rock LeBron James. Except instead of pinpoint passing ability, Baldi's hands are able to noodle a fine lo-fi pop tune out of a four-track or ProTools like an all-star from an early age. His early cassette releases garnered him what's referred t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    Sound Of The City's 2011 NBA Preview: Each Team, Paired With An Album From The Past Year

    Think of the orange car as a clue. ​The resurrected NBA season kicks off (thankfully, finally) on Sunday. To celebrate, we've paired each team with a notable album from the past year; the list, with tweet-sized justifications, is below. (NB, although the NBA-savvy of you might have already fig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Live: Machine Gun Kelly Throws Himself A Homecoming Of Sorts At The Gramercy Theater

    Machine Gun Kelly Gramercy Theater Sunday, May 22 Better than: Going to the gym. Machine Gun Kelly onstage is like a Nintendo character, if someone kept pressing the B button. His feet touch the ground about as often as his knees hit his chest; he looks like he learned to walk on a Dance Dance Re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Homeless Man With Stellar Radio Voice is Taking His Talents to the Cleveland Cavaliers

    Yesterday the internet was ablaze with praise for Ted Williams, a Brooklyn-born homeless man in Ohio with a special talent. His voice, as it turns out, is that of a male angel, deep and booming, perfect for voice-over work, which Williams said alcohol and drugs had derailed him from landing. Now two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2010

    Shaq Has Not Panicked Since Age 9, When He Lit a Teddy Bear on Fire

    ​Allow the absurdity of that statement to set in. He really said that! It comes from this weekend's Deborah Solomon Q&A with the aging basketball star in the New York Times Magazine. It's full of the classic quotes and good humor that made the The Real Shaq the original Kanye West. Plus, a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2010

    Cleaning Cleveland: A LeBron James Photo Essay

    Guess what it stands for​Rolling Stone writer and pro shit-talker Matt Taibbi called the ESPN LeBron James special The Decision "a landmark moment in the history of human self-involvement." That's one of the most polite ways anyone has referred to the LBJ week-long free agency spectacle. Every ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    LeBron James Quickly Becomes League Villain

    ​As the early returns come in - we were most impressed by the recent ESPN poll which showed 57 percent of the public was feeling anti-LBJ -- it appears that in the breathtaking space of less than 12 hours LeBron James went from the most popular athlete in American sports to the most despised. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    George Steinbrenner at 80: Mellowed, But We Miss the Boss

    Slowly, almost imperceptibly, George Steinbrenner's image has softened over the last few years. Two recent biographies, Peter Golenbock's George - The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built The Yankee Empire (from Wiley, published last year and out now in paperback) and Bill Madden's Steinbrenner, The Last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Ryan Skeen Hosts a Cooking Class; Joey Campanaro Heads to Philly

    ​ Ryan Skeen is launching a bi-weekly supper club and cooking class at 5 & Diamond. The first is a $55 Spring Lamb Fest next Monday, which will include a primer on how to butcher and prepare lamb in a variety of ways, from smoking to braising. [Eater] Joey Campanaro of Kenmare, Market Table a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Video: Mayor Bloomberg's Embarrassing "Come On, Lebron" Campaign Has Begun

    Click to enlarge and see the ridiculousness in a bigger size. ​New Yorkers should want for nothing, and when we do, we kvetch about it, and then go get it, because that's what New Yorkers do. We shouldn't look desperate, preening, pathetic, or in-need. It just doesn't seem to fit the spirit of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Why LeBron James (Probably) Won't Be Coming to New York

    ​Terry Pluto, sports columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, has been covering LeBron James since his first high school game. His latest book, LeBron James: The Making of an MVP (cowritten with PD Cavs beat writer Brian Winters) is the definitive work to date on how James became the best pla ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 21, 2009

    IT'S KOBE! LEBRON! . . .

    . . . And, sigh, the Knicks

  • News

    January 1, 2008

    The Prophet Isiah

    Thomas's inane talk about a Knicks championship might actually portend something positive

  • Screens

    June 21, 2005

    The Moralgorithm

    How the little black box knew the Spurs would (probably) win the NBA Finals

  • News

    November 23, 2004

    Unquiet Riot

    Media come out slugging after the NBA brawl in Detroit, throw in sucker punches, 'moral' lessons

  • News

    July 1, 2003

    Knicks vs. Draftniks

    And the Knicks Grab Pole Position

  • News

    June 10, 2003

    Sports

    And the Knicks Grab Pole Position

  • News

    May 27, 2003

    The Foreign Invasion of the American Game

    Euro: New Currency of the NBA

  • News

    May 6, 2003

    Sports

    Euro: New Currency of the NBA

  • News

    April 22, 2003

    Sports

    Euro: New Currency of the NBA

  • News

    July 23, 2002

    Sports

    Euro: New Currency of the NBA

  • Specials

    July 2, 2002

    Letters

    Euro: New Currency of the NBA

  • News

    June 18, 2002

    Hoop Dreams

    Imagine It: Tim Duncan as a Net, and LeBron James as a Knick

  • News

    March 12, 2002

    Beauty and the East

    Can the Nets Survive a Bashing by the Ugly Stick of Playoff Ball?

  • News

    December 4, 2001

    Sports

    Can the Nets Survive a Bashing by the Ugly Stick of Playoff Ball?

  • News

    July 31, 2001

    From the Cradle to the Court

    Lots of Pounding on Souls at This Prep Basketball Showcase

  • News

    July 3, 2001

    Sports

    Lots of Pounding on Souls at This Prep Basketball Showcase

  • News

    May 1, 2001

    Sports

    Lots of Pounding on Souls at This Prep Basketball Showcase

  • News

    January 2, 2001

    2000 Village Voice Sportswriters' Poll Results

    Lots of Pounding on Souls at This Prep Basketball Showcase

  • News

    August 29, 2000

    Give Me Liberty or Give Me Vets

    Houston Takes the Title in a Year of Transition

  • News

    August 15, 2000

    Sports

    Houston Takes the Title in a Year of Transition

  • News

    May 23, 2000

    Heat Burn Knicks

    New York Beats Miami, but Emerges Singed for Indy

  • News

    May 9, 2000

    The Same Old Song

    Knicks Heat: A Ragged Rivalry Made of Worn-Out Story Lines

  • News

    April 25, 2000

    Hard Road to Glory

    The Minefields That Lurk Between the Knicks and a Conference Title

  • News

    March 14, 2000

    Sports

    The Minefields That Lurk Between the Knicks and a Conference Title

  • News

    February 29, 2000

    Full-Court Press

    Knicks Clamp Down on the Working Media

  • News

    February 15, 2000

    Token Efforts?

    NBA: In League With White Players?

  • News

    January 11, 2000

    The Century in Sports

    The Eighth Annual Village Voice Sportswriters' Poll

  • News

    October 12, 1999

    Uni Watch: Mets Concede

    The Eighth Annual Village Voice Sportswriters' Poll

  • News

    August 17, 1999

    Airport '99

    Get Ready For Takeoff as the Rucker Tourney Heads For Its Final

  • News

    June 8, 1999

    Women's Lib

    The Liberty Strive To Be the Equal of the WBA's Elite

  • News

    June 1, 1999

    Sideline Stoic

    A Man of Few Words, Larry Bird Still Gets Through to His Players

  • News

    May 25, 1999

    Second String Saviors?

    The Knicks Place Their Fate in the Hands of Their Bench Players

  • News

    April 27, 1999

    New Color For The Knicks?

    The Knicks Place Their Fate in the Hands of Their Bench Players

  • Books

    January 26, 1999

    Show Me the Money

    The Knicks Place Their Fate in the Hands of Their Bench Players

  • News

    January 5, 1999

    Sports Journalist of the Year

    The Knicks Place Their Fate in the Hands of Their Bench Players

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