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1 By Foster Kamer 2/13 3:59pm

LINSANITY

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Results: This is What Jeremy Lin and Linsanity Has Done to the Stock Market

Jeremy Lin's rocketing stardom is a game-changer, in more than a few ways. For one thing, the Knicks are winning and the Garden's regularly packed, nowadays. For another, besides breaking records as the first Harvard grad since the 50s to play in the NBA, and only the fourth Asian-American to play in the league, he might be one of the few NBA players who can claim to have made a significant impact on financial markets. Read More

1 By Foster Kamer 2/11 7:44pm

LINSANITY

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Jeremy Lin Three Point Swag

Jeremy Lin, Doing The Dougie (Video)

If one has spent any time of the last week in New York City and not yet heard the words "Jeremy Lin" or "Linsanity"—or rather, still have no knowledge of the New York Knicks' overnight superstar Jeremy Lin—they are, quite simply, something short of a sentient human being. Read More

2 By Foster Kamer 1/11 9:39am

THE NIXED KNICKS

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Alley-Oof: New Yorkers Still Can’t Watch the Knicks. Why?

It was just another Tweet, one of hundreds of thousands fired off every minute, and it attracted little attention. Yet, it was notable not just for its author—Fred Wilson, the New York City-based venture capitalist responsible for funding some of the most high-profile tech startups in America—but for what it portended. Mr. Wilson had attached a photo of his television showing a professional basketball match. “Thanks everyone for your help on streaming the Knicks game,” he wrote, adding the kicker: “#screwcable.”

Mr. Wilson was one of about 2.8 million people who found themselves unable to watch the Knicks game on their usual platform, Time Warner Cable. With his legions of techie followers, he’d found a work-around. He was one of the lucky ones. Read More

4 By Foster Kamer 12/20/11 5:41pm

IMPRESSIVE DISPLAYS OF CHUTZPAH

Jimmy Dolan: MSG Entertainment chairman, Cablevision president, New York Knicks owner, JD & The Straight Shot bandleader.

How Jimmy Dolan and The MSG Network Are Putting The Squeeze on New Yorkers (and Especially Knicks and Rangers Fans)

IT'S ENOUGH TO GET ONE'S KNICKERBOCKERS IN A TWIST. The MSG Network and Time Warner Cable—handily the largest cable provider in the five boroughs—are currently embroiled in heated negotiations. They're fighting over what the cable provider is willing to pay per customer for the MSG Network, which carries the New York Knicks' and New York Rangers' games. If both sides fail to come to an agreement, New Yorkers with Time Warner Cable won't get their Knicks and Rangers fix.

So the MSG Network has started a campaign, with wonderful posters like this: Read More

By The Editors 11/30/11 10:32am

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Just in The Knick of Time

Madison Square Garden has been quiet—too quiet—since summer’s end. The world’s most famous arena is in the midst of what promises to be a glorious renovation, but something has been missing. With all due respect to hockey’s Rangers, the place hasn’t been the same without the Knicks.

Luckily, that’s about to change, and none too soon. Read More

By The Editors 3/15/11 11:44pm

Editorial

Jacked-Up Knicks Tix? Just Say No, Dolan

For the first time in more than a decade, the Knicks are generating some late-winter excitement in Madison Square Garden. The arrival of Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups to go along with the off-season's big addition, Amar'e Stoudemire, has the team headed in the right direction after years of mediocrity.

Knick fans have suffered through some Read More

By Dan Duray 6/30/10 9:07pm

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Prokhorov Erects Taunting Mural at Knicks’ HQ

Enough with the spies already! This afternoon, New York's favorite Russian was busy with his own brand of deviousness.

Mikhail Prokhorov, the new owner of the Brooklyn-bound Nets, has erected a mural just outside Madison Square Garden depicting himself and Nets co-owner Jay-Z accompanied by the tagline "The Blueprint for Greatness." According to Read More

By Sharon Barbour 7/21/09 11:26pm

Knicks, Vivica Do Tricks for Kids; Mrs. Seinfeld Takes a Pass on Charity Event

The Transom sat courtside at the Seventh Annual iStar Charity Shootout on Monday, July 20. Young Knicks fans thronged Madison Square Garden’s basketball court for a chance to play with the Harlem Wizards and former Knicks players Charles Smith and Anthony Mason, along with current players Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari.

“This is such a Read More

By Em Whitney 3/19/09 4:41pm

In The City: Events 3.19.09

1 p.m. Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta and actor Denis Leary will dedicate a new $4.2 million high-rise simulator to the F.D.N.Y. Fire Academy on Randall's Island.3 p.m. New York Knicks forward Wilson Chandler will visit Manhattan's Democracy Prep Charter School for a rally on "the importance of physical fitness and good nutrition," at 207 West Read More

By Howard Megdal 11/24/08 12:41am

How the Knicks Just Got Worse to Get Better

In one day Friday, the New York Knicks traded away their two best scoring options, getting very little in return, and making it likely that watching New York for much of the next two seasons will be futile at best and disheartening at worst.

Knicks fans couldn’t have asked for anything more.

By dealing forward Zach Randolph, Read More

By Howard Megdal 10/27/08 3:04am

Built for Failure, Again: Your 2008-2009 New York Knicks

A peculiar irony facing the New York Knicks as they embark upon their season Wednesday night against the Miami Heat is that the what little talent they have is completely at odds with the system new coach Mike D’Antoni has installed.

D’Antoni brought his “seven seconds or less” offense to New York, which thrives on converting Read More