Extra: Knicks in Five?
Wait, what? Me, celebrating the Knicks’ victory? Get outta here. I am a lifelong, avowed non-sports fan. I might watch the Super Bowl halftime show, but never the game itself. World Series? No way. And yet, despite myself, I found myself getting a kick out of the Knicks this year. Call me a Knicks neophyte. Something about this championship series and the surrounding mania got to me. I wouldn’t say I was ecstatic about their win, but let’s go with glad. Engaged. Not disinterested. That I cared about the NBA championships came as a complete shock to Janice, my sister-in-law. But guess what? Joe was cheering for the Knicks, too. Not what you'd expect from the so-called Killer Queens. Not from someone who spent his morning shopping for flowers and his afternoon browsing through Hermes clothing. Maybe it’s because it had been so long since they last won. Maybe it’s because I lived in New York for a spell. I’m not really into the kind of celebrities who sit on Celebrity Row. I turned o...
