"I just fell in love. I liked the Knicks before then but that series, when John Starks head butted Reggie Miller, man I became officially obsessed. I went from 'I like the Knicks' to 'the Knicks are my entire life.'"
Nina Richards went to New York Knicks games quite a bit, and the security forces at Madison Square Garden used the arena's network of cameras to follow her. New Yorkers have known for a long time that going to a game or concert at the Garden meant surrendering some privacy.
"There's also a huge Filipino community here, which brings a feeling of home, especially seeing all the variety of dishes like lumpia or chicken adobo, that reminds me of my grandma or childhood moments in the Philippines."
Jake Norr made a hole in one at Woodley Lakes Golf Course, part of a nine-hole round that left him six-under-par, marking him as a favorite for the City Section individual title.
The Grand Penn proposal would move Madison Square Garden across Seventh Avenue, onto or near the former Hotel Pennsylvania site, and use the freed-up space above Penn Station to build a much grander, roomier train hall.
St. John's basketball ranks ninth all-time in NCAA Division I wins with 1,973 and has appeared in 32 NCAA Tournaments, achieving nine Sweet 16s and two Final Fours.
I think my experience and my knowledge of how this works, recruiting and going on visits, because I've been there, I've done it. I was the No. 1 one guy in the country who had to deal with these type of things. My message to him was, I want you to enjoy this recruiting process. Just enjoy it. Take the visits, go on the visits you want to go on.
I was sharing earlier with Mo that it means so much to so many young Muslim kids to know that someone on the team we love is fasting the same way. In a country awash in anti-Islamic bigotry where a GOP member of Congress can post Muslims don't belong in American society without a single member of his party condemning his words, representation and visibility remain a necessity.