NBA finals turning me into a huge fan of Mariska Hargitay

I love my job

“Knicks in five, what’s your size?” -bootleg merch guy at 7th and 36th

The Knicks profess to play with "desperation," which is sorta another word for "urgency." But while urgency conjures professionalism and precision, “desperation” is far more visceral. Urgency is something you have; desperation is something you feel in spite of yourself. www.cnn.com/2026/06/09/s...

a funeral home is hosting a knicks watch party because karl-anthony towns has been talking about his grief

wrote about the NBA Finals coming to New York for the first time this century and the fans who are coming back -- from around the country and around the world -- to experience the impeccable vibes in the city right now. edition.cnn.com/2026/06/08/s...

just watched a video clip from the Knicks press conference today that panned past me to Ben Stiller. Hadn't even noticed him.

I don’t know why this was so funny to me but overheard on the subway platform just now: “I been a Knicks fan since birth! 18 years I’ve been a Knicks fans!!” A long suffering… child fan

A group of women in Brooklyn just now upon seeing how crowded a (Spurs-centric, actually!) bar is just now: Everything is a watch party!!

[quietly] I don't even really understand HOW people are using AI to do their journalism? I use otter to auto-transcribe while recording and STILL end up listening back to all my interviews and re-transcribing the highlights because I need to internalize what was said to form a coherent conclusion.

didn't think I was very excited for the World Cup but then I listened to this absolute banger—which pre-dates Bosnia making the tournament but has be coopted as a World Cup anthem—and now I either can't wait for the World Cup or need to go to a Bosnian dub rock show www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmX0...

Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes

The current jeopardy champ looks like he should be a three-episode arc sex and the city boyfriend. Niche skeet but if you’ve been wondering why he looks vaguely familiar in an unplaceable way, you’re welcome. And to you sir, congrats on looking like an attainable ‘90s hunk.

Wrote about the vibes outside MSG during the Knicks’ playoff run. But if you don’t want to read all that you can just watch this dispatch from the frontlines filmed by @lindseyadler.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/05/20/s...

our @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social wrote about the scene outside of msg last night. bonus image of hannah with a fan. www.cnn.com/2026/05/20/s...

New York’s hottest club is the street outside Madison Square Garden www.cnn.com/2026/05/20/s...

the challenge system remains so good. I could write this column again basically every week in season with new examples. Please never full ABS www.cnn.com/2026/03/31/s...

Wrote about Shohei Ohtani, whose slump (“slump”) to start the season highlights how special he really is. www.cnn.com/2026/05/19/s...

“They matter a tremendous amount. But I don’t know if they matter a tremendous amount in the way that people think that they matter.” wrote about whether the modern MLB manager matter. and how they matter (if they do (which they do)) www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/s...

This is the longest story I have ever written. It is also the most meaningful. It will go out in The Small Bow's newsletter tomorrow. You can read it here now: www.thesmallbow.com/p/consider-t...

I've thought about this story nearly every day since reading it. I'm not sure if that's an endorsement of reading something so devastating but I'm glad it was honored as it should be.

At what latitude of New Jersey (or turnpike exit) does it switch from Sixers fans or Knicks fans? This is for a story if I can get a real answer.

This is a VERY fun fact

Punxsutawney Phil is at the pirates game today and all of attending entourage is wearing top hats. On the one hand, of course, that’s what I would expect. On the other hand, what why why would I expect that??

To summarize it seems the aggregate reaction to Alex Cora’s firing is: “How can you fire a genius like that?! He won’t be unemployed long, any team would benefit from an upgrade like that. Classic scapegoating by Boston, firing the manager, a figurehead role that doesn’t matter, instead of the GM.”

When the base runner is hustling with double sliding mitts on they always look like a gingerbread man to me

An estimated 50% of the student population at ATLAS HS is undocumented immigrants. Chronic absenteeism is a big issue—students don't always feel safe transiting and they don't see the value in a diploma. Now, a boxing gym is giving them a sense of solace, and opportunity. www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/s...

Mental health campaigns, especially those in sports, often present overcoming stigma as a complete solution. But, as the situation with Jarren Duran shows, that’s not the end of the story. www.cnn.com/2026/04/18/s...

Mental health campaigns, especially those in sports, often present overcoming stigma as a complete solution. But, as the situation with Jarren Duran shows, that’s not the end of the story. www.cnn.com/2026/04/18/s...

How a storage closet-turned-boxing gym is helping migrant students graduate, and giving them options for the future I — and fantastic video crew — spent many months working on this story which I am proud of and hope you'll click on and even consider paying for! www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/s...

@zcrizer.bsky.social trying to mets fans feel better... I think. bandwagon.ghost.io/april-will-m...

How a storage closet-turned-boxing gym is helping migrant students graduate, and giving them options for the future I — and fantastic video crew — spent many months working on this story which I am proud of and hope you'll click on and even consider paying for! www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/s...

[looks around uneasily, as a Phillies-fan-turned-Penn-ancient-history-major-turned-baseball-reporter] Thank... you, world, for this treat but try to be a little less on-the-nose next time. www.penn.museum/blog/major-l...

Like, right?

through 10.5% of the season the mets have half as many shutouts as they did all last year. This: Matters? Doesn't matter? Doesn't matter except that it is causing you a deep and perhaps soul-altering anguish?

Robots made the challenge system possible; humans – full of hubris and frustration – have made it entertaining. On ABS, which is weird and fun! www.cnn.com/2026/03/31/s...

“money doesn’t make you a grown up. It just gives you grown-up problems” Loved this from @danaoneil.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/03/28/s...

One reason to bandwagon every baseball team, with guest appearances from @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social, @sammillerbb.bsky.social, @williamfleitch.bsky.social, @actioncookbook.com and many more. Happy Opening Day (the real one). bandwagon.ghost.io/one-reason-t...

How many hooks are in your home? Wrong. It’s so many more. When you move out of a place you suddenly realize how many hooks are in use

Help, my toddler will *only* listen to twist and shout by the Beatles and refuses all other music (even the longstanding favorite: songs 3-8 on the Moana soundtrack). What else should we try?

I’m ready to get hurt again by buying into the weather seeming to take a turn for the better

extremely thrilled for all the Venezuelan fans www.cnn.com/2026/03/11/s...

all-star style derby swing off if it's tied after nine, who says no? (none of the MLB teams with pitchers at the WBC, that's for sure)

We hear “stick to sports” too much, but let’s be clear here: Team USA itself refused to stick to sports, eschewing representation of so much great American culture for, uh, Da Troops and nothing else.

“So many people are asking how the game is played and what the rules are.” Write about actual *Italian* Italian baseball fans (yes they exist) and what they made of Team Italy’s charmed if ultimately ill-fated WBC run. www.cnn.com/2026/03/17/s...

My sister and her family — husband, four-year-old, two-year-old — live in Beirut. They are still there, still trying to teach at AUB and still trying to keep their kids' lives normal despite constant disruptions. I think about them constantly. Her husband wrote this. thepointmag.com/forms-of-lif...

re-upping for tonight's matchup

lol

Tap your helmet! What are they gonna do? Eject you from the tournament?!

Mason Miller looks like a kid imagining himself in the future