Karl-Anthony Towns rises to the occasion in Game 1 with Joel Embiid faltering as Knicks villain

The spotlight was on Joel Embiid from the opening tip. The first “f–k Embiid” chant came immediately afterward. Several more followed. The sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden picked up where it left off two years ago, screaming when the Sixers’ 7-footer flopped and erupting every time Jalen Brunson burned him. Even as the Knicks put away Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the crowd would not relent, letting Embiid know the fun had just begun. But unlike the intense first-round matchup in 2024 — when the reigning MVP delivered a series of timely buckets, cheap shots and verbal…

Knicks’ unstoppable four-game run has led to tempting question

At what point is it OK to believe? At what point can you trust your eyes, which are beginning to make some bold proclamations if you let them? How bold? Here’s another question for you: When’s the last time you saw the Knicks string together 16 quarters like the ones…

Thunder star Jalen Williams out Game 1 vs. Lakers

As expected, the reigning champs will be shorthanded Tuesday night. Star wing Jalen Williams has been ruled out in Game 1 against the Lakers due to a Grade 1 hamstring strain. “He’s progressing according to plan, I would say,” Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault said Monday when speaking with media. “In terms…

Michael Kay pays homage to John Sterling with Yankees home run call

Michael Kay honored the late John Sterling on Monday night by replicating his well-known home run call for Aaron Judge in the bottom of the first inning.  Sterling, the longtime Yankees broadcaster, died Monday at 87 years old. Kay paid homage to his friend and former broadcast partner — having…

NYC’s office market rebounding from weak February behind jumbo deals

The office market rebounded from a slight February down-tick with a batch of jumbo deals in the first half of March. The largest was at William Equities’ 28 and 40 W. 23rd St., where Ramp, a growing financial operations platform, expanded by 153,303 square feet — raising its total at the…

Measles’ resurgence in the US is a grim sign of what’s coming

In the three decades between 1993 and 2024, measles in the U.S. was relatively rare — a few hundred cases each year, at most. But suddenly, the disease has become so entrenched in American life that it sometimes fails to make headlines when a new outbreak erupts.As of March 2026,…

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