open mike Mike Vaccaro Reliving the Knicks’ championship can lessen sting of New York sports’ current woes By Mike Vaccaro Published Sep. 26, 2026, 3:21 p.m. ET New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson smiles and points next to the Championship trophy while riding on a float during a ticker-tape parade along Broadway through Lower Manhattan's Canyon of Heroes, Thursday, June 18, 2026. The parade celebrated the franchise's first title in 53 years. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post The Mets end their season Sunday with a whimper, not a bang. The Jets and Giants set land-speed records in going from feel-good to oh-no. The Yankees never were able to overtake the Rays in the East and now face the gauntlet of a best-of-three.
We’ve seen this time and again the past few years, stretches of New York sports where you simply want to hide your head in your pillow and let your muffled wails die in the down.
This time, if the Mets have you down, if the Yankees make you frown, if the football teams play like clowns.
