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Jeffrey Epstein and Sixers co-owner Josh Harris had an ongoing business relationship that included numerous phone calls and at least one visit to Epstein’s home in Manhattan, according to emails released Friday by the U.S. Department of Justice. The emails do not contain any indication that Harris was involved with sexual misconduct.
Now, four games into Year 2 in Manhattan, Mikal Bridges has started the season as well as anyone could hope. He’s shooting the ball at a high level from all over the 3-point line. Last season, his 3s only fell from the corner. He’s defending with the physicality and smarts that made the Knicks trade a handful of draft picks for him, which wasn’t always the case last season. He’s traded in some of his mid-range shots for layups and free throws. All while doing that in a Mike Brown system that appears tailor-made for Bridges’ style, he’s still offering a helping hand and comforting voice. Only this time around, he’s sharing the floor with the youngsters he helped prepare behind the scenes. “You can see that when he was a younger guy in the league that he had those vets, too,” Tyler Kolek said. “They built a culture of brotherhood. You don’t see that every day in the NBA nowadays. (Mikal) was so welcoming and teaching us the little things, and not just the basketball stuff. He shows us how to move, how to be a man and be an actual professional.”
Billups and Jones are alleged to have taken part in rigged poker games in Manhattan. FBI director Kash Patel says: The investigation involves La Cosa Nostra. Multiple-year investigation across 11 states.
Set to enter his fifth season in Manhattan — making him the second-longest tenured New Yorker behind Mitchell Robinson — McBride touched upon a metropolitan future he hopes proves permanent in an interview with Steve Popper of Newsday. "I love being here,” McBride told Popper. “I want to be a Knick for life. I can’t control anything. So just going to come to work until they tell me otherwise.”
The St. Bonaventure men's basketball program will host its first pro day on Saturday, Oct. 11, at the National Basketball Players Association training facility in midtown Manhattan. The historic event will be the first-ever pro day hosted by a team from a mid-major conference, as well as the first collegiate pro day at an off-campus site. "The first Bonnies Pro Day is a tremendous opportunity for NBA and G League front office executives to scout our players in a competitive practice and workout environment," St. Bonaventure general manager Adrian Wojnarowski said. "Professional evaluation is a long process and our unparalleled relationships with the league's decision-makers allows St. Bonaventure's players to be front-and-center in the eyes and minds of organizations in a way few, if any, mid-major collegiate programs are able. To have the Pro Day in midtown Manhattan at a world-class facility like the National Basketball Players Association makes it an even more ideal setting for the NBA and the Bonnies come together."
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The St. Bonaventure men's basketball program will host its first pro day on Saturday, Oct. 11, at the National Basketball Players Association training facility in midtown Manhattan. The historic event will be the first-ever pro day hosted by a team from a mid-major conference, as well as the first collegiate pro day at an off-campus site. "The first Bonnies Pro Day is a tremendous opportunity for NBA and G League front office executives to scout our players in a competitive practice and workout environment," St. Bonaventure general manager Adrian Wojnarowski said.
The vast majority of the names on MSG's banned list belong to people like Justin Brandel: lawyers who are employed at a firm engaged in active litigation against MSG Entertainment's properties, which also includes the Beacon Theatre and Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, the Chicago Theatre, and the recently opened Sphere in Las Vegas. The list has drawn little media coverage outside of New York. But within the city's legal community, it has become something of a local legend -- the vengeful billionaire who deploys the most modern security technologies available, including facial recognition, to facilitate one of the oldest of human pursuits: settling scores.
The Knicks have taken over more than Seventh Avenue. Streets across Manhattan are being temporarily co-named after Knicks players to celebrate the team’s electrifying playoff run, as the franchise is set to begin its first Eastern Conference finals appearance since 2000 on Wednesday night at the Garden. All 15 players on the Knicks roster got the honor, with the street assignments corresponding with their jersey numbers.
Though Oakley is no longer banned, he chooses not to visit. “That’s up to two people, [Adam Silver, NBA] Commissioner and the guy who owns the team, but there’s a lot of things you can’t control in life,” Oakley said at the 19th annual BTIG Charity Day in Manhattan. “I played there for 10 years, the fans let me know [how they felt] when I played there, and I tried to show them love every time I could. Win or lose, I showed that I was willing to fight.”
A Manhattan jury in October convicted Calvin Darden Jr. of cheating Howard -- who had been one of the NBA's most dominant players in his prime -- out of $7 million in a bogus scheme to buy the WNBA's Atlanta Dream. The 50-year-old Atlanta resident was also found guilty of bilking $1 million from former NBA forward Chandler Parsons in a separate ruse involving the development of then-NBA prospect James Wiseman.
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On Tuesday, Wells appeared on the Mavericks’ broadcast during the team’s interconference matchup against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, N.Y. During his segment, Wells assured fans that the team is headed in the right direction after the Luka Doncic trade. “In time, wins and losses will tell whether the deal was a good deal or a bad deal,” said Wells. “I just am going to promise to our fans right now. Whatever trust we have lost, or whatever concerns they have, we’re going to earn it back. Because we’re going to do this the right way, and we’re going to win championships.”
Friday’s post-practice Heat media session on the banks of the East River in Manhattan delivered a blend of reflection about the end of the Jimmy Butler era and a sense of excitement about the possibilities ahead. “We were able to bolster our roster in a way that was really creative,” coach Erik Spoelstra said after the team’s morning shootaround at the Basketball City recreation center, a day after Miami finalized a five-team trade that sent Butler to Golden State and former Warriors forwards Andrew Wiggins and Kyle Anderson and ex-Raptors point guard Davion Mitchell to Miami. “We like the players we added,” Spoelstra said hours before team played at Brooklyn. “And to be able to get a draft pick, we were able to do a lot of different things. We have clarity now. This could have looked a lot worse if you had to go through a lot of different changing situations. All things considered, it’s a good spot for this stretch run. We feel good about turning the page of the direction of our franchise. It’s exciting. [And] Jimmy will be in a great place in Golden State.”
Adding to the excitement: They are in Manhattan with all of its famed holiday trappings. "It is a dream come true," Jones said. And Jones and his teammates know they have Victor Wembanyama to thank for it. "He has helped put us in a lot of cool positions, especially this year," Jones said of the 7-foot-3, 20-year-old center whose superstar appeal has returned the Spurs to national TV prominence and has once again made them a global attraction. In addition to their Christmas Day game, the Spurs will play two games in Paris next month.
Knicks legend Charles Oakley was grilled in Manhattan federal court Thursday over text messages that went “missing” in the aftermath of his infamous ejection from Madison Square Garden. The former power forward — who’s suing billionaire team owner James Dolan, 69, for booting him from a Knicks game in 2017 — was asked during a heated cross-examination why he got rid of cell phone data that could be key in the protracted legal battle. The ex-NBA star replied that he lost the data when his phone “broke” in Oakland, Calif. in July and he had to quickly get a new one.