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The key reason sportsbooks are rooting against the Knicks in the NBA Finals
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Sportsbooks were rooting for the Knicks before the NBA Finals. Not anymore.
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Long Island bishop using Knicks’ NBA Finals run to convince long-suffering fans there is a God
"Like Peter, James, and John were called from fishing nets, I was called from basketball nets."
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5 key moments from Trump's cut-short "Meet the Press" interview
President Trump abruptly ended a wide-ranging "Meet the Press" interview Sunday after defending potential payouts for people prosecuted over Jan. 6 and warning slow Iran talks could restart U.S. military action.Why it matters: The NBC interview captured two fights likely to follow Trump this week: the scope of his Iran operation, and whether taxpayer money should go to people he casts as victims of political prosecutions.Trump's conversation with Kristen Welker put the president on the record defending the idea of Jan. 6 payouts, even after his administration said it had dropped plans for the nearly $1.8 billion fund.5 key moments from Trump's "Meet the Press" interview1. Jan. 6 payoutsTrump said many people prosecuted over Jan. 6 "should be compensated" on a case-by-case basis.The proposed nearly $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund grew from Trump's IRS settlement over the leak of his tax returns. The fund faced almost immediate bipartisan pushback.Trump first told NBC he wasn't "inclined" to support payments to anyone who attacked police officers — then he railed against those officers: "You had a lot of crooked cops. You had dirty cops. Comey was a dirty cop."He continued, "I don't know what's going to happen with the weaponization fund. I love the idea."2. Iran red lineTrump said his red line for renewed strikes would be if he thought a deal was not happening "fast enough."The answer sharpened a threat hanging over talks after U.S.–Iran clashes have popped up.The White House is trying to reach a memorandum of understanding with Iran to end the war and begin in-depth nuclear negotiations.Trump said U.S. forces could help remove and destroy highly enriched uranium under a deal. Without one, he said, "we're going to take them out militarily very harshly."3. No to no-new-wars pledgePressed on his campaign pledge to not start new wars, Trump said he "didn't promise anything" and argued the Iran operation was not an "endless war.""It costs us very little to keep" 50,000 U.S. troops in place, he said. "I think we'll keep them there until such time as we have a completion."Trump argued the Iran operation is different from wars in Vietnam and Iraq because this conflict has only lasted months, not years.4. Praise for KhameneiTrump praised Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's "certain bravery" for staying involved in talks while seriously injured.Khamenei is "part of the approval process" for a deal, Trump confirmed. He called the younger Khamenei "more rational" than his father, though Trump and the ayatollah have not spoken directly.Trump also said he was not demanding that Lebanon be part of a short-term Iran deal, though he said he wants a "more surgical attack on Hezbollah."5. Farmers and costsWhen Welker cited farmers' struggles with fertilizer costs, Trump rejected the premise: "The farmers are doing very well."He insisted farmers trust him and would understand higher gasoline and fertilizer prices because he is trying to end Iran's nuclear program.Farmers are under pressure from Trump's trade war, a drought and higher energy and fertilizer costs.The intrigue: Trump called NBC a "one-sided crooked network" before ending the interview when Welker pressed him for evidence supporting his election fraud claims.
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Key Democrat Says FISA at Risk with Pulte as Intelligence Boss
President Donald Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence makes passage of a bill renewing spy powers far harder, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee said.
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NBA rescinds Knicks center Mitchell Robinson’s controversial technical foul from Game 2
The Knicks center no longer has a technical foul from Game 2 of the 2026 NBA Finals on his ledger.
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Americans shouldn't feel guilty about rooting against the US in the World Cup
The 2026 World Cup promises to be the planet’s most-watched sporting event. It’s also poised to generate its fair share of controversy.Taking into account the history of corruption in FIFA, the sport’s governing body, it would be hard to blame anyone who decided to ignore this year’s competition.However, some viewers of this summer’s tournament may face an additional dilemma. Political tensions are high in the U.S., where most of the tournament’s matches will be played. The Trump administration is historically unpopular, and its critics are already concerned about sportswashing: when governments use the spectacle of athletic competition to burnish their image and distract the public.As I point out in my 2022 book, “The Ethics of Sports Fandom,” fans who are critical of their country’s behavior sometimes feel ambivalent about rooting for their national sports teams – and may even feel compelled to root against them. After all, it’s one thing to pull for your national team when patriotism feels uncomplicated. It’s quite another when you aren’t feeling very proud to be an American. The Cold War made it easy for many Americans to rally behind the 1980 U.S men’s hockey team in its victory over the Soviet Union in the “Miracle on Ice.” But what do you do when you don’t see your country as the “good guys”?Patriotism doesn’t mean blind loyaltySome fans might double down on their patriotic commitments during the tournament. They’ll use the occasion to champion America in all things, whether it’s the country’s battles in the Middle East or its national team taking on Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Sports have a way of fueling nationalistic passions, and I fully expect plenty of people who don’t care much about soccer to channel their patriotic sentiments into the tournament.However, rooting for your country’s national soccer team doesn’t mean that you endorse everything your country does, any more than wanting a friend to get a promotion at work requires you to support all of their behavior. As the philosopher Eamonn Callan has argued, a proper love of country requires citizens to be clear-eyed about its faults. The true patriot highlights problems and works to correct them, independent of how much they want the national team to win their next match.By the same token, I think a deep love of country can coexist with ambivalent feelings about how the national team performs on the field. If patriots can disapprove of their country’s military adventurism – either because they see it as flatly unjust or because it casts their country in an unfavorable light on the international stage – there is nothing fundamentally unpatriotic about not wanting the U.S. to do well in the World Cup. Other fans might invoke the mantra that it’s important to simply keep politics out of sports – that the games should be a refuge from the controversies that plague so many other aspects of civic life.But as I argue in my book, fully separating politics and sports is almost impossible. It requires fans to view athletes as nothing more than bodies who exist to perform on the field. It means team executives and owners do little more than sign paychecks. And it ignores the reality that sports are woven into the social, economic and political life of communities.Outcomes don’t change a thingFor fans who choose to watch, then, my suggestion is to view the action on the field as you would any other sporting event. Root for whomever you want to win, for more or less any reason that moves you. Because for all the political significance attached to the World Cup, the winner or loser of any given contest has essentially no broader political significance. The problems that existed before the tournament will still demand attention when it is over, no matter who happens to win. Success or failure on the pitch isn’t likely to bring about meaningful political change. After all, whether a government has the right legislative agenda or approach to foreign policy is totally divorced from its national soccer team’s ability to score goals.Viewed in this way, rooting for your country’s national soccer team doesn’t imply blind loyalty to your country or ignorance of its flaws. It simply means that you want the athletes who represent your country to win the game they are playing on that particular day.Athletes have long been able to navigate this ambivalence. You’ll regularly hear them trying to separate a love of their country and its people from support of problematic regimes. When Iranian soccer player Mehdi Taremi refused to celebrate a goal in a January 2026 Greek Super League match, he embraced precisely such a position. Thousands of people had been killed during protests of the Iranian regime, and the moment called for a different reaction.“There are problems between the people and the government,” he said.
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Knicks in prime NBA Finals position thanks to their impressive bench
This year, Brunson is the only starter averaging more than 34 minutes in the playoffs.
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Jalen Brunson hasn’t hit his best level for Knicks in NBA Finals — yet
What’s scary is that there is another level the Knicks can reach.
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