Jun 18, 2026 · 43 min · 15 segments
**William C. Rhoden**, columnist for Andscape and former longtime sports columnist at *The New York Times*, talks about the New York Knicks' road to the 2026 NBA championship as the city hosts a…
So maybe we will have some time for a little more ticker tape parade of the air.
So if you want to say what you might be chanting, if you were out there right now, or talk to Bill's point about the depth of feeling that you might have that surprised a lot of people, that the city is expressing it with such joy and such emotion over this, 212-433-WNYC, or if you have school-age kids, Did they go to the parade? Did you let them cut? Did you tell their principal? 212-433-WNYC, 433-9692.
Well, and I thought about this, you know, for Knicks fans, their whole ethos for so long has been long-suffering Knicks fans.
And that has become sort of an identity that people embrace, you know, like being long-suffering.
And the Boston Red Sox fans had to do that because I think their thing was...
And so I think as a fan base, you get into this whole thing of persecution, of being, you know, fate is against us, and particularly in New York.
You've got to kind of somehow come up with a new identity, you know, that you're now an NBA championship.
What will they do now, you know, next year? I mean, at what point will they, you know? I don't know.
And that's what I meant by identity, that you really have to share the long-suffering identity and adopt the suffering is over.
So maybe we will have some time for a little more ticker tape parade of the air.
So if you want to say what you might be chanting, if you were out there right now, or talk to Bill's point about the depth of feeling that you might have that surprised a lot of people, that the city is expressing it with such joy and such emotion over this, 212-433-WNYC, or if you have school-age kids, Did they go to the parade? Did you let them cut? Did you tell their principal? 212-433-WNYC, 433-9692.
Well, and I thought about this, you know, for Knicks fans, their whole ethos for so long has been long-suffering Knicks fans.
And that has become sort of an identity that people embrace, you know, like being long-suffering.
And the Boston Red Sox fans had to do that because I think their thing was...
And so I think as a fan base, you get into this whole thing of persecution, of being, you know, fate is against us, and particularly in New York.
You've got to kind of somehow come up with a new identity, you know, that you're now an NBA championship.
What will they do now, you know, next year? I mean, at what point will they, you know? I don't know.
And that's what I meant by identity, that you really have to share the long-suffering identity and adopt the suffering is over.
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