Adam Waller

I learned as much about basketball from John Andariese’s commentary on MSG Network as from anyone. A memorable moment from around 2003 with Johnny Hoops, who would have loved this Knicks run. 🏀

The late great Bud Collins would have quibbled with the headline writer. A Grand Slam is winning all four majors in the same calendar year, he would say. Writing tennis-related scripts, I always kept that distinction in mind, especially when Bud was the guest. 🎾

At today’s price, selling about 26 shares of MSG would get you into the building on Monday. In a previous era, you’d at least have a paper ticket stub. If the Knicks win it all, you’d have both a keepsake and an asset that might appreciate over time. 🏀

Also: -Ask the Lonely -Walk Away Renée (originally recorded by The Left Banke)

Happy heavenly birthday to Levi Stubbs, lead singer of The Four Tops. Arguably the most emotionally resonant lead singer Motown ever produced, and that is saying something. -Baby I Need Your Loving -Bernadette -Reach Out I’ll Be There -Standing in the Shadows of Love He made you believe the songs as if the stakes were life and death. 🎶

Charles Barkley: "Wemby's in shock right now. It's probably been a long time since he got his ass kicked like this... Wemby's spinning... He's 22. He's gonna own the league soon. But right now, big KAT is just taking his ass to the woodshed. Plain and simple." 🏀🎙️#NBAFinals

Wemby throwing the ball off Castle’s back in the final seconds was an unforced error not unlike Caden Boozer’s late turnover against UConn. Advancing the ball in the final minute looks easier than it is. 🏀

Been thinking about Neil Sedaka. This month marks the release of Stupid Cupid, which he wrote for Connie Francis in 1958. Funny to think of it as his big break given that with his talent he probably would’ve written another hit five minutes later. But this is the one that got it all started. youtu.be/7EQX70weW8o?si…

The rise of YouTubers making the jump to theatrical films reminds me a little of Orson Welles. Welles was unproven behind the camera, yet he’d already terrified the country with War of the Worlds before Hollywood handed him one. The fact that several of these new movies are horror is probably a coincidence. The creative control isn’t. Never known for his modesty, Welles also liked to suggest filmmaking wasn’t all that difficult. The technology is certainly easier today. The filmmaking itself? I’m less sure. theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/…

The Easybeats- Friday on My Mind youtu.be/dnqxbdnzlhw?si…

@nytimes @TheAthletic Soon to follow: appearance fees. 🐶

From @TheAthletic: So many tennis players travel with their pets that the French Open hired a dog concierge to look after them so that their owners can focus on performing at their peak. Ten dogs were given their own credential badges. nyti.ms/4dQu7Gj

@CatRP 💯

@adamdigital I loved John.and he is cheering in Heaven

I learned as much about basketball from John Andariese’s commentary on MSG Network as from anyone. A memorable moment from around 2003 with Johnny Hoops, who would have loved this Knicks run. 🏀

@buitengebieden with that haircut, the fifth Beatle

What would you name this dog? 😅

Charles Oakley was the heart and soul of the last two Knicks teams to reach the NBA Finals and should be part of this alongside Ewing, Starks, Sprewell, etc. It’s also telling how bitter the feud remains that even Michael Jordan couldn’t broker peace between Oakley and James Dolan.

Also Mae West, Beverly Sills and Bob Arum

Billy Cunningham graduated from Erasmus Hall. Other notables associated with the Flatbush school: -Barbra Streisand -Neil Diamond -Eli Wallach -Bobby Fischer -Clive Davis -Al Davis -Eric Kandel (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for those keeping score at home)

I remember when Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence were competing for the title of “the next big thing.” It wasn’t that long ago and a reminder of how difficult it is to predict the future.

@knickerbockr94 @darrenrovell if this were football season in Texas, Friday night lights might have made tickets cheaper

@adamdigital @darrenrovell I think it’s because Knicks fans like myself will be in San Antonio

Current get-in prices for NBA Finals Game 1 in San Antonio: $668 Game 2 in San Antonio: $1,099 Game 3 in New York: $4,476 Game 4 in New York: $4,781 (Source: TicketData)

Knicks in 7. 🏀