About this episode

Sid discusses the Knicks' historic comeback in the NBA Finals and various political and sports news.

On this Thursday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, Sid illustrates a buzzing New York City last night as Knicks fans rejoiced in bars, bodegas, watch parties, city streets, and their own living rooms across the five boroughs after the team’s stunning comeback to win Game 4 — with the NBA championship now just one victory away. The Knicks stormed back in the second half in the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history to steal Game 4 at Madison Square Garden with a 107-106 win and take a 3-1 series lead over the San Antonio Spurs. In other news of the day, Madison Square Garden canceled a planned Knicks watch party outside the arena hours before Game 4 as owner James Dolan unloaded on Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a fake fan of the team - making the shocking announcement ahead of the Knicks’ showdown with the San Antonio Spurs after MSG blasted city government for its decision to set up a security zone around the venue for the event, the biggest World Cup tournament in history has arrived in North America and soccer fans across the globe are buzzing with excitement for the opening matches and star-studded ceremonies today and tomorrow, and President Donald Trump this morning…

People in this episode

Host: Sid

Guests: Bill O'Reilly, Craig Carton, Joe Benigno, Katie Pavlich, Rich Lowry

Topics covered

• NBA Finals
• New York City
• sports
• politics
• soccer
• Donald Trump
• comedy

Keywords

• Knicks
• NBA Finals
• James Dolan
• Donald Trump
• soccer
• North America
• comeback
• Madison Square Garden
• Zohran Mamdani
• Kharg Island

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Madison Square Garden, San Antonio Spurs, Knicks

Places: North America, Kharg Island

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