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New York City fans celebrate the Knicks becoming NBA Champions after 53 years

NPR | By Brittany Kriegstein,

David Folkenflik

Published June 14, 2026 at 7:15 AM CDT

Fans exulted in New York City after the Knicks won the team's first NBA title in more than five decades.

Brittany Kriegstein

David Folkenflik

David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad.

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