Joel Siegel
@joelsiegel
Washington Managing Editor, Spectrum News. Previously: NY1, ABC News, NY Daily News, AP, Red Bank Register [RIP].
Happy 1 month anniversary of the Knicks winning the championship to all who celebrate.
Not the official show but somebody’s setting off fireworks in DC right now.
Who will succeed Jerry Nadler? Alex Bores and Micah Lasher trying to squeeze out a few more votes outside the polling place on W. 85th St. just now, in the final hours of early voting. George Conway was just a few steps away.
The death of expertise: 11 ESPN basketball writers picked the Spurs to win Finals, only 4 picked the Knicks. No one picked the Knicks to win in five.
Cheapest ticket on StubHub to Knicks/Spurs game at San Antonio tonight is $539. Cheapest ticket to Game 6 at MSG right now is $11,529.
With 9:33 left in the game and the Knicks down 20, the Spurs had a 99.6% chance of winning, according to the ESPN Gamecast.
Brunson won in HS, was a five-star recruit and was a two-time NCAA champ at Villanova. Imagine asking him this question. Ridiculous.
This is a first. Trump’s name - and the transportation secretary’s - now emblazoned on the new Acela
I get the reason for the euphemism. But does the sun shine anywhere on a whale?
Not The Onion: “Once a cheesy tourist staple, the good old-fashioned fanny pack has solidified itself as a stylish wardrobe essential…”
This is smashing. An old VW Beetle with the driver on the right side, UK-style… in NYC.
Buried deep in the NYT’s obit of the great John Burns is this fascinating graf. Feels like it was written for everyone at The Times: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/w...