Great fun read for this X-Yankee fan. I loved the Mantle, Ford, Berra Yankees of my youth. Knew the line-up (still do) by heart and hung their pictures in my bedroom. I gave up on the Yankees when Steinbrenner fired Yogi. I followed Yogi to the Mets and "bought" Yogi for a dollar when he was put ...
Whether arguing profanely with badly outnumbered Celtics or Bullets fans in the high school cafeteria, or dribbling—back to the basket, like Walt Frazier—on outdoor cement courts or indoors at the Staten Island JCC, my childhood has always seemed bound with the Knicks. From the occasional live ga...