{"id":270004,"date":"2026-06-17T20:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/270004\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T20:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:43:12","slug":"from-yankee-stadium-to-world-cup-the-knicks-living-it-up-after-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/270004\/","title":{"rendered":"From Yankee Stadium to World Cup, the Knicks living it up after championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Knicks<\/a>\u2019 championship parade through Lower Manhattan\u2019s Canyon of Heroes<\/a> is set for Thursday morning, but that\u2019s hardly the only stop on their victory tour.<\/p>\n

Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns and the rest of the Knicks have been living it up since defeating the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals<\/a> on Saturday to end the franchise\u2019s 53-year title drought.<\/p>\n

Here are some of their notable appearances as New York and New Jersey continue to shower the Knicks with love.<\/p>\n

YANKEE STADIUM<\/p>\n

The Yankees announced Wednesday that Brunson and Josh Hart would throw out the ceremonial first pitches before that night\u2019s game against the Chicago White Sox in the Bronx.<\/p>\n

Brunson, the NBA Finals MVP, previously threw the first pitch before a Subway Series game at Yankee Stadium in July of 2024.<\/p>\n

Hart, meanwhile, is a noted Yankees fan whose great-uncle, Elston Howard, is a franchise icon. Howard won four World Series as a player and two more as a coach, and his No. 32 is retired in Monument Park.<\/p>\n

FIFA WORLD CUP<\/p>\n

Between all of their national media commitments, multiple Knicks made it to MetLife Stadium \u2014 or New York New Jersey Stadium, as it\u2019s being called during the World Cup \u2014 for Tuesday afternoon\u2019s match between France and Senegal.<\/p>\n

OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges and Miles \u201cDeuce\u201d McBride sat together as France won, 3-1<\/a>, in the Meadowlands.<\/p>\n

Pacome Dadiet, who is French, and Tyler Kolek were also in attendance.<\/p>\n

\u201cTHE TONIGHT SHOW\u201d<\/p>\n

The Knicks\u2019 prolific run of public appearances included Monday night\u2019s takeover of NBC\u2019s \u201cThe Tonight Show,\u201d where superfan Spike Lee and the entire roster crashed host Jimmy Fallon\u2019s opening monologue<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brunson, Towns, Hart, Anunoby, Bridges and head coach Mike Brown sat down for interviews with Fallon, who is a courtside staple at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

Fallon had all of the Knicks sign a shoe he wore to Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals \u2014 the same shoe Hart untied<\/a> during a stoppage in play in a viral moment that night.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Fallon \u201cretired\u201d that shoe and raised it to the studio\u2019s rafters.<\/p>\n

AND MORE!<\/p>\n

Knicks players also appeared on NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d show and ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning America\u201d on Monday.<\/p>\n

Towns headlined Tuesday night\u2019s episode of \u201cLate Night with Seth Meyers\u201d on NBC, then sat down for a segment on \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Brunson went on ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View\u201d on Monday and on \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d\u00a0 \u2014 alongside his dad (and Knicks assistant coach) Rick Brunson \u2014 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt came from my mom,\u201d Brunson joked on \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d<\/a> when asked about his leadership style.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt came from both of them. They did a good job of piggybacking off each other. Dad was \u2026 vocal, pushing me and everything, but I didn\u2019t know the conversations that they had behind the scenes about how they could still love me and still push me.\u201d<\/p>\n

MASSES AT THE MALL<\/p>\n

Towns commanded quite the crowd in his native New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Social-media footage<\/a> shows the line to meet Towns at a DICK\u2019S House of Sports store in Jersey City on Tuesday night spanned an entire mall.<\/p>\n

A childhood Knicks fan, Towns was born in Edison and played high-school basketball at St. Joseph in Metuchen, N.J.<\/p>\n

CONNECTING WITH KEYS<\/p>\n

Anunoby participated in a video call with Alicia Keys<\/a> on Wednesday to announce the Grammy winner would perform during the City Hall ceremony at Thursday\u2019s Knicks parade.<\/p>\n

Keys, who hails from Hell\u2019s Kitchen, is expected to play her prevailing New York City anthem \u201cEmpire State of Mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city\u2019s been asking for you,\u201d Anunoby asked in a clip shared to social media. \u201cAre you pulling up?\u201d<\/p>\n

Keys said, \u201cHow could I not? This is my city, and the city\u2019s on fire!\u201d<\/p>\n

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