David Waldstein

New York

Metro Reporter at The New York Times

Metro reporter for The NY Times, concentrating on sports. Last name pronounced like Frankenstein. 🧟‍♂️

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Articles

Jalen Brunson Could Be the King of New York. He Just Needs the Crown.

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | David Waldstein

The Knicks are better than they have been in decades, and the city has fallen for the team's unassuming but sharpshooting point guard. The Knicks are better than they have been in decades, and the city has fallen for the team's unassuming but sharpshooting point guard. Jalen Brunson has led the Knicks to the N.B.A.'s Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years. Credit... Brad Penner/Imagn Images New York City is a little bit different when the Knicks are playing deep into the playoffs.
Jalen Brunson Could Be the King of New York. He Just Needs the Crown.

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | David Waldstein

“City Will Burn”: Superfan Gary Vee Reveals Importance of Championship to Knicks Fans as Jalen Brunson and Co Face Game 6New York Knicks fans are a different breed. The excitement they share for the sport and the passion they bleed at Madison Square Garden is unmatched. …
$800 Million Overhaul of Arthur Ashe Stadium Will Add Space and Luxury

1 month ago | nytimes.com | David Waldstein

Construction on the Arthur Ashe tennis stadium and a new building for players is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2027 U.S. Open. The United States Open tennis tournament, already one of the most glamorous sporting events in the world, will become even fancier after an $800 million renovation that will be the largest single investment in the site's history.
Something to Celebrate for Chicago's South Side

1 month ago | nytimes.com | David Waldstein

Pope Leo was spotted at the 2005 World Series, a rare moment of triumph for the pride of Chicago's South Side. Stanley Brown was up late on Thursday, monitoring all the news about the new pope, Leo XIV, including revelations that he grew up as a Chicago White Sox baseball fan. As soon as Mr. Brown heard that, he knew something very important. "If he's a White Sox fan, then he can identify with suffering," said Mr. Brown, 72, a village trustee in Dolton, Ill., the town where the pope grew up.
A Pope Who Ministers to the Suffering? Yup, He’s a White Sox Fan

1 month ago | flipboard.com | David Waldstein

5 hours agoNEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the archives and discovered the pope had deep roots in the Big Easy. All four of Pope Leo XIV’s maternal great-grandparents were “free people of color” in …
The Knicks Beat the Celtics (Again), and New York City Loves It

1 month ago | nytimes.com | David Waldstein

Few experts gave the Knicks a chance to beat the champion Boston Celtics - except for the devoted fans who packed the street outside Madison Square Garden. A woman dragging a roller suitcase across Seventh Avenue in Manhattan stopped in front of a wild sight Wednesday night: hundreds of people, jumping up and down, shouting and cheering in unison. She asked a group of police officers what was going on. "The Knicks," one of the officers said.
11 high school lacrosse players face charges in hazing of teammates

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | David Waldstein

William J. Fitzpatrick, the district attorney for Onondaga County, had given the players 48 hours to surrender and turn in the gun or face criminal kidnapping charges. He called the episode “hazing on steroids,” and said the students would be charged with unlawful imprisonment, a misdemeanor. “I cannot adequately express to this community the level of stupidity and lack of judgment involved in this case,” Fitzpatrick said at a news conference Tuesday.
11 High School Lacrosse Players Face Charges in Hazing of Teammates

1 month ago | nytimes.com | David Waldstein

Eleven high school lacrosse players in Syracuse, N.Y., turned themselves in to the authorities on Wednesday in a hazing incident involving younger teammates that the district attorney said included a gun and a knife. William J. Fitzpatrick, the district attorney for Onondaga County, had given the players 48 hours to surrender and turn in the gun or face criminal kidnapping charges.
Jennifer Lopez's Alma Mater to Stay Open as Nuns Sell to a Casino Firm

2 months ago | nytimes.com | David Waldstein

Bally's Corporation will buy Preston High School's buildings and lease them back to the Catholic school, a victory for foes of a plan to close the Bronx institution. Less than a month ago, Preston High School in the Bronx seemed destined for an all-too- familiar fate: another urban Catholic school being forced to close because of financial distress and shrinking enrollment. But to students, staff members and a large network of alumni, the closing did not make sense.
In the Bronx, a Battle Over the Future of Jennifer Lopez's Alma Mater

2 months ago | nytimes.com | David Waldstein

The religious order that owns Preston High School says it can no longer operate it. Supporters are appealing to the New York attorney general for help. When Preston High School in the Bronx announced in February that it was closing, it seemed to many that it was just another in a long list of urban Catholic schools that lacked the money and enrollment to survive.