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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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  • 6 days 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.

  • 6 days 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. …

  • 2 weeks 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.

  • 3 weeks 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.

  • 3 weeks 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 …

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David Waldstein
David Waldstein @DavidWaldstein
6 Apr 25

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David Waldstein
David Waldstein @DavidWaldstein
6 Apr 25

Sorry, I’m going to keep pumping this out until he breaks the record and makes Gretzky’s old words come true: https://t.co/r2cX5Uov07

David Waldstein
David Waldstein @DavidWaldstein
6 Apr 25

Cooper Flagg reminds me of — and people are going to say it’s because of the obvious — Jayson Tatum!