The World Cup, the Knicks, and LeBron James’s Fate: An All-Time Summer in Sports
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The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC and the New Yorker. It would be an understatement to say that this summer has brought a flurry of incredible sports activity to The city of New York The country and the world.
What started with the triumph of my beloved Nick's in the NBA finals. has led to some remarkable tennis showdowns already in Wimbledon. And a dramatic and already politicized World Cup tournament. And then there's all the speculation about the fate of forty-one year old LeBron Chains, the greatest score in the history of the league. Maybe on the cusp of his NBA swan song. But it will not be with the Los Angeles Lakers. The reaction is
To make sense of all the headlines and all the heroics. I sat down with my colleague. New Yorker sports writer Louisa Thomas. Louisa, it's good to talk to you again. The last time we talked was with Vincent Cunningham all for Clemt and hysterical about the Knicks win, and I still think that's the dominant
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