The Knicks, and perseverance

The Knicks won! It’s old news by now, but I’m still riding the high of the Knicks winning the NBA Championship. The last time they won, I wasn’t alive, and the last time they even came close was twenty-seven years ago. This is truly a historic and exciting win. We moved to New York when I was really young, but those early years were formative in my sports fandom. The Mets (who won the Series when we were there in 1986) were my first love; my love of the Knicks came soon after. Even after we had left and established a life in Toronto (and now, in London), I remained a Knicks and Mets fan — for better and for worse, and for the recent past, mostly worse — and finally this year that fandom paid off. It would have been lovely to be in NYC for the festivities, but instead I’ll celebrate here at home. It’s nice to know that, sometimes, the loves you cultivate in your childhood can be ignited again. Sometimes, the world does its best to make things harder for you. Over the past week, we’ve…