Thursday, August 27, 2026
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Some Knicks fans started lining up at 2:30 a.m. for the team’s first championship parade. Millions are expected to pack Manhattan, and the NYPD says it’s deploying a record number of officers for the celebration.
CNN’s Meena Duerson followed a couple getting married at City Hall in New York during the same time as the Knicks parade, right near the parade route. New Yorkers rallied around the couple to celebrate the newlyweds.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani gave each Knicks player a symbolic key to the city after the team won the NBA championship for the first time in 53 years.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather faces two felony charges in Las Vegas over allegations that he wrote a bad check to purchase a watch from a luxury resale store.
Crowds flooded New York streets in celebration as the Knicks won their first NBA championship since 1973, with aerial views capturing the scale of the city’s historic moment.
More than 60 of the world’s top sumo wrestlers will compete in a weekend-long tournament in Paris, which hasn’t hosted such a tournament for the traditional Japanese sport in over 30 years.
Fans shared their reactions after the US men’s national team beat Paraguay 4-1 in the opening round.
This week in Tennessee, officials quietly unveiled a far more revealing illustration of the US president’s future architectural legacy.
Actor John Turturro tells CNN’s Omar Jimenez that he asked Spike Lee for tickets to Knicks games in exchange for his work in some of Lee’s films.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett accused Republicans of using Alveda King as a prop to shield racism allegations during an SPLC hearing on hate group funding.
The Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco – also known as the “Spurs Nuns” – are going viral, but their relationship with the team dates back two decades.
Mexico City sports fans turned out to break the Guinness World Record for the largest human wave ever performed. Thousands of people gathered along one of the major avenues to help break the record.
More than 150 artisans hand-embroidered these limited-edition Mexico World Cup jerseys. CNN’s Julia Vargas Jones explains the story behind this very unique collaboration.
CNN’s Mark Morales sits down with Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s New York field office to find out how the agency plans to protect New York City from any security threats during The NBA Finals.
Serena Williams has sent the tennis world into a frenzy after she announced she will be returning to the court nearly four years after her last match. Williams is set to appear in the doubles competition at the HSBC Championships in London next week.
Jordan Dawson is an artist who designs cleats for pro-athletes, including some that will be worn at this year’s World Cup – his designs range from anime to paintings which express the personalities of soccer’s biggest stars.
13 farmers across Iowa said they’re struggling economically, but 11 voted for Trump in the past and still largely back him, hoping “he follows through” on his promises.
Tens of thousands of NASCAR fans mourn the loss of Kyle Busch, a Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, at Charlotte Motor Speedway. CNN’s Rafael Romo reports from the scene.
