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Mike Vaccaro
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Mike Vaccaro has been the lead sports columnist for the New York Post since November 2002. In that time he has written about every important sporting event and sports figure in New York City and covered 18 Super Bowls, 12 World Series, 10 Final Fours and 10 BCS Championship Games. He has been recognized three times as New York Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association and was recognized in 2017 by the New York Press Club for his deadline work. A 1989 graduate of St. Bonaventure University, Vaccaro previously worked at newspapers in Newark, Kansas City, Middletown, N.Y., Fayetteville, Ark., and Olean, N.Y. He is the author of three books: “Emperors and Idiots,” about the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry; “1941: the Greatest Year in Sports;” and “The First Fall Classic,” about the 1912 World Series. He also makes frequent television and radio appearances. A native of West Hempstead, N.Y., Vaccaro now makes his home in Hillsdale, N.J. with his wife, Leigh, and two rambunctious terriers: a 12-pound Westy named Fiona and Desmond, a 12,000-pound (or so it seems) Airedale. He is a terrible golfer and undefeated in all games involving “Godfather” trivia.
The Archive
Knicks can ease the pressure by taking care of Game 6 business
May 16, 2024 | 6:49pmThe truth is, there is only one team facing elimination Friday night and it’s not the Knicks.
Knicks avoid repeating colossal 1994 mistake with the Alec Burks Renaissance
May 15, 2024 | 6:07pmWhat Burks has done is not unprecedented. Just unexpected.
Everyone did their part in this impressive, high-stakes win for Knicks as they take series lead
May 15, 2024 | 12:52amSometimes you really do feel like everyone is in this together: players, coaches, ushers. And fans. Of course, the fans.
Knicks need raucous MSG crowd more than ever in Game 5
May 14, 2024 | 7:00amA lot of home-court advantages are helpful; the Garden’s is embedded in the team’s identity.
Knicks guard didn't hold back about Game 4 effort: 'Weren't ready'
May 12, 2024 | 9:58pmDonte DiVincenzo was confident they would leave whatever bad vibes the blowout loss might have generated at the Indiana state line.
Exhausted Knicks must find a way to bounce back after ugly Game 4 reckoning
May 12, 2024 | 7:57pmThe rest of the league kept waiting for this. Surely there would come a day when everything would catch up to the Knicks.
Knicks are built to regain momentum from Pacers before series returns to MSG
May 11, 2024 | 6:16pmThe Knicks are, even diminished, the perfect road team.
Why MSG ranks above all other NYC venues for home team advantage
May 11, 2024 | 1:52pmSo far this spring we’ve had two different sets of four: four straight nights when the Knicks and the Rangers alternated games at the Garden.
The Pacers out-Knicksed the Knicks to avoid 3-0 hole
May 11, 2024 | 12:20amThe game was right where the Knicks wanted it: close and late. Except a funny thing happened.
Injuries have longed plagued Knicks' playoff runs
May 10, 2024 | 7:27pmThe thing is, Knicks fans of a certain vintage know this melody far too well. They know the words by heart.
Rick Carlisle's referee, small-market groans are hilariously moronic
May 9, 2024 | 6:16pmOne thing Carlisle hasn’t mentioned is just how grotesquely outcoached he has been in the series.
NBA’s 'L2M' referee report does more harm than good
May 9, 2024 | 8:00amYou’re going to find this hard to believe, I know. But somehow, they played professional basketball games before the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.
Jalen Brunson channels Willis Reed exactly 54 years later to save Knicks
May 9, 2024 | 12:59amThis was the season walking off the floor at the Garden. And then, in an instant, the season walked back onto the floor.
Donte DiVincenzo's clutch play easing Knicks' Julius Randle injury sting
May 7, 2024 | 6:11pmLate in a tight game Monday, Jalen Brunson was swarmed by a pack of Indiana Pacers. When he saw that, he knew he had one job: “Get the ball to...
These Knicks — somehow — keep improbably finding a way
May 7, 2024 | 12:14amIt feels impossible. It appears implausible. It seems, at the very least, unsustainable.
These Knicks don't fit a conventional second-round mold
May 6, 2024 | 8:43pmSo the Knicks are not playing with the house’s money. But they’re also not not playing with it, either.
Fabled rivalry won't matter once Knicks, Pacers begin to write new chapter
May 5, 2024 | 6:26pmFor the Knicks, Priority 1 will be defending their home-court advantage.
Breaking down the moments that have made Knicks-Pacers rivalry so unforgettable
May 4, 2024 | 3:37pmWell, we’ve reached Day 3 in our wait for the renewal of Knicks-Pacers.
Knicks, Pacers share bitter playoff rivalry with new chapter set to begin
May 3, 2024 | 7:49pmIn truth, the Pacers are the Knicks’ principal playoff foe for all time.
Series clincher perfect illustration of what makes these Knicks tick
May 3, 2024 | 2:15amThe Knicks have forced New York to fall hard for them because they are a team, loaded with unselfish workers who love to do a little bit more.