Ran out of room. He got bumped for Pee Wee. He’ll understand.
(Plus, several others in NY media, they know who they are)!

Perk has been all-in on Brunson/Knicks before anyone nationally.
Has Brunson first team all-NBA over Giannis.

Longest-tenured NY/NJ metro area coaches (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS):

Boone (12/17), Thibodeau (7/20), Saleh (1/21), Daboll (1/22), Cushing (NYCFC, 11/22), Laviolette (6/23), Mendoza (11/23), Schwarz (RBNY, 12/23), Roy (1/24), Green (NJD, 3/24), Fernandez (BKN, 4/24).

Laviolette always has quick success in first year as coach:

‘02: Isles, 52 to 96 pts, ends 7-yr playoff drought
'06 Carolina, won Cup
'10 Philly, made Finals
‘15 Nashville, 104 pts
(‘17: No.8 Nash, made Finals)
‘22 Wash, 100 points
‘24 NYR, 114 points, Pres. Trophy, and ???

Tremendous 7-0-1 closing kick by Patrick Roy and the Islanders for a playoff spot when they looked dead at the end of March.
Knicks, Rangers, Isles all in the playoffs. Good stuff. Buckle up.

If you’re keeping score at home, John Sterling’s final HR call was Stanton’s grand slam on April 7.

Think about this, among the 5,420 regular-season games and 211 postseason games John called for the Yankees, he didn’t miss a single game in the Hall of Fame careers of Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.

Here’s hoping that John Sterling hosts the Yankeeography on John Sterling.

Hey, my Bruce “Mary Had a Little Lamb” line made it into a Vacc column!

Also, this show was taped a month ago. There’s no excuse for CBS to cut away to the news in the middle of the Piano Man encore. Could’ve literally edited down any other song during a 3-hour show.