Tom Brokaw: Just another unhappy Knicks fan

April 14th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanE

Tom Brokaw, like exactly 1.000 percent of Knicks fans, is unhappy with the way the Knicks are being run. Except that unlike .996 percent of Knicks fans, Brokaw isn’t an anonymous dude that buys the occasional ticket at the Garden. Brokaw is a season ticket-holder with deep pipes, pipes which may or may not have basically narrated my entire childhood. He’s got clout, son. He’s The Brokaw. And The Brokaw is pissssssed:

Brokaw: “I was in the front row for a while and then three rows back but not next year. I just think that they have failed their obligation to the city. I think that we have great sports franchises in New York. I think Fred Wilpon of the Mets and George Steinbrenner of the Yankees measure up and they bring to the community winning teams as best they can and make real statements about being supportive of the community. I don’t think that the Dolans have done that and I think the Garden has lost a lot of its luster as a result of their ownership and this is the first time that I have really said that out loud. But I feel very strongly about it and I think that it’s the least we can expect. They get these huge prices for people to sit in those seats, all kinds of tax advantages to owning the Garden and yet they operate as if they were a sovereign country and want to play only by their own rules. So I’m not very happy about that.”

Hell yeah, T-Bro. Say what you want about the Steinbrenner spawn and the Mets — and their recent taxpayer-funded stadium nonsense — but at least they win. (That’s not to mention the Giants and Jets, one of which just won the effing Superbowl.) The Knicks not only fail to win, they have been doing so for so long, and so spectacularly, that even writing this sentence feels cliche. I mean, THEY STILL EMPLOY ISIAH THOMAS. What the fuck, you know?