Brunson vs. Judge: The War for New York’s Crown

Evan & Tiki

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Sports

4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber dive into one of New York sports radio’s most ridiculous but irresistible debates: who is truly the King of New York? Aaron Judge, Jalen Brunson, and even future Jets or Mets heroes all get pulled into a passionate conversation about star power, championships, fan bias, and what it takes to own this city. The discussion turns into a larger look at why certain teams and players mean more in New York depending on history, expectations, and heartbreak. From the Yankees’ championship standard to the Knicks’ long awaited relevance and the Jets and Mets still searching for their defining moment, the conversation captures exactly why New York fans argue so fiercely about greatness.

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0:00.0	It's a stupid but fun conversation.
0:02.0	Like it doesn't mean anything.
0:03.0	It's dopey, but people get so passionate about it.
0:05.1	And we've had it for about two and a half years. It's been going on and on and on, which is King of New York Judge versus Brunson. And so I politely say to Big Mac, who is a fan of the Knicks and the Yankees, who's the King of New York. And he gave the predictable answer. He agrees with Sean. He said, look, it's still Aaron Judge.
0:20.8	As he's explaining it, which is a no biggie. And he gave the predictable answer. He agrees with Sean. He said, look, it's still Aaron Judge.
0:24.5	As he's explaining it, which is a no biggie,
0:29.9	Anthony Gallo, who you hear on the Carton Show and does a great job behind the scenes,
0:35.0	started yelling at him that he's an idiot, and it's Jalen Brunson. And then before I could turn around to come back, they were
0:39.1	yelling at each other. See what you started.
0:41.6	They were about to fight
0:43.2	each other. You drew Barrymore
0:45.2	over there.
0:46.2	What? To be honest. Did you get that?
0:48.8	No. No, why?
0:50.6	What did Drew Barrymore do? E.T.? Firestarter.
0:53.4	What's Firestarter? It's a movie.
0:54.6	Oh.
1:10.4	Of all the Drew Barrymore movies, you go Firestar? Because he started a fire. I started a fire. I started a dumb fire that they're still yelling at each other. We were more Billy Joel in this instance. We didn't start the fire. No, no, I started the fire. I admitted. I like that way. And it was just innocent.
1:11.6	I was just like,
1:12.1	Hey, Big Mac, what do you think?
1:13.3	Suck it!
1:13.8	You haven't made a dad joke. We didn't start the fire. No, no, I started the fire. I admit it. And it was just innocent.
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