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Knicks Parade Eve Turns Into a Yankees Championship Dream | Evan & Tiki

WFAN Daily

Audacy

Sports

3.8795 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

With Shaun in for Evan, Tiki Barber helps set the stage for a huge Knicks parade eve in New York City. The excitement around the Knicks championship opens the door to a bigger citywide question: are the Knicks most likely to win again, or is another New York team ready to break through next?

Shaun makes the case that the Yankees could be the next local team to deliver a title, pointing to their young talent, dominant pitching, and the possible championship energy spreading through town. Tiki pushes back by focusing on what made the Knicks special, from resilience to killer instinct, and asks whether the Yankees truly have that same edge.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Taking it through the next four hours until the carton show with Big Mac. Evan, it was too much to bear.

0:05.4

It was too much to take with his IBO hat.

0:08.0

He is taken off on Parade Eve as we got a text after we left the studios yesterday, taking care of some business with his kids.

0:14.4

You know why that is, Sean, because tomorrow we are going to be immersed in parade coverage talking about it.

0:24.5

Just experiencing it from a fan standpoint.

0:26.8

Those that down there can probably reach out to us.

0:31.1

But it's going to be unbelievable for New York City to have that many people.

0:32.4

I've never been to a parade.

0:36.2

And we'll figure out what it looks like from our perspective. But it's going to be an incredible day celebrating the New York Knicks, and Evan's got to prepare himself mentally for that.

0:42.7

He's got to. Rest the voice, everything. Evan is also, I think the only one left at the station. I guess Boomer's been here as well that has broadcast from multiple parades and teams he's disliked. So he's well versed in that.

0:54.6

Right. So yeah, we'll break down what to expect for those fans who have never been to a parade,

0:59.5

which has been, right? I've been. I did the 2007 Giants, the 2009 Yankees. So I'm going to give you

1:04.8

kind of my dues, my don'ts. Because as I'm reading social media today, Tiki, it's amazing. Really, I know we know how long the drought has been, but there's an entire generation of people have just simply never experienced the Canyon and Heroes parade to this degree. I know the Liberty have had one. The U.S. women's soccer team have had one, but this is going to be like anything that many have seen. So I'll kind of cover what to expect, one not to expect, because I'm already seeing some people making some major mistakes and some of the dialogue on social media. We'll get to that. But I did want to start today, Tiki, with, I can't get enough of playing back James Dolan clips in my head. And I know that is crazy to even say that sentence when you think about how far we've come with James Dolan. But we have a promo running here and it's a piece of sound that we played Monday. And it's something that is stuck with me that has really made me think forward. Because look, I haven't made any bones about this. I feel like I have been, you know, knocked from that troll perch. I've been very supportive of the Nick fans.

2:01.6

I hugged.

2:02.2

I admit it to have crying.

2:17.1

I had to. How do you not give him the dues? But I want mines, Dickey. I want minds. I'm jealous. I'm jealous. You've had some at least. I mean, I'm glad Evans's not here because then he'd look at you cross-eyed. I know. I know. I know, but last night, I am

2:18.9

sitting down and I'm watching the Yankee game

2:20.8

and it cross-eyed. I know. I know. But last night, I am, I'm sitting down and I'm watching the Yankee game. And it is about 9 o'clock at night. So usually my kids got to be in bed by night, especially on school nights. My daughter Taylor comes stumbling out of her room. Okay. And she's made good progress this year, at least with the Yankees and kind of learning the math of it, what the good players are. She loves Ben Rice. And she sits down on my lap. I go, baby, you really got to go to sleep. He got schools only like six more days of school left. And she goes, Daddy. She tells me the two friends' names. They came into school yesterday and they said their daddy let them stay up to watch the Knicks win their championship. She goes, if the Yankees make their championship, am I allowed to stay up? And then this thought started going through my head. My first answer was, I don't care of a mommy says, absolutely, I would experience it with you. And then it made me want it more. It made me want it more. If my kid is asking, I want to experience one of the kids. So, I went back to James Dolan in my head. And this clip from James

3:09.3

Dolan, he said something important.

3:12.0

I saw a team.

3:13.9

We were a team. We've been a team the whole time.

3:17.4

But I want to say something to New York.

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