Brian Lairer on WNYC, and we're going to end the show on a lighter and more exuberant note with the question,

what is the most exuberant you have ever felt because of a sporting event?

212-433 W-NYC,

212-433-9-6-9-2. What is the most exuberant you have ever felt because of a sporting event?

212, 433-9692. You know why I am asking this, right? In light of the New York Knicks, incredible 11-game

winning streak, and that huge Eastern Conference Finals win over the Cleveland Cavaliers last night by 37 points,

Knicks fans all over New York are feeling something pretty rare, collective joy, excitement,

pride, maybe even disbelief,

but definitely exuberance. Because yes, despite the odds, the Knicks are finally going to the NBA

finals. And it's the first time since 1999. There is another one that I don't want to let go unremarked on.

Arsenal.

I know there are some Arsenal fans out there.

Arsenal just won the Premier League over there across the pond for the first time in 22 years.

So, Knicks fans, Arsenal fans, sure. But you can feel this exuberance as a participant

in sports, too. Even low-level sports like, I don't know, your company softball team or whatever

it might be. So for the last few minutes of the show, we are inviting sports moments that gave you the most exuberance

that you've ever felt with respect to sports. 212-433. WNYC, was it when the Mets won the World Series

in 1986 after many, many years, or the Yankees won the World Series in

1996 after many, many years, maybe it was something, you know, that had even more meaning

outside of sports, like Mike Piazza's home run for the Mets just a couple of weeks after 9-11.

It was a game-winning home run, one of those

moments that felt bigger than sports and lifted a lot of the city for a night. But I don't know that

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