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Fan of the people

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By Calder McHugh Verified
| POLITICO Verified
Juggling the Knicks and World Cup, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is modeling a new version of lefty sports fandom. A delightful encounter between Morocco and Brazil just wrapped up at the Meadowlands, just a short train ride from downtown Manhattan. Back across the Hudson River, a potentially decisive Game 5 of the NBA Finals will tip off soon. The World Cup final will take place back here in less than six weeks. All of a sudden, New York seems like the center of the sports world.
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The mayor of the sports world

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By Calder McHugh Verified, Ry Rivard Verified
| POLITICO Verified
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds a miniature replica of the FIFA World Cup trophy at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on June 2, 2026. | Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images As this newsletter arrives in your inbox, game three of the NBA Finals — the first in New York City in 27 years — is just a few hours away.
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Is this it?

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By Calder McHugh Verified
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Every baseball fan of a certain type has a favorite quote about the game, from old commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti, about how it marks the summer turning into the fall: You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops. Basketball is the opposite.
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