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Devoted fandom at the core of Knicks’ fabled celebrity row

Nypost · · 146 words · By Mike Vaccaro
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What to know about Devoted fandom at the core of Knicks’ fabled celebrity row

Even 40 years later, the question always struck William Goldman as odd.

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What happened

Even 40 years later, the question always struck William Goldman as odd.

Why it matters

Goldman first started going to Knicks games at the Old Garden, the one on 50th and Eighth, but it was after the new Garden was built 17 streets downtown that he decided to buy season tickets.

Common ground

“By then, you had to,” Goldman explained one night in 2010, courtside in his usual seat location.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Goldman first started going to Knicks games at the Old Garden, the one on 50th and Eighth”
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While Wikipedia confirms that the third Madison Square Garden (MSG III) was located on Eighth Avenue and closed in 1968, and another source confirms William Goldman attended Knicks games at MSG, there is no evidence in the provided text specifically linking Goldman's first attendance to the 50th Street and Eighth Avenue location.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, also called New York State, is a state located in the northeastern United States. Bordering New England to its east, Canada to its north, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey to its south, it ext…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Knick is an American period medical drama television series on Cinemax created by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler and directed by Steven Soderbergh. The series follows Dr. John W. Thackery (Clive Ow…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knick
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Goldman (August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018) was an American novelist, screenwriter and playwright who wrote 16 novels and numerous screenplays in a career spanning seven decades. He received…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Goldman
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Claim 2: “the night of April 6, 1970”
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The provided evidence consists of generic ticket sales pages for events in Germany and Berlin (Eventim), which provide no information regarding William Goldman or any specific event on April 6, 1970.
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web search NEUTRAL — Egal ob Konzert, Musical, Comedy-Show oder Sport-Event - wähle aus über 200.000 Events und sichere dir jetzt dein Ticket!
https://www.eventim.de/
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web search NEUTRAL — Egal ob große Bühnenshow oder kleines Wohnzimmerkonzert. Tickets für die besten Konzerte in deiner Stadt gibts bei Eventim!
https://www.eventim.de/events/konzerte-1/
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web search NEUTRAL — Heute in Berlin - Termine und Tickets für die besten Veranstaltungen & Events in deiner Stadt bei Eventim.
https://www.eventim.de/city/berlin-1/today/
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Claim 3: “the new Garden was built 17 streets downtown”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of search results for JavaScript and C# programming keywords ('new'), which are completely irrelevant to the geographical location of Madison Square Garden.
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web search NEUTRAL — The new keyword in JavaScript can be quite confusing when it is first encountered, as people tend to think that JavaScript is not an object-oriented programming language. What is it? What problems ...
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1646698/what-is-the-new-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 19, 2026 · Update April 1st, 2026 The Beta site is being retired. Update February 27th, 2026 Another post discussing the changes with the Chief Product and Technology Officer is here. Update Febru…
https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/438177/new-site-des…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 20, 2013 · If the new() generic constraint is applied, as in this example, that allows the class or method (the AuthenticationBase class in this case) to call new T(); to construct a new instance …
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4236854/what-does-new-me…
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