Issue 26: The Mayor of Madison Square

Timothée Chalamet's sports fan renaissance

The New York Knicks are out. After their best run since 1977, the dream is over for another year (RIP Coach Thibs). But somehow – despite an NBA Playoffs series so full of drama that it watches more like a series of The Real Housewives – the most compelling story to emerge from their playoff journey had nothing to do with basketball: a skinny French-American actor became the unofficial mayor of Madison Square Garden.