Doc Rivers turned down an offer to become an NBA analyst for NBC after retiring as a player in 1996 because he couldn’t promise then-NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol that he wouldn’t become a coach.

The New York Knicks celebrated their first NBA championship in 53 years with a ticker-tape parade through Manhattan’s “Canyon of Heroes,” drawing thousands of fans dressed in the team’s blue and orange.

New York was caught up in the Knicks' championship run for nearly two months and the party will last at least a few days more.

For the New York Knicks, a 53-year wait for another championship might have been decided by what happened in 4 1/2 seconds.

Call it a comeback.

ESPN has demoted basketball analyst Doris Burke from its NBA Finals broadcast team.

Hubie Brown received tributes from across the NBA community as the former coach and longtime broadcaster headed into retirement after spending over half a century in pro basketball.