Sportsapalooza II!

 

...did not go quite as well as the (now renamed) Sportsnado. But hey, it did produce New York's first ever, all-female, champion pro sports team, the New York Liberty. Congratulations, Ladies of Liberty!

It took the Libs 28 years and six championship series, but they won a WNBA title, led by Jonquil Jones, their hard-driving center (above, looking over where is now her city; or some city), and MVP of the team's thrilling final.

This is great for women's basketball and, we can only hope, a great augury for your New York Yankees, the team that set off the weekend Sportsapalooza by finally scraping their way back into the World Series.

Sadly, though, the weekend was not so great for the New York Mets, who fell just two games short of making this a Subway Series (and thereby sparing us enough agita to choke a horse). Much worse was the fate of our two local football teams, who lost their games by a combined score of 65-18. Ouch! Where was that vaunted Jets defense? Where was that vaunted Aaron Rodgers? Where have all the Giants gone?

Never mind. Hey, the Devils barely lost in overtime, the Islanders won a shootout, and the Rangers took it to the Maple Leafs (shouldn't that be "Leaves"?). The defending National Women's Soccer League champs, the NJ/NY Gotham FC, took a big step toward another women's team ticker tape parade (maybe?), by severely damaging the Pride of Orlando, 3-1.  

Sports are a-flourishing here (at least outside the Meadowlands), but the grandest celebration of all would be seeing a New York baseball team roll up the Canyon of Heroes. Right? Well, wouldn't it? Please?