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Knicks' Jose Alvarado was built for this NBA Finals moment: 'He is New York'

By CBS Interactive Inc | James Herbert | 6/13/2026 12:23 PM

The Knicks' hometown hero is standing tall on the game's biggest stage ... Read full Story

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NBA Finals 2026 Game 5 odds, prediction, time: Knicks vs. Spurs picks by expert on 145-106 run

By CBS Interactive Inc | Daniel Kohn | 6/13/2026 11:51 AM

SportsLine's Mike Barner reveals his New York Knicks vs. San Antonio Spurs Game 5 NBA playoff picks for Saturday ... Read full Story

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Knicks vs. Spurs Game 5 predictions, odds: Expert picks as New York tries to clinch title

By CBS Interactive Inc | John Gonzalez | 6/13/2026 11:47 AM

Can the Spurs send the series back to Madison Square Garden? Or will the Knicks celebrate their first title in 53 years? ... Read full Story

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NBA player prop picks, odds: Three best 2026 NBA Finals prop bets for Knicks vs. Spurs, Game 5

By CBS Interactive Inc | Brandt Sutton | 6/13/2026 10:03 AM

SportsLine's computer model has revealed top NBA props picks and NBA predictions for Game 5 of the NBA Finals ... Read full Story

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Today's top games to watch, best bets, odds: USMNT World Cup opener, MLB and more

By CBS Interactive Inc | Josh Nagel | 6/12/2026 5:39 PM

Find best bets and props for the biggest games in sports on Friday from the SportsLine Projection Model and top CBS Sports experts ... Read full Story

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Spurs' Victor Wembanyama unbothered by Knicks fans throwing eggs at him after Game 4 loss

By CBS Interactive Inc | Jasmyn Wimbish | 6/12/2026 4:11 PM

Videos circulated of the Spurs star being pelted with eggs outside the team hotel ... Read full Story

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Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors: What a Bucks-Heat deal could look like; Celtics, Timberwolves looming?

By CBS Interactive Inc | Jasmyn Wimbish | 6/12/2026 12:47 PM

Milwaukee would prefer to settle the future of Antetokounmpo before the NBA Draft ... Read full Story

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Jalen Brunson or OG Anunoby for NBA Finals MVP? Making the current case for both Knicks stars

By CBS Interactive Inc | Brad Botkin | 6/12/2026 10:25 AM

The odds say Brunson is the favorite, but does the evidence back that up? ... Read full Story

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Mike Brown was a victim of the NBA's coach-firing trend, and then he became its greatest success story

By CBS Interactive Inc | Sam Quinn | 6/12/2026 9:45 AM

Brown took over for Tom Thibodeau and immediately took the Knicks to new heights... so what can the rest of the NBA glean from that hire? ... Read full Story

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Picks, predictions as USMNT open World Cup play; Knicks and Hurricanes eye championship titles

By CBS Interactive Inc | Carter Bahns | 6/12/2026 8:52 AM

Plus a look ahead to UFC Freedom 250, which unfolds Sunday on Paramount+ ... Read full Story

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Knicks vs. Spurs odds, prediction: 2026 NBA Finals picks, Game 5 best bets by model on 26-10 run

By CBS Interactive Inc | Andy Bryan | 6/11/2026 6:57 PM

SportsLine's model reveals its New York Knicks vs. San Antonio Spurs picks for Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Saturday ... Read full Story

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How Karl-Anthony Towns saved the Knicks' historic Game 4 comeback with the tip of a finger -- literally

By CBS Interactive Inc | Robby Kalland | 6/11/2026 10:59 AM

OG Anunoby was the Game 4 hero, but KAT saved New York's win with a tip to prevent a Spurs game-winning lob ... Read full Story

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What was De'Aaron Fox thinking? Guard explains layup blunder in Spurs' Game 4 meltdown vs. Knicks

By CBS Interactive Inc | Robby Kalland | 6/11/2026 10:39 AM

Fox's disastrous fourth quarter was headlined by a blocked layup with 12 seconds and a 1-point lead ... Read full Story

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Knicks stun Spurs with biggest NBA Finals comeback in history; World Cup starts today

By CBS Interactive Inc | Brent Brookhouse | 6/11/2026 8:51 AM

Plus we've got all the storylines for Sunday's UFC Freedom 250 on the White House lawn ... Read full Story

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2026 NBA Mock Draft: Mikel Brown Jr. slips into top 6 in Gary Parrish's most recent first round predictions

By CBS Interactive Inc | Gary Parrish | 6/11/2026 7:10 AM

With little to no wavering at the top, the 2026 draft seems to start at No. 5, where five point guards could go within the first nine picks ... Read full Story

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The 16 moments that defined the Knicks' historic Game 4 comeback, one of the best in sports history

By CBS Interactive Inc | Sam Quinn | 6/11/2026 3:54 AM

New York overcame a 29-point second-half deficit vs. the Spurs to move within one win of their first championship in 53 years ... Read full Story

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How the Spurs authored the biggest single-game choke in NBA Finals history

By CBS Interactive Inc | Brad Botkin | 6/11/2026 3:00 AM

De'Aaron Fox and Victor Wembanyama were at the center of another late-game collapse vs. the Knicks ... Read full Story

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OG Anunoby becomes Knicks legend as iconic game-winner pushes New York to brink of first NBA title in 53 years

By CBS Interactive Inc | Adam Silverstein | 6/11/2026 2:57 AM

Anunoby's legendary tip-in, following a game-saving chase-down block, will go down in New York sports history ... Read full Story

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Why Victor Wembanyama's Game 4 flagrant foul could have huge ramifications

By CBS Interactive Inc | Sam Quinn | 6/10/2026 10:59 PM

With the Spurs battling the Knicks in the NBA Finals, their superstar is now one flagrant point away from an automatic suspension ... Read full Story

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Today's top games to watch, best bets, odds: Spurs vs. Knicks NBA Finals Game 4, MLB and more

By CBS Interactive Inc | Gene Menez | 6/10/2026 3:31 PM

Find best bets and props for the biggest games in sports on Wednesday from the SportsLine Projection Model and top CBS Sports experts ... Read full Story

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Songs prep the brains of finches yet to hatch for a hot world

by Science News | Jun 11 2026

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Stellantis Promises The New Inexpensive Chryslers Won't Feel Cheap Inside

by carbuzz.com | Jun 15 2026

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The Come Apart

by BookPage | Jun 15 2026

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Celeb Plastic Surgeon Dr. John Layke Shares the Sneaky Summer Skincare Mistakes You Might Be Making

by ET Online | Jun 15 2026

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Double Fine, Ninja Theory, And More Reportedly Trying To Spin Off From Xbox Game Studios

by GameSpot | Jun 15 2026

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Is It Really Rude to Correct Someone Who’s Wrong?

by Reader's Digest | Jun 12 2026

metro

Woman, 21, raped by stranger in NYC subway station

by New York Post | Jun 16 2026

music

Quavo Lawsuit Over Ferrari Sculpture in ‘Trappa Rappa’ Promo Video Dropped by Artist

by Billboard | Jun 15 2026

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Polling on Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris should alarm Californians

by New York Post | Jun 15 2026

real_estate

Thrifty homeowner fireproofs her beloved California home on a tight budget

by NY Post | Jun 15 2026

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Trump signs order aiming to help expand access to retirement accounts

by Fox News | Apr 30 2026

soccer

Motherwell's Just scores twice but New Zealand held by Iran

by Yahoo Sports | Jun 16 2026

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Amelia Island, Florida: Tortoises, Tides and Tall Oaks on a Slow Travel Coast

by The Travel Magazine | Jun 12 2026

wellness

13 Black Women Share How They Found the Strength to Survive—and Thrive—With Breast Cancer

by Self.com | May 29 2026

world

Hyundai Rotem unveils AI-powered anti-drone technologies at defense fair

by United Press International, Inc. | Jun 16 2026

Word of the Day

gamut

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 16, 2026 is:

gamut • \GAM-ut\ • noun

A gamut is a range or series of related things. When we say that something “runs the gamut,” we are saying that it encompasses an entire range of related things.

// The flea market offerings run the gamut with a wide array of vendors each offering something unique.

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Examples:

“... she brings a certain je ne sais quoi to the production with themes running the gamut from circuses and rodeos to mermaids and pirates.” — Heather Douglas, Coast Weekend (Astoria, Oregon), 23 Apr. 2026

Did you know?

With the song “Do-Re-Mi,” the 1965 musical film The Sound of Music (adapted from the 1958 stage musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein) introduced millions of non-musicians to solfège, the singing of the sol-fa syllables—do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti—to teach the tones of a musical scale. Centuries earlier, however, the do in “Do-Re-Mi” was known as ut. Indeed, the first note on the scale of Guido d’Arezzo, an 11th century musician and monk who had his own way of applying syllables to musical tones, was ut. d’Arezzo also called the first line of his bass staff gamma, which meant that gamma-ut was the term for a note written on the first staff line. In time, gamma-ut underwent a shortening to gamut, and later its meaning expanded first to cover all the notes of d’Arezzo’s scale, then to cover all the notes in the range of an instrument, and, eventually, to cover an entire range of any sort.

Knicks' Jose Alvarado was built for this NBA Finals moment: 'He is New York'

NBA Finals 2026 Game 5 odds, prediction, time: Knicks vs. Spurs picks by expert on 145-106 run

Knicks vs. Spurs Game 5 predictions, odds: Expert picks as New York tries to clinch title

NBA player prop picks, odds: Three best 2026 NBA Finals prop bets for Knicks vs. Spurs, Game 5

Today's top games to watch, best bets, odds: USMNT World Cup opener, MLB and more

Spurs' Victor Wembanyama unbothered by Knicks fans throwing eggs at him after Game 4 loss

Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors: What a Bucks-Heat deal could look like; Celtics, Timberwolves looming?

Jalen Brunson or OG Anunoby for NBA Finals MVP? Making the current case for both Knicks stars

Mike Brown was a victim of the NBA's coach-firing trend, and then he became its greatest success story

Picks, predictions as USMNT open World Cup play; Knicks and Hurricanes eye championship titles

Knicks vs. Spurs odds, prediction: 2026 NBA Finals picks, Game 5 best bets by model on 26-10 run

How Karl-Anthony Towns saved the Knicks' historic Game 4 comeback with the tip of a finger -- literally

What was De'Aaron Fox thinking? Guard explains layup blunder in Spurs' Game 4 meltdown vs. Knicks

Knicks stun Spurs with biggest NBA Finals comeback in history; World Cup starts today

2026 NBA Mock Draft: Mikel Brown Jr. slips into top 6 in Gary Parrish's most recent first round predictions

The 16 moments that defined the Knicks' historic Game 4 comeback, one of the best in sports history

How the Spurs authored the biggest single-game choke in NBA Finals history

OG Anunoby becomes Knicks legend as iconic game-winner pushes New York to brink of first NBA title in 53 years

Why Victor Wembanyama's Game 4 flagrant foul could have huge ramifications

Today's top games to watch, best bets, odds: Spurs vs. Knicks NBA Finals Game 4, MLB and more

Songs prep the brains of finches yet to hatch for a hot world

Stellantis Promises The New Inexpensive Chryslers Won't Feel Cheap Inside

The Come Apart

Celeb Plastic Surgeon Dr. John Layke Shares the Sneaky Summer Skincare Mistakes You Might Be Making

Double Fine, Ninja Theory, And More Reportedly Trying To Spin Off From Xbox Game Studios

Is It Really Rude to Correct Someone Who’s Wrong?

Woman, 21, raped by stranger in NYC subway station

Quavo Lawsuit Over Ferrari Sculpture in ‘Trappa Rappa’ Promo Video Dropped by Artist

Polling on Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris should alarm Californians

Thrifty homeowner fireproofs her beloved California home on a tight budget

Trump signs order aiming to help expand access to retirement accounts

Motherwell's Just scores twice but New Zealand held by Iran

Amelia Island, Florida: Tortoises, Tides and Tall Oaks on a Slow Travel Coast

13 Black Women Share How They Found the Strength to Survive—and Thrive—With Breast Cancer

Hyundai Rotem unveils AI-powered anti-drone technologies at defense fair

Word of the Day

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