Covered the Knicks for 23 seasons. He watched them win a title from a bar in Florida - CBS Sports

Marc Berman, who spent 23 seasons covering the Knicks, watched them win a title from a Florida bar, a moment that felt like a cinematic culmination to a long reading of a franchise’s fortunes. The Irish Brigade in Lake Worth Beach provided an unlikely backdrop as World Cup chatter blended with history being made on multiple screens. Three years, eight months and 19 days after his last NY Post story, Berman felt the familiar deadline pressure even though he no longer writes Knicks copy, and he acknowledged he would have preferred to be at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio for a memory 53 years in the making. He recalled the players and coaches he chronicled, including Doleac, Galloway, Miller, Fizdale, Rambis, and Williams, whose eras shaped his reporting. Hours before the finish, he disclosed what he called the biggest bet of his life on the Knicks to cover, wagering hundreds via the Hard Rock app as they were listed 4.5-point underdogs, a moment he described as a test of fandom and memory. He noted the sense that Knicks fans deserved a championship moment after decades of near-misses, and peers like Frank Isola recalled Berman as a quintessential tabloid-era observer who understood what the Post’s audience wanted. When the Knicks prevailed, Berman said he was thrilled to death for the players, coaches, and fans who endured the wait.