Barbara Barker
Barbara Barker is an award-winning sports features writer and columnist who has covered sports in New York for Show More
A tale of two rebuilds was on full display last night at Madison Square Garden.
On the court were the New York Knicks, a supposedly young and exciting team that had recently been freed from tyrannies of Phil Jackson and his triangle offense. And on nearly everyone’s mobile phone were New York Yankees, a genuinely young and exciting team that ignored all rebuilding timetables and was one win away from playing in the World Series.