This cover image released by Penguin Press shows "Our Last Season: A Writer, a Fan, a Friendship" by Harvey Araton. (Penguin Press via AP) Credit: AP
“Our Last Season: A Writer, a Fan, a Friendship,” by Harvey Araton (Penguin Press)
In 2018, the sportswriter Harvey Araton wrote an obituary for The New York Times about a diehard New York Knicks fan whose choice seats behind the team bench had made her as much of a fixture at Madison Square Garden as Spike Lee, at least for the players and coaches.
What he couldn't say in that news story was that for almost 40 years, Michelle Musler had also been his friend, mentor and well-placed Knicks source, feeding him juicy tips gleaned from her proximity to the bench.