‘Pick a side coward’: even-handed Elmo enrages New York Knicks fans

The Guardian World Friday 05 June 2026, 15:55 UTC By Guardian staff 1 min read

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Prospect of first NBA title since 1999 fuels wave of righteous outrage against Big Apple-based Sesame Street characterThe NBA basketball finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs has already drawn commentary after Spurs fans earlier this week continued a habit of wearing distracting, candy-colored T-shirts to honor the Texas city’s annual Fiesta festival. But now the Knicks’ first opportunity to win the title since 1999 – the last time they were in the finals, also against the...

Prospect of first NBA title since 1999 fuels wave of righteous outrage against Big Apple-based Sesame Street character

The NBA basketball finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs has already drawn commentary after Spurs fans earlier this week continued a habit of wearing distracting, candy-colored T-shirts to honor the Texas city’s annual Fiesta festival.

But now the Knicks’ first opportunity to win the title since 1999 – the last time they were in the finals, also against the Spurs, when they lost – has thrown fans in the Big Apple into such a partisan frenzy that some have come for one of their most beloved own.

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