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New York Knicks Win First Championship in 53 Years; Carolina Hurricanes Win Second Stanley Cup; USMNT Opens World Cup With Big Win · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: What's up, guys. Welcome to The Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: at The Daily Play, Joy Taylor. Congrats to the New
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  Speaker 1: York Knicks. Congrats to New York City. Congrats to Knicks
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  Speaker 1: fans over a fifty plus year championship drought. It is
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  Speaker 1: over and the city has Jalen Brunson to thank. The
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  Speaker 1: Finals MVP and his father, Rick, a coach on the Knicks,
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  Speaker 1: shared a hug after the Nick completed a gentleman sweep
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  Speaker 1: of Wemby and the Spurs in the finals. The young
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  Speaker 1: Brunson carried the Knicks across the finish line with thirteen
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  Speaker 1: straight points in that fourth quarter comeback. He said, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know what I'm feeling. I'm in awe. Whenever someone
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  Speaker 1: counted us out, we found a way to come back
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  Speaker 1: and do something about it. The next title run has
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  Speaker 1: so many great stories within it. The Nova Knicks doing
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  Speaker 1: it together, Karl Anthony Towns proving the haters Wrongoe Robinson
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  Speaker 1: guaranteeing this title a year ago. I just feel like
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  Speaker 1: the Knicks winning has a great positive effect on the NBA.
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  Speaker 1: Even if you are not a Knicks fan, you have
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  Speaker 1: to acknowledge the power of brands like the Knicks winning,
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  Speaker 1: what that means for the NBA, what it means for
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  Speaker 1: the NBA internationally, what it means for basketball, what it
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  Speaker 1: means for a city like New York. It's really a
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  Speaker 1: spectacular win. And listen, by no means, am I a
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  Speaker 1: Knicks fan. Okay, I'm a Heat fan. Traditionally we don't
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  Speaker 1: get down with the Knicks, but I can separate my
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  Speaker 1: fandom and appreciate a first of all, just an absolutely
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  Speaker 1: dominant all time postseason run. I mean, winning in five
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  Speaker 1: in the finals is impressive, no matter what organization you're
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  Speaker 1: a part of, and what they have been able to
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  Speaker 1: do as a team with Mike Brown in his first
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  Speaker 1: year coaching the Knicks obviously a ton of experience, but
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  Speaker 1: his first year with the Knicks for Jalen Brunson to
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  Speaker 1: be not even doubted, just beyond exceed any type of
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  Speaker 1: expectation that he had coming into the league. I think
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  Speaker 1: it's really a spectacular moment for the NBA. I think
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  Speaker 1: it brings a sense of real competition to the league.
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  Speaker 1: We have completely moved away from super teams. I mean, okay,
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  Speaker 1: so he didn't even get back to the finals this year.
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  Speaker 1: They were the favorites all season long. Everybody has an opportunity,
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  Speaker 1: and for a team like the Knicks, who we have
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  Speaker 1: almost put into the category of just like never being
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  Speaker 1: seriously in a place to compete for a championship, it's
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  Speaker 1: really exciting when you get the feeling that anybody can
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  Speaker 1: win a championship. Obviously, you have to put things together,
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  Speaker 1: and you have to have stars, and everything you know
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  Speaker 1: has to come together. However, the fact that you can
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  Speaker 1: build a team, that you can get a superstar, that
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  Speaker 1: you can put pieces around him, and that you can
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  Speaker 1: methodically build towards a championship and go win it, and
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  Speaker 1: you don't have to be in a situation where the
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  Speaker 1: expectations are at your feet because of the megastar that
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  Speaker 1: you have in the building. I think it's really spectacular.
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  Speaker 1: And the fact that we got a very physical series,
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  Speaker 1: the fact that we got a very old school series,
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  Speaker 1: that there was trash talk, that there was villains, that
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  Speaker 1: there were all of these storylines throughout not just the finals,
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  Speaker 1: but through the postseason run. I really enjoyed it. For
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  Speaker 1: a regular season that seems a bit boring and out
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  Speaker 1: of touch, the postseason was spectacular, really good overall, and
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  Speaker 1: this Finals, even though it was short and I would
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  Speaker 1: have liked another game, it was so fun and so
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  Speaker 1: full attention. And as a storyteller and as someone who
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  Speaker 1: loves sports and loves the saga that surrounds a championship run,
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  Speaker 1: this was a fun one. And so I'm not gonna lie.
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  Speaker 1: I'm jealous of Knicks fans for the parties that they're
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  Speaker 1: going to be throwing, for the party they had Saturday night,
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  Speaker 1: for the experience that they're going to have throughout the year.
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  Speaker 1: And listen, if you don't like Knicks fans and you
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  Speaker 1: feel like they're noxious, you better forget it because you
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  Speaker 1: are never going to stop hearing about this one, that
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  Speaker 1: is for sure. It has only just begun staying with
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  Speaker 1: championships though, but switching to hockey. Congrats to the Carolina
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  Speaker 1: Hurricanes finished off their Stanley Cup title run with a
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  Speaker 1: three to nothing win in Las Vegas to finish off
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  Speaker 1: the Golden Knights. This is their second title in franchise history,
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  Speaker 1: twenty years after the first in two thousand and six.
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  Speaker 1: Jordan Stahl has been with the Kynes since twenty twelve,
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  Speaker 1: became the oldest player to win the Stanley Cup Finals
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  Speaker 1: MVP at thirty seven years old. He's also the first
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  Speaker 1: player to go seventeen seasons between his first and second
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  Speaker 1: Stanley Cup. He's won his first with the Pittsburgh Penguins
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  Speaker 1: in two thousand and nine. He said, this is something
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  Speaker 1: I've been going after ever since we got the first one.
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  Speaker 1: You want to win it again and again and again.
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  Speaker 1: What a feeling, What's a battle. Shout out to my
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  Speaker 1: girl Brantley, Carolina Hurricanes fan, and she's very excited about this.
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  Speaker 1: He had twelve points in eighteen playoff games. He's the
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  Speaker 1: fourth straight forward to win the con Smith, which is
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  Speaker 1: determined in a vote by a panel of Professional Hockey
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  Speaker 1: Writers Association voters. So congrats the Carolina Hurricanes on winning
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  Speaker 1: the Stanley Cup. Switching to the pitch, the World Cup
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  Speaker 1: kicks off across North America on Thursday. It wasn't a championship,
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  Speaker 1: but the US men's national team did beat Paraguay in
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  Speaker 1: their opener on Friday and what some are calling the
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  Speaker 1: best performance by the US men's national team in recent memory,
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  Speaker 1: if not ever, for one performance absolutely dominating Giorina captain
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  Speaker 1: Off for scoring a beautiful goal with the outside of
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  Speaker 1: his right boot right before the final whistle. They are
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  Speaker 1: fired up after the win, but head coach Mauricio Pochettino says,
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  Speaker 1: we got a too. He said, we are so happy,
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  Speaker 1: but that is only the start. There are still two
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  Speaker 1: group games to play. Sometimes too many compliments are thrown around,
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  Speaker 1: and when you lose a game, it's also catastrophic. It's
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  Speaker 1: no more than three points. We'll see during the tournament
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  Speaker 1: if we if that can be a pleasant surprise, if
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  Speaker 1: we can be that pleasant surprise like other countries in
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  Speaker 1: previous World Cups, this was a really really dominant performance
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  Speaker 1: by the US men's national team, and I think people
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  Speaker 1: thought it was a lot going to be a lot closer.
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  Speaker 1: I'll say that it feels magical. It feels like community
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  Speaker 1: when the World Cup is playing and your country's team
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  Speaker 1: is doing well, Like there's just there's a vibe and
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  Speaker 1: a buzz. And I do understand the head coach saying
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  Speaker 1: like let's just simmer a little bit because the high
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  Speaker 1: coming into the World Cup with a performance like this,
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  Speaker 1: with a you know, a group of players that are
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  Speaker 1: in uncharted territory. This is a type of emotion that
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  Speaker 1: you want to keep under control. He's absolutely right. It's
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  Speaker 1: one game of group play. We've got a lot more
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  Speaker 1: work to do. But hey, great start, great start. I'll
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  Speaker 1: take it. So watched it, loved it. I'm excited to
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  Speaker 1: see if they can keep up this level of intensity
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  Speaker 1: and obviously scoring. I mean there were so many shots
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  Speaker 1: on goal. I loved how aggressive they were, and obviously
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  Speaker 1: great defensively as well. So yeah, I'm excited to see
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  Speaker 1: how the rest of the World Cup goes for the
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  Speaker 1: US men's national team. But amazing, amazing start for the
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  Speaker 1: boys in the World Cup. For more on this and
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