Sports Humanitarian Awards to World Cup final: New York's blockbuster sports week - ESPN

If you hadn't heard yet, New York is the place to be this summer.

It's not just the tourist appeal, the architecture or even the lights Alicia Keys sang about in «Empire State of Mind.» This summer, sports are moving New York to center stage, with historic championships, the world's biggest sporting event and some of pop culture's biggest names converging on the city.

Some might say it all began when the New York Knicks clinched a spot in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999, then capped the run by winning their first title in 53 years.

Since then, the New York Liberty claimed a second Commissioner's Cup title in Brooklyn, and the wedding of Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden brought another wave of star power to the city.

And that was only the beginning.

Jay-Z returned home for a three-night concert at Yankee Stadium the weekend before Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers arrive for a marquee showdown against and the New York Yankees.

This week? The Sports Humanitarian Awards and ESPYS brought the biggest names in athletics to the Big Apple, Gotham FC set a new attendance record for a women's sports event in New York City and Fanatics Fest is welcoming stars such as LeBron James and Tom Brady to Manhattan. It all builds toward the FIFA World Cup final Sunday, capping one of the busiest stretches on the city's sports calendar in recent memory.

Here are the highlights from New York City's stretch as the summer sports mecca.

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Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart agreed that Mitchell Robinson was the funniest player on their championship team

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