From the Knicks to Iran, It Was a Good Week for the Underdogs

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In retrospect, maybe we should have kept those Knicks tickets.

In the early 1990s, three college buddies and I took the plunge and shelled out around $850 per seat for the full 41-game NBA season (not including playoffs).

This was shortly after a bit of controversy when, as the New York Times put it:.