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October 20, 2026 |
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Behind every championship-winning team is a billionaire whose decisions threaten to burn it all down. That’s the general message of Noah Shachtman’s latest dispatch, a close look at James Dolan—the Cablevision nepo exec turned CEO of Madison Square Garden Sports and owner of the New York Knicks—and his curious choice to cap the salaries of his star players while charging insane prices for the Knicks’ home arena’s worst seats. “Dolan was right that distractions can trip up a team, sowing just enough discord among its players to derail their chances at another title, and cut short their fans’ chances at another joyous summer,” Shachtman writes. “In that way, maybe the Knicks are like the rest of us: at the mercy of their erratic boss.” Would that stars didn’t have to be just like us. Elsewhere, Hadley Hall Meares dives into two biographies of the endlessly fascinating Steve McQueen, while Azadeh Moaveni explores how Jill Biden concealed her husband’s rapid decline, and David Hajdu introduces Fred Astaire’s true soulmate: not Ginger Rogers, but a choreographer named Hermes Pan. More tomorrow! |
HILLARY BUSISFEATURES EDITOR |
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SPORTS Could James Dolan Ruin the Knicks’ Promising Next Season? By Noah Shachtman The billionaire owner might be the biggest obstacle standing between the team and a repeat. Read more |
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS |
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POLITICS How Jill Biden Covered Up Joe’s Mental Decline By Azadeh Moaveni In an exclusive excerpt of The East Wing, take an inside look at the former first lady’s turbulent White House tenure and Hunter Biden’s trial. Read more |
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HOLLYWOOD Why Steve McQueen Was the King of Cool By Hadley Hall Meares Forty-six years after his death, a revealing biography from McQueen’s ex-wife reveals why “the element of danger was as necessary to his survival as breathing.” Read more |
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POLITICS Susie Wiles Isn’t Going Anywhere By Chris Whipple A veteran West Wing chronicler says Wiles is in for the long haul. Read more |
SLOW DANCE |
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HOLLYWOOD The Untold Story of Fred Astaire’s Soulmate By David Hajdu The iconic dancer called closeted choreographer Hermes Pan “the only person I ever saw who could dance like I could.” Read more |
KNICKS FEVER |
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Mamdani, Bloomberg, and Other Superfans Reflect on Knicks Championship Win By Maxwell Adler, Dan Adler, Jack Califano Before the Knicks’ opening night, take a look back on their June victory and the night that New York came alive. Read more |
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How Jalen Brunson Brought Winning Back to New York By Tom Kludt, Quentin De Briey “I was never afraid to fail,” Brunson told VF. “When you’re reaching for your dreams, you’ve got to take leaps, even if it’s uncomfortable.” Read more |
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