The Disappearance of Diedrich Knickerbocker: How Washington Irving’s Clever Hoax Named the New York Knicks
On October 26, 1809, New Yorkers opened the Evening Post to a notice titled “Distressing.” The report lived up to its label.
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What is a Knickerbocker? Explaining the New York Knicks' nickname origin and history
writing under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker, described a "knickerbocker" as a native New Yorker who can follow their entire family history back to the original Dutch settlers in New York in ...