New York City is due for another ticker-tape parade.
When the American Football League New York Jets stunned professional football in January 1969 by defeating the National Football League’s Baltimore Colts to claim victory in Super Bowl III, the “Broadway” Joe Namath-led team didn’t get a ticker-tape parade in lower Manhattan, and 57 football seasons later, there has still been no Jets parade.
Remember how Chicago Cubs’ fans celebrated at the conclusion of the 2016 World Series? After a 108-season wait, the National League club on Chicago’s North Side drew an estimated five million revelers to a celebration at Grant Park. Now imagine the celebration if, after 53 NBA seasons since the New York Knickerbockers last were champions, this streak should end….