The Knicks won their first NBA Championship since 1973, and Spike Lee says it’s because Pope Leo XIV has blessed them.
Lee handed the pope a custom jersey at the Vatican in November and asked for “a miracle” — a championship.
Brunson, Hart, and Bridges all went to Villanova, the pope’s alma mater.
Three Villanova Wildcats carried New York to its first NBA Finals since 1999 — and the most famous Wildcat of all is watching from Rome. The first American pope has quietly become the patron of Americ...
