{"id":74929,"date":"2026-06-16T00:56:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/new-york-knicks-owner-james-dolan-urged-players-to-abstain-from-sex-during-title-run\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T00:56:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:56:57","slug":"new-york-knicks-owner-james-dolan-urged-players-to-abstain-from-sex-during-title-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/new-york-knicks-owner-james-dolan-urged-players-to-abstain-from-sex-during-title-run\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Knicks owner James Dolan urged players to abstain from sex during title run"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Dolan invoked Spartans in surprise April speech<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Owner urged 10 weeks of sacrifice to win title<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Knicks won team\u2019s first championship since 1973<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The New York Knicks\u2019 first NBA championship in 53 years may have been built on many things: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/jun\/14\/jalen-brunson-knicks-championship-reaction-finals-mvp-spurs\">Jalen Brunson\u2019s brilliance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/video\/2026\/jun\/14\/im-pinching-myself-mike-brown-on-the-knicks-winning-first-nba-title-in-53-years-video\">Mike Brown\u2019s steady hand<\/a>, a suffocating defense and a healthy roster when it mattered most.<\/p>\n<p>According to much-maligned team owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/may\/28\/james-dolan-new-york-knicks-nba-finals\">James Dolan<\/a>, it may also have required a little self-denial.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/jun\/16\/knicks-james-dolan-sex-abstinence-playoffs-championship-video\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dolan invoked Spartans in surprise April speech Owner urged 10 weeks of sacrifice to win title Knicks won team\u2019s first championship since 1973 The New York Knicks\u2019 first NBA championship in 53 years may have been built on many things: Jalen Brunson\u2019s brilliance, Mike Brown\u2019s steady hand, a suffocating defense and a healthy roster when &#8230; <a title=\"New York Knicks owner James Dolan urged players to abstain from sex during title run\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/new-york-knicks-owner-james-dolan-urged-players-to-abstain-from-sex-during-title-run\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about New York Knicks owner James Dolan urged players to abstain from sex during title run\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}