Skirvin Crying Baby No Longer Plaguing Knicks Season

NEW YORK (Profile Facts) – The Knicks are second in the Atlantic division. But a year ago, the Knicks were battling a losing season that had virtually everything going wrong from them, even claims that they couldn’t sleep because of the Skirvin crying baby ghost in their room.

Just one year ago this week, the Knicks were deep in a season that had few things going well, a season that ended with a 29-53 record. In fact, the Knicks had had a losing record three seasons before that. In 2007, the team barely won 23 games. But now as we enter January, the team has already won 18 games and is second in the Atlantic standings behind Boston.

But back in January 2010, the team even blamed ghosts on their losing records, the most notable being the Skirvin crying baby and his mother. That month, the team were set to battle the Oklahoma City Thunder. So they stayed at the Skirvin Hilton, a hotel long noted for alleged paranormal activity.

In the 1930s, a woman jumped to her death at the Skirvin Hotel while holding her baby in her arms, claims legend. Eddy Curry told the news at the time that he stayed on the 10th Floor the night before his Thunder game. That’s the same floor the woman alleged jumped with her crying baby. Curry said he had to switch to Nate Robinson’s room because he couldn’t sleep. Other players say they couldn’t sleep that night and heard ghosts like the baby all night long.

One NBA player told the New York Daily News at the time “I definitely believe it … The place is haunted. It’s scary.”

But the ghosts are gone (for now) and the Knicks are dominating this season overall. Even though they are poor on rebounds, they are 12th in the league overall in assists per game and second overall in scoring. Amare Stoudemire is leading the team with 26.4 points, nine rebounds, and two blocks per game.

(source:lalate.com)

New York Times Square reopened after threat

Oct 20- Police temporarily closed streets around New York's Times Square at lunchtime on Wednesday but soon reopened the streets when a suspicious vehicle turned out to be harmless, police said.

An unattended Chevy minivan was parked with its lights on outside the Westin Hotel, a police spokesman said.

After shutting several blocks and examining the vehicle, police reopened traffic and gave the "all clear" signal, witnesses said.

Investigations of suspicious packages are common in the Times Square area. Police typically close streets when unattended baggage is found at the busy section of Manhattan known as the Crossroads of the World.

Occasionally there is a real threat. On May 1, a Pakistan-born U.S. citizen parked a truck full of fuel and fireworks in Times Square in an attempt to kill civilians.

(source:reuters.com)