We have a new pope! It’s Pope Leo XIV, the first-ever American pope whose name previously was Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost. Who was born in Chicago and who attended Villanova University.
And while we’re all making NFL jokes about the cardinals making a pick, or news-dumping stuff in the middle of all this (hello, Pittsburgh Pirates firing their manager), there are a lot of desperate New York Knicks fans who are clinging to the fact that the pope went to Villanova.
Why? Because — paired with a second straight miracle win over the Boston Celtics — maybe it means big things for the Villanova-filled Knicks team.
Here’s a sampling of the reaction on X (formerly Twitter):
We’ll see if that’s the case!