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  2. A History of New York - Wikipedia

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    A History of New York, subtitled From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, is an 1809 literary parody on the early history of New York City by Washington Irving. Originally published under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker , later editions that acknowledged Irving's authorship were printed as Knickerbocker's History of ...

  3. History of the New York Knicks - Wikipedia

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    The New York Knickerbockers, better known as the New York Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City that competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks play in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division. In its 77 seasons, the franchise has reached the NBA Finals eight times and won two championships.

  4. Knickerbockers (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    The "New York Knickerbockers" were an amateur social and athletic club organized by Alexander Cartwright on Manhattan's (Lower) East Side in 1842, largely to play "base ball" according to written rules, the first organized team in baseball history; on June 19, 1846 the New York Knickerbockers played the first game of "base ball" organized under ...

  5. New York Knicks - Wikipedia

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    The New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics are two of the three remaining teams from the original 1946 NBA (the other is the Golden State Warriors). The rivalry stems from the old rivalry between the cities of New York City and Boston, which is also mirrored in both the Yankees–Red Sox and Jets–Patriots rivalries. The fact that Boston and ...

  6. Diedrich Knickerbocker - Wikipedia

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    The fictional "Diedrich Knickerbocker" from the frontispiece of A History of New-York, a wash drawing by Felix O. C. Darley. Diedrich Knickerbocker is an American literary character who originated from Washington Irving's first novel, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker (1809).

  7. Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York - Wikipedia

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    The New York Knickerbockers were one of the first organized baseball teams which played under a set of rules similar to the game today. Founded as the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club by Alexander Cartwright in 1845, the team remained active until the early 1870s. [1] In 1851, the New York Knickerbockers wore the first ever recorded baseball ...

  8. Knickerbocker Group - Wikipedia

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    Irving’s first novel A History of New York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty was published in 1809, when he was twenty-six, under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker and is the first novel attributed to the Knickerbocker group. [13]

  9. William H. Tucker (baseball) - Wikipedia

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    William H. Tucker (c. 1819 – December 5, 1894) was an American baseball pioneer, who was a player and organizer with the New York Knickerbockers in the 1840s. On September 23, 1845, Tucker along with William Wheaton served on a committee which formalized the Knickerbocker's rules. He served as both club secretary and treasurer.