Your opinions on the NBA Cup, revealed. Plus: Another QB goes portaling |

17/12/2025 13:22 - The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! I care about you. Inside: 🏀 NBA Cup winner — and poll results 💰 Latest on WNBA negotiations 🏅 Andrew Marchand’s Golden Clickers Before we get to the bad news, let’s start with some props: Last night’s NBA Cup final was fantastic. A 124-113 comeback win for the Knicks over the Spurs, in a game that felt like a playoff matchup — and could even be a finals preview. This is, to be clear, a marked improvement over the...