Harvey Araton

A New York Times sports columnist's first novel takes place in a topsy-turvy newspaper world of the 1990s.

Harvey Araton talks about When the Garden Was Eden, the definitive account of how the New York Knickerbockers won their first and only championships, and in the process provided the nation escape from the Vietnam War, the tragedy at Kent State, and the last vestiges of Jim Crow. Araton not only traces the history of New York’s beloved franchise—from Ned Irish to Spike Lee to Carmelo Anthony—but profiles the lives and careers of one of sports’ all-time great teams, the Old Knicks.

Roger Federer made tennis history yesterday when he won the French Open. Federer tied retired American champion Pete Sampras' record of 14 major singles titles and became only the six...