Did you know the phrase “win one for the Gipper” refers to a college football player named George Gipp who was born in 1895, died of pneumonia at just 25-years-old and was later portrayed in film by Ronald Reagan? And the definitive origin of the infamous sentence is disputed?
Origins of the expression aside, the Knicks won one for the Gipper tonight. Their Gipper happens to be Tom Thibodeau, who used to coach the Bulls and was understandably upset when the Knicks fell to Chicago, 110-102, in the first of a two-game set earlier in the week.