Elmo promoted good sportsmanship. New Yorkers didn’t appreciate it

For most of the world who grew up watching Sesame Street, Elmo is a lovable and, importantly, uncontroversial figfure (and somewhat annoying) laugh. For New Yorkers, Elmo’s latest tweet makes him a traitor. The New York Knicks have earned a spot in the NBA finals for the first time since 1999, a feat that has turned the city upside down with excitement. But as New York City readied for game 1 on June 3—with the subway entrance by Knicks home court of Madison Square Garden painted orange...