If there was ever any doubt about whether Archbishop Ronald Hicks was settling into life in New York, he put it to rest Sunday morning.
In the afterglow of Saturday’s big game, when the Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs to win the franchise’s first NBA championship since 1973, Hicks told worshippers at St. Patrick’s Cathedral that he had caught “Knicks fever.” He then welcomed FIFA fans from around the world and donned a Puerto Rican hat before heading to the city’s annual Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Hicks was installed as archbishop in February after decades of work in Illinois. And on Sunday, he said he was among the many New Yorkers swept up in the Knicks’ championship run. During Mass, he showed the congregation a No. 11 Knicks jersey…