""I spent my youth on outdoor basketball courts playing pickup games-until, as an adult, I tore my Achilles tendon trying to relive the past.""
""Since then, I've resorted to running, swimming, and always stopping to watch the action at the Cage, as that West Fourth Street court is known, when I'm in the neighborhood.""
Christoph Niemann created the cover for the April 27, 2026, issue, featuring a popular basketball court in the West Village. He reminisced about his youth spent playing pickup games on outdoor courts. An Achilles tendon injury ended his playing days, leading him to take up running and swimming. Despite this, he continues to enjoy watching games at the Cage, a well-known court on West Fourth Street, whenever he is in the area.
Read at The New Yorker
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