Editing Spike Lee (section)

=== Sports ===
Spike Lee is a fan of the [[New York Knicks]] basketball team, the [[New York Yankees]] baseball team (although he grew up a [[New York Mets]] fan<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2015/10/27/spike-lee-grand-marshal-nyc-marathon/74705686/|title= Spike Lee has love, respect for NYC Marathon runners|editor=Berg, Aimee|date=October 27, 2015|publisher=[[USA Today]]|accessdate=June 11, 2022}}</ref>), the [[New York Rangers]] ice hockey team, and the English football club [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]].<ref name="arse" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.foxsports.com/nhl/story/spike-lee-new-york-knicks-nba-lockout-now-a-new-york-rangers-fan-seen-buying-gear-in-front-row-madison-square-garden-102911 |title=Spike Lee makes the switch to NHL |last1=Oct 29 |first1=foxsports |last2=ET |first2=2011 at 1:00a |date=October 29, 2011 |website=FOX Sports |language=en-US|access-date=March 13, 2020}}</ref> One of the documentaries in [[ESPN]]'s ''[[30 for 30]]'' series, ''Winning Time: [[Reggie Miller]] vs. The New York Knicks'', focuses partly on Lee's interaction with Miller at Knicks games in [[Madison Square Garden]]. In June 2003, Lee sought an injunction against [[Spike TV]] to prevent them from using his nickname; he claimed that because of his fame, viewers would think he was associated with the channel.<ref>{{cite web |last=Romano |first=Allison |date=April 21, 2003 |title=TNN Hopes Mainly Men Will Watch "Spike TV"s |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA293348.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506102313/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/148961-TNN_Hopes_Mainly_Men_Will_Watch_Spike_TV_.php |archive-date=May 6, 2009 |access-date=August 31, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nexttv.com/|title=Nexttv |website=NextTV|access-date=December 20, 2021|archive-date=June 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608055231/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6566492.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/2961726.stm |work=BBC News |title=Spike sues over channel name |date=June 4, 2003 |access-date=May 23, 2010}}</ref> In March 2020, Lee and the security team at Madison Square Garden had a disagreement over which entrance to use to see the New York Knicks; Lee stated he would not attend the rest of the games for the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/knicks-call-spike-lee-employee-entrance-dispute-laughable-n1148401|title= Knicks call Spike Lee employee entrance dispute 'laughable'|website= [[NBC]]|date= March 3, 2020|access-date= August 4, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/spike-lee-new-york-knicks-feud-employee-entrance-james-dolan-1490336|title= Here's Why Spike Lee and the New York Knicks Are Feuding Right Now|website= [[Newsweek]]|date= March 3, 2020|access-date= August 4, 2020}}</ref> Spike Lee has also frequented [[New York Liberty]] games at [[Barclays Center]], sitting courtside during the [[2024 WNBA playoffs]] in a [[Sabrina Ionescu]] Jersey<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-29 |title=Kelsey Plum and Sabrina Ionescu Have Drastically Different Spike Lee Experiences During Aces-Liberty |url=https://www.si.com/onsi/womens-fastbreak/news/kelsey-plum-and-sabrina-ionescu-have-drastically-different-spike-lee-experiences-during-aces-liberty-01j8zwdd3mh7 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Women's Fastbreak On SI |language=en-US}}</ref>