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Jeremy Lin Hits Game-Winning Three-Pointer With 0.5 Seconds Left
Linsanity lives, as Jeremy Lin (after tying the game with a hoop-and-the-harm three point play) won it for the Knicks with this three, giving him 12 points in the fourth quarter (27 for the game) and the Knicks their sixth straight win. [TSN]...
This Weekend In Naked Barely-Legal Cowgirl Driving News
"Meet Taylor Burnham. When Corpus Christi cops responded to a suspicious person call early Sunday, they spotted Burnham, 18, standing in an alleyway next to a Jeep Wrangler. The teenager was naked, except for a pair of cowboy boots. After spotting cops, Burnham hopped in the Jeep and took off at ar...
Man Who Owns Linsanity.com Tried To Trademark "Linsanity" Last Week, Wasn't Fast Enough
When last we heard of Andrew Slayton, he was selling Jeremy-Lin themed t-shirts for $16 on his website. We didn't name the website at the time because it felt a little too venal, all this capitalizing on the bootstraps tale of a Harvard youth overcoming impossible odds to make his way in the world. ...
Darren Rovell Gets On One Knee, Asks Kate Upton To Be His Valentine, Is Rejected
The very married CNBC sports business expert Darren Rovell (very married as in his wife is very pregnant) continued his ill-advised campaign of Kate Upton obsession (see: his Twitter avatar and this article) today when after a group conversation about Upton's appearance on the cover of this year'...
ESPN Reporter Doing Linsanity Story In Chinatown Runs Into ESPN Reporter Doing Linsanity Story In Chinatown, Interviews Her
Here is ESPN's Robin Lundberg speaking with ESPN's Rachel Nichols somewhere in Manhattan's Chinatown. This is a moment, people. This is an Escher drawing of an Escher drawing of a guy who's standing between two mirrors and dividing by zero. [ESPN; H/T Mike N.]...
Melo Says Jeremy Lin Is "Like A Dream Come True" For Him
Talk radio callers and internet people alike are foretelling doom regarding Carmelo Anthony's return to the Knicks later this week. He'll need to share the ball with Jeremy Lin, the Socratic ideal of a point guard. (The ideal point guard shoots it all the time and turns it over a bunch, right?) The ...
10 Hideous Sports-Themed Gifts You Shouldn’t Get Your Girlfriend for Valentine's Day
Men, Valentine's Day is basically here. If you are single and not bothered about it, you're off the hook. Have a nice Tuesday. If you're lovelorn, just rent a wingman and try to woo a Lady Who Hangs Out In Bars. Have fun being single and carefree. The rest of you, be you new boyfriend or husband of ...
It Looks Like A.J. Burnett Will Soon Take His Scowl To Pittsburgh
Jon Heyman reports that the Yankees will soon receive two non-roster players from Pittsburgh in exchange for the useless Burnett and about $20 million. It's essentially a bigger-money, surlier version of that time Matt Morris landed in Pittsburgh. [Twitter]...
What We Talk About When We Talk About "This Jeremy Lin Nigga"
Yellow Mamba. Fortune Rookie. The Linja....
After Signing Cuban Defector With Weird Workout Video, Have The A's Had The Strangest Offseason Ever?
What is going on Oakland? (No, not this.) Billy Beane's done some things. He traded two young All-Star starters, Gio Gonzalez and Trevor Cahill, to the Nationals and Diamondbacks. He traded away his closer, Andrew Bailey, and Craig Breslow, another reliable reliever. Then he traded away two more sta...
In China, "Linsanity" Is Called 林疯狂
The New Yorker has a little dispatch about 林疯狂, or linfengkuang, as it's unfolding on the Chinese mainland. Apparently, the hoop-heads there have been tracking Lin for some time. In the last fortnight, however, they've caught Linsanity. And Linsanity in China isn't quite the same as it is here:...
Will The Future Of 3D Sports TV Ever Come Into Focus?
Mario Manningham's sideline catch in the Super Bowl was a virtuosic use of space. But the only way to watch it was in two dimensions. While 3D movies have spread everywhere, and TV manufacturers are aggressively pushing 3D TV, the NFL is sticking with two-dimensional production for its biggest game....
The Political Footballization Of Jeremy Lin Has Begun
The subtle jabs started with last week's NMA animation showing Jeremy Lin throwing flaming basketballs at Yao Ming, and the Taiwanese media outfit released a new video today that plays up Lin's heritage with the prominent inclusion of the flag of the Republic of China....
10 Years Ago In Asian Athletic Supremacy
"Yet while population geneticists and sociologists have been battling over the meaning of times in the 100-meter dash, Asians have been making their own argument about where they fit into the world of sports. And they've been doing it through pure, old-fashioned physical superiority. The fastest man...
The Stages Of Internet Grief, As Applied To Whitney Houston's Death
0. Basic Twitter Check...
All This Jeremy Lin Love Is Pissing The Shit Out Of Buzz Bissinger
Well, it had to happen, didn't it? In this day and age of instant analysis and constant coverage, overkill is only a long weekend away for most stories. Jeremy Lin captivated the hearts and minds of New Yorkers and sports fans everywhere one week, and the next, Buzz Bissinger is comparing him unfav...
Legendary College Basketball Coach Lute Olson Is A Frat Guy
Lute Olson, a name often mentioned in the same breath as John Wooden, will now be mentioned in the same breath as backwards Game hats and conch shell necklaces. That's right, a press release from Pi Kappa Alpha informs us that the Silver Fox is now a member of the fraternity known collectively as t...
Jason Whitlock Says He "Debased A Feel-Good Sports Moment" Because Of His Mother And Richard Pryor
The Asian American Journalists Association asks, and Whitlock delivers...something. In his short, yet somehow rambling "apology" Whitlock tells readers he fell victim to the perils of racial stereotyping due to a genetic trait passed on by his mother. Richard Pryor gets thrown under the bus, too. M...