Posts Tagged ‘Jeremy Lin’
Monday, October 22nd, 2012
A year ago, nobody knew
Jeremy Lin from the Harvard kid in the next cubicle. But now, with a new NBA season about to start, it’s proving time: can this soft-spoken boy wonder lead a franchise of his own? GQ joined Lin for his first trip back to New York since he was cast out of the Knicks’ kingdom this summer and found out what he’s got in store for…
Linsanity: The Sequel
Thursday, July 19th, 2012
Apparently, to Melo, Jeremy Lin is not in the fraternity. Or at least, Lin’s place in it is dubious enough that he has not earned the omerta that every other player gets. Anybody wanna try to convince me it has zero to do with Lin being Asian-American? Because, and let’s cut to the quick, Carmelo Anthony never ever would’ve made that remark about a black NBA player’s contract, and I doubt that he ever would’ve said it about a white player’s, either. If Melo thought that Lin was being wildly overpaid but still, fundamentally, belonged in the club, he would’ve kept his mouth shut. He didn’t because he doesn’t.
Saturday, March 31st, 2012
It’s perhaps easier to forget the name of fired ESPN editor Anthony Federico than it is to forgive the
“Chink in the Armor” headline he wrote, but apparently Jeremy Lin did the latter face-to-face with Federico over lunch on Tuesday. ”It went incredible,” Federico said in a report by
Newsday‘s Anthony Rieber. “I’m just so excited we had a chance to meet. We talked for an hour. I’m just so thankful.”
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
As Landry Fields puts it, this handshake is only for “basically geniuses.” Harvard and Stanford connect here to breakdown exactly how Fields and Jeremy Lin go about executing their pre-game handshake. It’s elaborate. It’s “bromance.” And it’s pretty funny.
Sunday, March 4th, 2012
The Jeremy Lin story book has many chapters, but a major, prevailing theme is that Lin is an Asian-American. This simple fact has lead to a lot of positivity in the Asian community but also to some negative and racist comments (and not just in comment sections and Twitter).
Saturday, February 25th, 2012
Jeremy Lin may not officially be a NBA All-Star, but he’s got to have even the biggest names in the league jealous of the custom Nike kicks he wore in the Rising Stars Challenge.
Monday, February 20th, 2012
This past weekend, two ESPN employees who managed to use the phrase
“chink in the armor” to describe Jeremy Lin were swiftly punished for the offenses.
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Yes, Jeremy Lin after starting a grand total of five games for the New York Knicks made the cover of Time.
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Jeremy Lin has taken the sports world by storm. Lin-sanity is sweeping the nation right now. However, not everybody is aware of Jeremy Lin (aka Jerry Linn of the New York Giants). Yikes.
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
“Lincredible!” exclaimed the back page of Saturday’s New York Post.
“Just Lin, baby” read the bold headline in the New York Daily News.
