Posted by Una Chou on Monday, May 14, 2012,
 America can’t get enough of Jeremy Lin — nor can anyone else. Less than a week after leading the Knicks to a five-game winning streak, Taiwanese-American point guard is the most searched item on Baidu, a leading Chinese search engine, and he already has a quarter million followers on Weibo, a Twitter-like microblog. Everybody, it seems, is talking about the Harvard-educated wunderkind.
In Asia at least, most comments seem pleased to see a high-profile Chinese-American in sports. Wang Lee-... Continue reading ...
Posted by Una Chou on Monday, May 14, 2012,
 Every day, we seem to learn something new about Jeremy Lin. Here’s the latest, a basketball scouting report for the opposition: if Lin has the ball at the top of the key, and the game is on the line, do not, under any circumstances, let him shoot it.
Lin did it again. In Toronto on Tuesday night, with the game tied 87-87, rookie Knicks guard Iman Shumpert missed a pull-up jump shot with a little over 20 seconds left. But Knicks center Tyson Chandler grabbed the offensive rebound and tossed ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Una Chou on Monday, May 14, 2012,
 Just type the letters L and I on Baidu, and China’s top search engine sends out an automatic prompt: do you mean Lin Shuhao, the Taiwanese-American basketball breakout phenom whose English name is Jeremy Lin? (The California native prefers to render his given name as Shu-How.) On Wednesday morning Beijing time, after Lin led the New York Knicks to victory with a game-winning three-pointer and a total of 27 points and 11 assists, the 23-year-old was the hottest topic on Sina Weibo, China’... Continue reading ...
Posted by Una Chou on Monday, May 14, 2012,
 As far as memes go, “Linning” is a bit tougher to pull off than “Tebowing.” As fans, for some unexplained reason, clamor to copy our instant idols (Tim Tebow, Jeremy Lin, etc.), we search for defining gestu to replicate.
For Tebow fans (and those mocking him, too), the obvious kneeling-in-prayer pose took over the Internet, with people posting photos of themselves with their head down and their knee bent. Whether they were praying or mocking was left to the imagination.
In the effort to...
Posted by Una Chou on Monday, May 14, 2012,
 He may have outplayed NBA superstar Kobe Bryant in the Garden Friday night, but the pressure keeps mounting on New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin. Now, the pro-basketball Cinderella Story is being counted on to end the entrenched carriage war between the Madison Square Garden Company and Time Warner Cable.
Since Jan. 1, about 2.8 million Time Warner Cable subscribers have been unable to see regional sports telecasts of not only Knicks home games, but also those for local NHL teams the New York ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Una Chou on Monday, May 14, 2012,
“Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he's Asian. Black players do what he does every night and don't get the same praise.”
— Boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr., posting on his Twitter account about New York Knicks breakout star Jeremy Lin. He didn’t stop there — he argued that NBA players get penalized for speaking up and he’s not sure why he gets criticized while ESPN analysts say what they want Continue reading ...
Posted by Una Chou on Sunday, April 22, 2012,
 The only Asian American in the NBA is not just breaking stereotypes, he's also redefining his country
After watching my first World Series in 1977, I wanted to be Reggie Jackson. I bought a big Reggie poster. I ate Reggie candy bars. I entered a phase during which I insisted on having the same style of glasses Reggie had: gold wire frames with the double bar across. As a 9-year-old son of immigrants, I was claiming Reggie and, through him, this country. Every time I imitated his explosive swi... Continue reading ...
Posted by Una Chou on Sunday, April 22, 2012,
 The phenomenon of undrafted Harvard grad and previous NBA benchwarmer Jeremy Lin is translating into serious money, as Knicks’ ticket prices soar and stores can’t keep up with demand for Lin jerseys and “Linsanity” merchandise. Not long after being let go by two NBA teams (Rockets, Warriors), Lin is the biggest story in basketball. He’s led the Knicks to five straight wins, highlighted by a dominant, 38-point performance against the Lakers, all without Carmelo Anthony or Amar’e St... Continue reading ...
Posted by Una Chou on Sunday, April 22, 2012,
.jpg) Suffering from a case of Linsanity? Been unable to get your hands on your new favorite NBA player’s jersey? Searched high and low for something to rep Jeremy Lin hard during his upcoming showdown with Kobe in Friday’s game, only to find nothing? Sounds about right, because until just early Friday morning, there wasn’t anything. At all. The Knicks scrambled to produce the point guard’s souvenir jersey for eager fans in time for Friday’s game, and the Knicks’ online store started ta... Continue reading ...
Posted by Una Chou on Sunday, April 22, 2012,
 With a big win against the Los Angeles Lakers Friday night, Jeremy Lin continues to wow crowds and stun announcers.
All right, Jeremy Lin. We get it. You’re for real. Steve Novak, a backup sharpshooter for the New York Knicks, wants to amend a statement he made before Lin ignited Madison Square Garden on Friday night, on national television, by torching Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers for 38 points in a 92-85 Knicks win. “I take back everything I said, that it’s unrealistic that... Continue reading ...
Posted by Una Chou on Sunday, April 22, 2012,
The New York Knicks may have found the point guard they so desperately needed, from a source no one expected. Jeremy Lin, who was playing in the NBA’s development league — the minors — just two weeks ago, scored 28 points in his first career start on Monday night. He also handed out eight assists in New York’s 99-88 victory over the Utah Jazz at Madison Square Garden. This was quite an encore: on Saturday night at the Garden, Lin lit up All-Star point guard Deron Williams of the New Je... Continue reading ...
Posted by Una Chou on Monday, April 9, 2012,
 Certain truths are tied to March Madness, that time of year when the NCAA men's basketball tournament turns every cubicle dweller into a college-hoops junkie. That batty lady who picks the winners based on the cuteness of the mascots will crush you in your office pool. Duke will have a guy who gets under your skin. And the Harvard basketball players will be locked in the library instead of pulling off a Cinderella upset.It's been 64 years since the Crimson appeared in the NCAA tournament. But... Continue reading ...
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