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Oh Great, Now ‘Linning’ Is Becoming a Meme

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...

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Can Jeremy Lin End the MSG/Time Warner Cable War?

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 ...

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“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.”

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
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