Nets Put A Lid On Linsanity This Time
Linsanity ran into reality: All-Star Deron Williams wasn't getting embarrassed by the Harvard guy again.
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Linsanity ran into reality: All-Star Deron Williams wasn't getting embarrassed by the Harvard guy again.
Jeremy Lin has accepted ESPN's apology for a controversial headline that appeared on the network's web site early Saturday morning, adding that he didn't think the racial connotation of it was intentional.
ESPN is apologizing for using a tasteless term to describe New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin. The racial slur appeared in an online headline, and was used in a SportsCenter segment late Friday.
With "Linsanity" in full swing, someone bid $40,000 for the first Knicks uniform Jeremy Lin wore.
As with Tim Tebow, the story becomes the story. It's not about the person, anymore, but the reaction to the person, and then the reaction to the reaction.
Derrick Rose is, without a doubt, the brightest basketball star in Chicago, if not its biggest sports star, period. But Rose and the Chicago Bulls' success isn't stopping "Linsanity" from taking root in Chicago, as New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin continues to dazzle the NBA.
Nothing about the kid from Harvard should be a surprise anymore. When he launched a 3-pointer in a tie game with a half-second left in Toronto on Tuesday night, the result seemed obvious.
Lin and Tebow have dominated professional sports media at times within the last six months and they share an obvious faith in God. And that'll do it folks. Goodnight everybody.
Shortly after Jeremy Lin's 38-point performance Friday night against the Celtics, one columnist sent out a tweet poking fun at the Chinese-American ball player.
Just a few days after Jeremy Lin took the NBA by storm, rapper Mega Ran made a tribute song to the Harvard graduate.
"Linsanity" is here, and it needs to go away right damn quick. I cannot stand any more Tebowish wall-to-wall coverage of one guy who seems like a good person but in the grand scheme has yet to accomplish anything.
A Florida Highway Patrol report says Hazell Stoudemire was driving an SUV that crashed into the back of a trailer being towed by a truck early Monday morning.
Derrick Rose had 15 in the fourth quarter and repeatedly answered when the Knicks rallied.
After their four-game west coast swing to start the season, the Bulls won't travel out of the Central or Eastern timezones the rest of the season.
After nearly two years of bickering, NBA players and owners are back on the same side. "We want to play basketball," Commissioner David Stern said.
When the NBA sorts out its labor strife and opens up free agency, the Chicago Bulls may have some competition if they want to re-sign veteran forward Kurt Thomas.
If these games against the Pacers seem closer than they should be, that's because they are.
The Chicago Bulls defeated the New York Knicks on Tuesday night to bring their regular season record to 61-20.
Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls have two things they want to accomplish before the regular season ends. And they can make ground on both of them by beating the New York Knicks on Tuesday night.
The Chicago Bulls have had a great season so far, they've reached the 60-win mark, clinched the Eastern Conference's No. 1 seed and have the frontrunner for the league's MVP award.
At the peak of his global celebrity, Michael Jordan's pitch to potential consumers of his branded products was refreshingly direct.
Tom Thibodeau was hired to improve the Bulls' defense, but it's possible that he has done much more than that.
Ah, the trade deadline! Speculation and rumors are tossed around more during this time of the season than bean bags in a corn-hole tournament.
The three-ring circus surrounding Carmelo Anthony is over. Let the speculation about how Anthony will fit in with the Knicks and who lost in the trade begin.
Attention New York Knicks fans: if you are wondering when you are going to win your first NBA Championship since 1973…I will let you in on a little secret, okay?
