Hartnett: Madison Square Garden Is Again The Mecca Of The Sports Universe
For years, the Knicks and Rangers were viewed as failing franchises, embarrassments to their former glories. Now MSG is the place to be.
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For years, the Knicks and Rangers were viewed as failing franchises, embarrassments to their former glories. Now MSG is the place to be.
No more "Couching Tiger." And now, after six straight stunning games, certainly no more "Hidden Dragon."
Call it a Lin-stant classic. And just in time for the Knicks' longest homestand of the season.
Aside from shooting game winning three pointers, the sudden superstar has provided New Yorkers with a new hobby: Coming up with the best Jeremy Lin-isms.
I understand the big story in sports is Jeremy Lin. However, if you check out the NHL standings and statistics, you will see Henrik Lundqvist, the King, doing amazing things for the Rangers.
It was a game in which Knicks fans thought was lost. Down by 17, vio-Lin music was all cued up in Toronto.
What makes Jerry stand out among others in his field is his charm and his wit, which just happens to be unparalleled in the industry.
What more can you say?!
Jeremy Lin made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with less than a second to play and the New York Knicks rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 90-87 Tuesday night, extending their winning streak to six games.
Knicks phenom Jeremy Lin arrived on Tuesday at the Air Canada Centre with the Knicks, who are riding a five-game winning streak thanks to the former Harvard player.
The rise of Jeremy Lin has officially jumped the shark. I've read stories implying and heard fans saying how they think the Knicks might be better without Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony. Let's not be stupid here.
"Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he's Asian," boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. tweeted Monday. "Black players do what he does every night and don't get the same praise."
Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin has been compared to Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. But how about something closer to the hardcourt?
Stoudemire left the Knicks last week after an unknown reserve named Jeremy Lin sparked a seemingly innocuous victory. It's since turned into "Linsanity."
You've heard of the movie, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Jeremy Lin is the "Couching Crimson," now looking for a place to live, an abode fitting of the Knicks fan's favorite sensation.
Knicks guard Jeremy Lin has been named the Eastern Conference player of the week after his sensational first week as an NBA starter.
With the Knicks and Rangers on winning streaks and Linsanity spreading through the sports world, shares of The Madison Square Garden Co. reached an all-time high Monday.
Jeremy Lin has been the center of the Knicks basketball universe the last week and rightfully so. None of us might ever see such a meteoric rise from such an unlikely figure ever again. And we wouldn't have seen any of this if it wasn't for Mike D'Antoni.
First there was "Tebowing." Then came "Bradying." Now "Linsanity" is taking over the Internet.
Two million Time Warner Cable customers have had to hunt around for the random Knicks or Rangers game that's carried on channels other than MSG Network.
The question now is: what will happen when Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire return? Will the Knicks keep on Lin-ning?
Lin slept on Landry Fields' sofa last week before launching "Linsanity." What we weren't aware of? The 6-foot-3 point guard had to get a good rest on just two cushions.
The Knicks didn't even play and still made the back page of the paper, so that should tell you all you need to know about what was going on in the world of sports.
It was an interesting start to today's edition of the Morning Extravaganza as Boomer & Craig found themselves on opposite sides of the fence regarding 'Linsanity.'
In their own different, yet equally dynamic ways, Ricky Rubio and Jeremy Lin have put their dormant franchises on their backs and given a jolt to the NBA's long-standing mission of bringing the game to every corner of the world.
