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Linsanity Left off the list of 21st Century Knicks Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iWWFk6TX18 The New York Post is disgusted that Linsanity has been left off of Madison Square Garden Network’s list of Top 21st Century Knicks Moments.  Lin’s career high 38 points should at least be as good as Iman Shumpert’s career-high … Continue reading

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Jeremy Lin’s Focus made him turn down millions in Linsanity Endorsements

While he jokes about possible endorsements in the above video, Jeremy Lin revealed in a recent interview that he turned down millions in endorsements during Linsanity.  The reason?  He wanted to focus on basketball.  You might think “no big deal,” … Continue reading

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Asian Men Making a Comeback in the Dating Scene, Thanks to Linsanity?

by Leeland Lee The headline from the Huffington Post was grim: “Black People and Asian Men Have a Much Harder Time Dating on OKCupid.” Reading this, I braced myself to be castigated, to be verbally castrated. The article linked to … Continue reading

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Linsanity Moves to LA: Rockets Trade Jeremy Lin to Lakers

It’s the news that’s lighting up the internet… Jeremy Lin was traded by the Houston Rockets to the Los Angeles Lakers. JLin himself hasn’t made a public comment yet, but keep I keep reloading his Twitter feed (@JLin7) to see … Continue reading

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Asian American Christianity and Linsanity

(Image from the Christian Film Database) Authors Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell offer an interesting statistic in American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us about the connection between being religious and one’s ethnic identity: Do other minority groups also have … Continue reading

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LINSANITY Available for DVD Pre-Order for January 7, 2014

If you haven’t caught the documentary film LINSANITY about NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin, you can pre-order the DVD now on Amazon.com, with the DVD being released on January 7th, 2014. Otherwise, the documentary is also available via digital download … Continue reading

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‘LINSANITY’ Premieres this Friday 10/4 in the U.S. & Taiwan

http://youtu.be/q14ooGPJZBs LINSANITY, the movie about the roller coaster story of Jeremy Lin and his quest to make it in the NBA, debuts this Friday in these cities: Chicago Houston Los Angeles New York San Diego San Francisco San Francisco South … Continue reading

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Jeremy Lin Opens Up to 20,000 Taiwanese on Turmoil Under ‘Linsanity’ Hype

http://youtu.be/vnTK5tRnpdw?t=1h6m22s NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin made his annual summer pilgrimage to Taiwan to visit family, have fun, teach at an annual youth basketball camp, and to speak at a religious youth conference: “Houston Rockets guard Jeremy Lin shared his … Continue reading

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‘LINSANITY’ the Documentary Coming to a Theater Near You October 4th

‘LINSANITY,’ the documentary about NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin and his tumultuous struggle to breakthrough stereotypes and make it into the NBA and into the zeitgeist is scheduled for distribution on October 4th: “Ketchup Entertainment has acquired Evan Jackson Leong’s … Continue reading

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60 Minutes: Linsanity: Jeremy Lin’s Rise to Stardom

Last September, I had blogged about Jeremy Lin’s escape from his busy Taipei schedule to play street basketball and how that was taped by 60 Minutes. The full 60 Minutes piece profiling Jeremy Lin finally aired this past Sunday night! … Continue reading

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LINSANITY, the Documentary Kicks Off CAAMFest 2013 & the Opening Night Gala at the Asian Art Museum in SF

This past Thursday, I had the honor and pleasure attending the premiere of LINSANITY, the documentary film, about Jeremy Lin that helped kickoff CAAMFest – the Center for Asian American Media Festival (“Film. Music. Food.”), formerly known as the San … Continue reading

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LINSANITY Hits Taiwan With Jeremy Lin’s Press Conference in Taipei

Over the weekend, Houston Rockets’ Jeremy Lin arrived in his parents’ homeland of Taiwan and LINSANITY ensued. Lin held a very well attended press conference to answer many amusing questions, including if he has a girlfriend or not (he does … Continue reading

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