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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “The Flush”

Fresh Off the Boat, Season 3, Episode 17: “The Flush” Original airdate March 15, 2017. Microsynopsis:  Jessica takes Honey, Emery, and Evan on a road trip to Georgia in order to save the handling charge on a new recliner for … Continue reading

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Space Jam 3 Anime Parody Featuring Jeremy Lin

With all kinds of grim videos out there from police shootings to cringe inducing videos about “Neenjas” and Xenophobic videos about Chinese buying American farms, this NigaHiga/Jeremy Lin collaboration really made my day.  It pulls in some popular Anime characters … Continue reading

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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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ICYMI: NYTimes: Open Season on Jeremy Lin? In Video, Fan Highlights Hard Fouls

If you read 8Asians.com, you’ve probably already come across a Jeremy Lin fan video highlighting the injustices against opponents flagrantly fouling him titled, Jeremy Lin: Too Flagrant Not to Call and his opponents not getting called a foul. I’ve watched … Continue reading

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Jeremy Lin’s TAG Heuer Connected Watch

Working in Silicon Valley and as part of my job, I’ve checked out and played around with a few smartwatches. Personally, I can’t say that I’m a big fan of them – having to charge an extra device, and most … Continue reading

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The Fung Brothers: Americanized Chinese Food with Jeremy Lin

As you may know, Taiwanese American NBA basketball sensation Jeremy Lin joined the Charlotte [North Carolina] Hornets this season. If you’ve ever been to North Carolina, you know there aren’t a lot of Asians there, and even fewer Chinese restaurants. … Continue reading

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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Fall Ball”

Fresh Off the Boat, Season 2, Episode 4: “Fall Ball” Original airdate October 13, 2015. Microsynopsis: Louis is beyond excited about Eddie’s upcoming Fall Ball, the first school dance for the middle-schooler. He offers to give Eddie and his friends … 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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Jeremy Lin Pranks Fans at Madame Tussauds SF by Pretending to Be His Own Wax Figure

http://youtu.be/SNBIVUeMrvU We already know that Jeremy Lin has a good sense of humor (see Jeremy Lin reads mean tweets on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jeremy Lin dunking on his Mom, and wishing her “happy birthday”). We also know Madame Tussauds SF … Continue reading

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Jeremy Lin Immortalized in Wax at Madame Tussauds SF

  Current Los Angeles Lakers NBA player Jeremy Lin was in San Francisco with his Mom on Thursday, August 21st, to see himself honored and immortalized in wax at Madame Tussauds SF. From the press release I received from the … Continue reading

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8Links: Monks Ferguson, Food Truck Accolades, and Jeremy Lin takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

8Links is a series which occasionally highlights interesting content from sites we read. Got a tip for us? Let us know about a link you would like to see on 8Asians.com by suggesting a link! Thai-Kun, an Austin food truck … 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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