Jeremy Lin
NEW YORK (AP) ― Covering Jeremy Lin has been easy for Sports Illustrated.
The high-scoring Knicks newcomer is on the cover of SI for the second week in a row. He’s the first New York-based team athlete to be given such treatment since the magazine started in 1954 ― not even Mickey Mantle, Joe Namath or Eli Manning made two straight.
Lin became a global star after getting a chance to start for the Knicks. The unheralded point guard from Harvard is playing with a flair that has revitalized the team and the fans.
Lin is the 12th athlete to appear on the SI cover at least two weeks in a row since 1990. Dirk Nowitzki did it during last season’s NBA finals. Michael Jordan holds the SI cover record with three in row.
‘Linsanity’ explored in new book
NEW YORK (AP) ― A new book promises to give a Lin-side look at the NBA’s newest sensation.
Hachette Book Group says it is publishing “Jeremy Lin: The Reason for the Linsanity,” by Timothy Dalrymple. It is due in stores in May, the company announced Wednesday.
Harvard graduate Jeremy Lin recently became a New York Knicks phenomenon. He’s the NBA’s first American-born player of Taiwanese descent. And his recent prominence has spurred countless puns on his name.
The book will chronicle Lin’s high school, college and early career in the NBA, while highlighting the media explosion ignited by his success as starting guard with the Knicks.
Knicks radio announcer disciplined
NEW YORK (AP) ― MSG says it has punished a radio announcer who used an offensive term about Knicks guard Jeremy Lin.
The network says the term Spero Dedes “unintentionally and inadvertently” used was “inappropriate and inconsistent with the high regard we have for Jeremy Lin as a member of our MSG family, as well as for the Asian community.”
In a statement, Dedes says he has apologized to Lin and will be more sensitive about his choice of words.
Lin is the first American-born NBA player of Taiwanese or Chinese descent. One ESPN employee was fired and another suspended for using the same term as Dedes, which also can be used as a slur against Chinese people.
koreaherald@heraldcorp.com
