The week’s honorable mentions
Knicks
New BFF Alert: Meryl Streep and 50 Cent Hang Out at a Basketball Game
We hear they’ve already ordered platinum Best Friends necklaces.
Watch This Epic Dance-off Between Fan and Usher at Detroit Basketball Game
Awesome.
Watch Carmelo Anthony Pretend To Be a Wax Figure, Surprise Tourists
It’s something everyone thinks of doing immediately upon entry to a wax museum: pretend to be a wax figure to fool tourists. Unfortunately, most people can’t pull off the ruse — mainly because most of us aren’t famous enough to …
Amar’e vs. the Fire Extinguisher: The Top 10 Silliest Off-the-Field Sports Injuries
After the Knicks forward smashed his hand through a fire extinguisher case, TIME takes a look at other inanimate objects, from bagpipes to bottles of aftershave, that have relegated sporting greats to the disabled list.
Jeremy Lin Gets Lunch with Fired ESPN Headline Writer
The ESPN staffer who wrote an offensive headline (“Chink in the Armor”) featured on a February article about Jeremy Lin and the Knicks was fired for the misstep, and has already apologized. Now, in a pretty gracious move, the …
Jeremy Lin’s Rookie Card Sells for $21,850 on eBay
On Thursday afternoon, a mint condition rookie trading card of the New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin sold for $21,580.
The New York Knicks’ Jeremy Lin in Action
A look at the scrappy basketball player’s exploits this season
ESPN Fires Writer Over Racial Slur in Jeremy Lin Headline
UPDATED: Monday 2/20, 2:00 p.m. EST
The headline was up for a mere 35 minutes in the middle of the night, but it has caused enough of a stir to get the writer canned. ESPN is apologizing after the phrase, a double entendre, …
Goodbye, Couch Surfing: Jeremy Lin Moves out of His Brother’s Place
Rising NBA star Jeremy Lin is ditching his brother’s padded, army green-brown couch for, you know, an actual apartment. Wait, he was still sleeping on his brother’s couch?
That’s right, and it’s all because his contract wasn’t …
The Rise of Jeremy Lin
The newly minted NBA phenom has traveled an unlikely path from Harvard to the New York Knicks
“Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he's Asian. Black players do what he does every night and don't get the same praise.”