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New York Knicks’ Jeremy Lin bursts onto national scene

Arts, Culture & Media

Jeremy Lin couldn’t find a university that would offer him a scholarship, so he went to Harvard. Lin couldn’t get drafted, so he signed a free agent contract with the Golden State Warriors. He couldn’t catch on there, so he went to the NBA Development League. Then he got to New York where was to be the team’s third string point guard. But a funny thing happened. After a triple-double in a return to the D-League, he went on a tear and brought “Linsanity” to the Knicks.

When science and sports collide

Environment

Tavis Smiley one of “Time’s” 100 Most Influential

Arts, Culture & Media

The Art and Science of the Public Comeback

Guan Tianlang: China’s Golf Phenom to Tee it Up at the Masters

Sports
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Checking in on Summer Sports, with Ibrahim Abdul Matin

Sports

With an NFL lockout, a looming NBA stoppage, and a little firecracker from Northern Ireland taking over the links, it’s a very different sports summer. So what DOES a sports-watcher watch? According to Ibrahim: Dodgeball, Cycling, and Badminton.

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US Open Winner Rory McIlroy Makes Golf History

Sports

22-year-old Rory McIlroy made golfing history at the U.S. Open yesterday, closing his four-day onslaught and setting twelve Open records at 16-under-par 268–eight shots ahead of his closest competitor.

Remembering Babe Didrikson on her 100th Birthday

Before there was a Michael Jordan or Martina Navratilova, long before Tiger Woods or even Jackie Robinson, there was a woman named Babe Didrikson Zaharias who dominated sports for a quarter century. To the delight and fascination of the public, she was able to beat top athletes, both male and female, at sports ranging from […]

Short Game vs. Blasting at Masters Golf

Sports

The Masters Golf tournament got underway yesterday at Augusta National Golf Club, and 21-year-old Irishman Roy McIlroy is leading the pack. What he seems to lack in terms of experience, he apparently makes up in confidence. Takeaway sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin has more on the early favorites. And he says that Tiger Woods “is doing […]

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Tiger Woods gets back in the game

Sports

With a press conference scheduled for Monday and the Master’s tournament in his sights, this is going to be a big week for Tiger Woods. We talk to David Feherty, a notorious golf announcer and personal friend of Woods.

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