Temporary Linsanity
The last month has seen an unknown bench-warmer of the New York Knicks basketball team – Harvard graduate Jeremy Lin – propelled into the upper echelons of auspicious notoriety. Mr Lin wrote his name in the history books by delivering more points during his first five games as a starter than any of the greats who had gone before him. From this unlikely scenario, Mr Lin has garnered a global spotlight with his own lexicon and, despite a gap of 6 NBA championships and 5 MVPs, his face has appeared on Time Magazinethe same number of...