The NBA’s Jeremy Lin who plays for the Knicks has taken the NBA by storm. Is he redefining what is means to be an “all-American kid”? This short Newshour piece asks this question: The Jeremy Lin Phenomenon.
Summary
Jeremy Lin, a point guard for the New York Knicks and the first Chinese-American player in NBA history, is on a storybook run in his first four games as a starter. Ray Suarez and Jeff Yang of The Wall Street Journal explore how an unknown basketball player suddenly captured the attention of the NBA, the sports world and beyond.
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