February 20, 2012
- Allen Iverson has been offered $20,000 a game to play indoor soccer as his chances for a revitalized NBA career looking bleak.
- Controversy was raised over the weekend after an ESPN reporter allegedly applied a racial slur to his headline, in an article about Jeremy Lin. Anthony Federico, the reporter who has now been fired from ESPN, has apologized and said that Lin, as an outspoken Christian, is actually his hero.
- Focus on Harvard sensation Jeremy Lin once again brought faith-talk and basketball analysis simultaneously together, this time via NBA legend Earvin Magic Johnson during ESPN/ABC's TV coverage of the New York Knicks' victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.
- An avalanche survivor credited an airbag and quick thinking for saving her life in Washington's Cascade Mountains.
- Sunday night Lin and the Knicks took down defending champions the Dallas Mavericks 107-94. Lin put up impressive numbers, scoring 28 points and dishing out a career high 14 assists. But before his excellent performance, his opponents dealt the young star some pretty cutting disrespect.
- Jeremy Lin's time in the NBA D-League is being celebrated with his Erie BayHawks jersey being auctioned on eBay and receiving bids of almost $4,000.
- Peyton Manning and his wife Ashley have made a sizeable donation to the Peyton Manning Scholarship Endowment at the University of Tennessee, Manning's Alma Mater.
- Vanessa Bryant is reportedly torn on whether she should pursue her existing divorce from Kobe Bryant or give in to his pleas to work on their troubled marriage.
- Last week's ESPN Jeremy Lin "chink" headline caused huge controversy over its racist tones, and resulted in the headline writer to be fired. However the former EPSN employee responsible for posting the epithet has now spoken out in his defense, calling the incident an "honest mistake."
- Last week's ESPN Jeremy Lin "chink" headline caused huge controversy over its racist tones, and resulted in the headline writer to be fired. However the former ESPN employee responsible for posting the epithet has now spoken out in his defense, calling the incident an "honest mistake."