What is going on???
For the second week in a row, Jeremy Lin is on the cover of Sports Illustrated (No, wait – there was an issue in between the Jeremy Lin covers. How could self forget? The Annual Sports Illustrated No-Swimsuit – er, Swimsuit Issue)
On 20 February, 2012, the SI cover articles were these:
- Big Ten: The Best Damn Ball in the Land
- Tiger, Phil, and the Meaning of Pebble Beach
- Pablo S. Torres’ Against All Odds: The Sudden and Spectacular Ascent of Jeremy Lin
In this week’s issue, the cover stories are:
- Hockey’s Toughest Questions: After a Devastating Hit, Rethinking the Way the Game Is Played
- Baylor Rising: What’s Behind the Bears’ Success
- Nascar 2012: A Changing of the Guard
- Jeremy’s World: Big Surprise Big Money Big Heart (written by Pablo S. Torre again)
Oh my goodness, how long can this Jeremy Lin Love last?
The first time self watched him on TV, she was distracted by frequent mention of “World Peace,” which turned out to be a player’s actual name. What is this world coming to? The husband pointed him out. Nyeh! Of course all the Asian American nerds in America would love such an improbable icon of athleticism! What a fitting rejoinder to the “M. Butterfly Syndrome,” the emasculation of the Asian American male!
“Played for Harvard,” the husband intoned.
What? Self didn’t even know the Harvard basketball team was considered competitive (That’s because self only has eyes for Stanford basketball — BWAH HA HAAA!).
Self will now pull from the SI 27 February article: “Now, after two weeks the likes of which sports fans may never see again, reality is so three months ago.”
But tonight, self noticed, Carmelo Anthony was back in the Knicks’ starting line-up, and Lin scored only 17 points.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
