Who is JEREMY LIN? The LINSANITY continues

By now I'm sure even if you NOT a sports fan you have heard of the name Jeremy Lin.

He's the overnight sensation point guard of the New York Knicks who for his brief NBA carrier sat on benches

The Harvard University graduate reached a partially guaranteed contract deal with his hometown Golden State Warriors where in 29 games averaged only 2.9 point per.

In his senior year at Harvard (2009–10), Lin averaged 16.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.1 blocks, and was again a unanimous selection for All-Ivy League First Team. He later joined the Dallas Mavericks for mini-camp as well as their NBA Summer League team in Las Vegas.

But he did win a game for Harvard on 11/16/2009 against William & Mary in Triple Overtime!(video)

After graduating from Harvard University, Lin went undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft. Eight teams had invited Lin to predraft workouts.In five Summer League games, while playing both guard positions, Lin averaged 9.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.2 steals in 18.6 minutes per game and shot a team leading 54.5% from the floor. Lin received offers to sign from the Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, and an unnamed Eastern Conference team. The Golden State Warriors would also offer Lin a contract in addition to the original three teams

On July 21, 2010, Lin signed a two-year deal with his hometown Golden State Warriors, his favorite team growing up. he reports noted that the deal would include a first-year salary of close to $500,000 with more than half of it guaranteed.Lin said the counteroffers from the three other teams were higher, but he wanted to come home and play for the Warriors. Lin also signed a three-year guaranteed contract with Nike. His jersey was already on sale before his first NBA game.Lin made the Warriors' opening day roster for the 2010–11 regular season, but he was placed on the inactive list.

He made his NBA debut against the L.A. Clipper on L.A. Clippers on 10/29/2010 (see video). receiving a standing ovation from the crowd of 17,408 when he entered the game with 2:32 remaining in the fourth quarter. He did not score in the 109–91 win but recorded one steal after tying up the ball and winning the subsequent jump ball.

In the next game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Lin scored his first NBA basket, had three assists, and recorded four steals. He was applauded by the road crowd at Staples Center when he entered the game in the third quarter. He played 11 of his 16 minutes in the third quarter and committed five fouls but played

a role in a 12–1 run by the Warriors.(see video)







Three times during the season, Lin was assigned to the Warriors' D-League affiliate, the Reno Bighorns.Each time, he was later recalled by the Warriors. He competed in the NBA D-League Showcase and was named to the All-NBA D-League Showcase First Team on January 14, 2011. He helped lead the Bighorns to a 2–0 record at the Showcase with averages of 21.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.5 steals. Lin posted a season-high 27 points with the Bighorns on March 18, 2011. He averaged 18 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.3 assists with Reno.

On December 9, 2011, the Warriors waived Lin on the first day of training camp after the 2011 NBA lockout.

On December 12, 2011, Lin was claimed off waivers by the Houston Rockets but on December 24 before the start of the season, the Rockets waived Lin to clear payroll, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Enter the New York Knicks who claimed Lin off waivers on December 27 to be a backup behind Toney Douglas and Mike Bibby after an injury to guard Iman Shumpert. The Knicks' third-string point guard, he made his season debut on the road against the Warriors, where he was warmly cheered in his return to Oracle Arena 12/28/2011 (see video)


On January 17, 2012, Lin was assigned to the Erie BayHawks of the D-League. On January 20, he had a triple-double with 28 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists in the BayHawks' 122–113 victory over the Maine Red Claws. Lin was recalled by the Knicks three days later.


Now the last four games that have seminly have come out of no where. A Hollywood script that no major studio would buy since it seams so unbeilivable but we are all watching it unfold. Probably saving Mike D'Antoni's job as well as the Knicks season he has done this without the two Knicks superstars Carmelo Anthony,Strained groin and other injuries and Amare Stoudemire, out because of the tragic death of his brother Halo.

February 4, 2012, when he scored 25 points, grabbed five rebounds, and dished out seven assists (against only one turnover) in a 99–92 Knicks victory over the Nets.

February 6, 2012,  he made his first career star playing 45 minutes 28 points 8 assists 2 rebounds 2 steals with 8 turnovers against the Utah Jazz winning 98-88. After the game Knick's coach Mike D'Antoni said about him playing Lin so much, "I'm going to ride him like secretariat!"

February 8, 2012,  in a game against the Washington Wizards, Lin had 23 points and career-high 10 assists 4 rebounds 1 steal and only 2 turnovers.


February 10, 2012, in a game against the L A Lakers he scored a career high 38 points with 7 assists 2 steals and 6 turnovers in the win 92-85

February 11, 2012,  in a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves he scored 20 points with 8 assists 3 steels but again 6 turnovers in a thrilling come from behind win 100-98

February 14, 2012, A Valentines day THRILLER! in a a game against t

he Toronto Raptures  he scored 27 points 11 assists1 steal 8 turnovers in a win 90-87 with.... JUST WATCH!

February 15, 2012, in a game against the lonely Sacramento Kings as the Knicks blew them out 100-85 he played limited because of the score only scoring 10 points but with a career high 13 assists BUT AGAIN 6 turnovers


Will this NO CAN this Continue. 


STAY TUNED!

Madonna, LMFAO, Kelly Clarkson, Cee Lo, MIA,Nicki Minaj,Blake Shelton/Miranda Lambert

The Super Bowl is OVER!

BUT, who had the BEST performance!


Let’s take a brief look at each artist’s Super Bowl 2012 achievements and attempt to make a call the only way we know how: via non-scientific online polling.


Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton:

 The husband-and-wife country crooners officially opened the Super Bowl festivities with their rendition of “America the Beautiful.”
Thought they did a fine job as they held hands and remembered all the words without a major flub!
Check out Miranda's "PINK" microphone!

Kelly Clarkson

After recent national anthem flubs by Steven Tyler,(although I thought he did an ok job,what were you expecting from the lead singer of Aerosmith), Cyndi Lauper and, most notably, Christina Aguilera during last year’s Super Bowl. So ALL Kelly really had to do is NOT srcew up and Please,Please don't forget the words!
Again I thought she did a fine job. No embellishments,clean and strong. Check out her "RES" sequenced microphone! 


Madonna

 

Loved the Cleopatra opening!

BUT WTF was LMFAO  doing there? Don't understand that.

She started with "VOGUE"! Right out of yesterday although the dance moves seamed robotic,the special effects were nice.
She then went into "Music". Again nothing special. A almost fall on top of a staircase, although my sister said she couldn't get up! Old and out of shape she says! I'm not sure of that.It did have a guy on a tight rope performing nice stunts!
That went into the first guest musical performance of the night!

LMFAO

All I can say was, #WTF was LMFAO do at SB XLVI!?
They did there hit "Party Rock" and "Sexy and I know it" while Madonna gyrated and did twist on stage.

Nicki Minaj

That went right into Madonna's new song “Give Me All Your Luvin’

A song that featured both Niki Manaj and M.I.A. Now my niece said watching this that Nicki Manaj was "The greatest female rapper of ALL time"! OK. 

Her rap was nice but I will go with my niece's opinion and say she "WAS AWESOME!"

M.I.A.

OK. I missed it. I did not see her "flipping the bird"(middle finger) at us. Nor the curse word at the end of her very small rap part of the song!

I really didn't know who she was. My vote is an incomplete.

Oh NBC and the NFL both apologizes most sincerely for the incident each blaming the other, TYPICAL!

If you watch the video, the network tried to blur it out but they were seconds too late!

Then cue the marching band lead out by

Cee Lo Green

I'll be honest, I like Cee Lo. Even thought he changed the words of John Lennon's song "Imagine" New Years Eve in Times square broadcast live on CNN. He's got the WHITEST teeth I have EVER seen. He joined Madonna onstage for both “Open Your Heart” and “Like a Prayer.”

He had denied it all week saying he would be home watching on his couch with chicken wings and dip, but his powerful voice and showmanship together with Madonna was a great entertainment.

The show ended with Madonna disappearing from the stage with a cloud of smoke as she melted like the wicked witch of the east and this message:

Overall I would give it a 8.3 out of 10!

Now it's YOUR turn to VOTE!

Who had the BEST Halftime Super Bowl Performance?

CARNAC-Donald Trump,The GroundHog and Facebook?

Name three things in the news now that are trying to GRAB the media attention!

Donald Trump,The GroundHog and Facebook


Donald Trump: Ok I will admit it. I have read his books. You got to love a guy who files for bankruptcy two times and banks STILL lend him money. Now you and I couldn't get a bank to give us a toaster for opening an account anymore, but the Donald has them lining up to pour money into anything he wants to do. No trickle down here!
His lame and I mean LAME presidential bid,He had NO intention of running because you then would have to make a full financial disclose and that is taboo for the Donald. So now today, February 2, 2012 he is set to hold a press conference as he tweeted below, to announce who he is endorsing in the republican 2012 presidential race. He is st to announce it at 12:30pst in "Sin City" Las Vegas at his  Trump International Hotel & Tower,drumming up some business while he's at it. The man knows ho to garner publicity.
Who will he endorse? Well late last night the news agency AP said it would be Newt Gingrich BUT early this morning they quickly did a mea culpa saying it will be Mitt Romney now. Either way they will be right! SMART!

The GroundHog That's right, It's GroundHog Day. I have a friend who sayss that this is his favorite holiday!
Every year on February 2 the little rodent is plucked from his hole at the crack of dawn and asked the famous question, "Early spring or six more weeks of winter".

Here's the scorecard:

 Punxsutawney Phil 'predicts' six more weeks of winter

(THE most famous of them all)

Staten Island Chuck: Early spring in sight

(more famous for biting the NYC Mayor Bloomberg's  fingers in 2009)

 

General Beauregard Lee
Watch the video of HIS prediction from Atlanta

 

FACEBOOK Ok, in my opinion it is the biggest wast of time man or Mark Zuckerberg, Here is his Google+ page, ever created. We are ALL just on it because everyone else is!
We all watched the picture, "The Social Network", which portrayed Mark as a Lying, cheating, steeling.....well a "really bad person".
Is that truth, It's Holloywood so it must be.
Never the less now he is taking "HIS"? company public announcing a staggering IPO of $5 Billion Filing to Sell Stock in May. 
The "STREET" as they say always thought Facebook was NOT making money, but now we hear Facebook, along the way, has made a lot of money. It revealed in today's filing that in 2011 it had profits of $1 billion on sales of $3.7 billion.
WHAT! All for status updates as to what socks I will wear or how my girlfriend dumped me!??

But Facebook said in its IPO paperwork that its own internal valuation puts their current value at $29.73 per share.
Should you BUY!? I just might take a flyer on this one!

Sneak Peak - 2012 Super Bowl Commercials

One of the best things about the NFL Super Bowl, besides the Game, Halftime show and the cheerleaders....ahhh....is the "Commercials". That's right the Super Bowl Commercials have become short 1 or 2 or sometimes 3 minute mini shows that each year get bigger and more entertaining.

The years Super Bowl 46ads promise to be equally as special with spots now according to executives from Comcast Corp's NBC television network, which will broadcast the Feb. 5 football game, a 30-second commercial slot cost $3.5 million on average this year, up from $3 million for last year's Super Bowl, which was on News Corp's Fox station.

I'll add more when available. 

WHICH ONE WILL BE YOUR FAVORITE?


Ferris Bueller is all grown up—and driving a Honda CR-V apparently.
So how is Matthew's Day Off? WATCH! 

Go Daddy Super Bowl 2012 Ad - The Cloud 

 Make your online dreams come true in Go Daddy's Internet Cloud with Danika Patrick and the Pussycat Dolls.

 

Pepsi MAX -- Check-Out

With Regis Philbin

The Bark Side: 2012 Volkswagen 

Dogs barking the theme from Star Wars!

Coca Cola
The Polar Bears

H&M Reveals All in Super Bowl Commercial

Starring David Beckham - A little something for "THE LADIES"

Chevy Releases More Super Bowl Ads
The Sonic will be featured in two of the seven commercials that Chevy plans to run for the big game, including one of two 60-second spots that are planned. The Volt plug-in hybrid, Silverado pickup and Camaro will also appear in other commercials.

Doritos Super Bowl XLVI commercial - 2012 Winner

 

"Negotiator's Last Deal" (Priceline)

It's not often an ad can make you cry and this one won't either, but it is kind of sad that Priceline is dumping William Shatner as its spokesman. The timing is good, though, for setting up a new creative motif in the Super Bowl.

Giants WIN Super Bowl 46: Now get 2 Parades in New York & New Jersey

So the New Jersey / New York Giants won Super Bowl 46 beating the New England Patriots 21-17.

Now the battle as to where the parade's will be! 

There will be TWO. 

PARADE #1 = NEW YORK

The Super Bowl victory parade will step off at Battery Place and Washington Street at 11 a.m., heading northbound up the stretch of Broadway known as the Canyon of Heroes, to Worth Street, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced. The parade will be followed by a ceremony at City Hall Plaza, where the mayor will present the Giants with keys to the city.

PARADE #2 = New Jersey

Following the ceremony, the Giants will board busses and return to New Jersey, where Giants players, coaches and owners and Gov. Chris Christie will celebrate the title in the team’s home, MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford New Jersey.

Parking Lots F and G will be open to the public beginning at 11 a.m. and the stadium gates will open three hours later. The celebration on the MetLife Stadium field is expected to run from 3-3:30 p.m. Concession stands will be open.

Gov. Chris Christie announced the rally at MetLife Stadium in a tweet today, saying "All Giants fans in NJ should be there if you can." 

 In what was a riveting game on Sunday January 22, 2012 between the New York New Jersey Giants and the San Francisco 49ers, the Giants won on mistakes on two punt return fumbles by Kyle Williams.

Eli Manning was not the hero as he has been in so many fourth quarters this season.

In a game marked by incredible defense by both teams, the Giants held the 49ers to an unbelievable 1-13 8% on third down conversions, the 49ers D held the Giants to 7-21 33%.

In the end though it was two big mistakes by the 49ers Kyle Williams in the fourth quarter that lead to two turnovers for the Giants that won the game for them. Both on punts, one he should have stayed away from but the ball did grazed ever so slightly his knee (see photo).

The other he did not have full grasp of the ball and Giants' Jacquian Williams took advantage knocking the ball loose leading to the OT field goal by Lawrence Tynes (photo).

Kenny Williams the father of Kyle said on Monday that his son was receiving death threats and also said that his son was spending Monday getting treatment for a shoulder injury he suffered during the third quarter.


Now the Giants go on to play the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 46.


But too me I ask the question, Are they the "NEW YORK" or the "NEW JERSEY" Giants?


Lets look at the facts as to team history :

• Polo Grounds (1925–1955) NY
• Yankee Stadium (1956–1973) NY
• Yale Bowl (1973–1974) CT
• Shea Stadium (1975) NY
• Giants Stadium (1976–2009) NJ
• MetLife Stadium (2010–present) NJ

 They played there last game in New York in 1975 playing in She Stadium because Yankee Stadium was under going renovations. They then moved across the Hudson River in 1976 to the New Jersey Medowlands  Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Since their move to New Jersey in 1976, fans from each state have claimed the team as their own. In January 1987, shortly before the team won Super Bowl XXI, then New York City mayor Ed Koch labeled the team "foreigners" and said they were not entitled to a ticker-tape parade in New York City. On February 5, 2008, the city, under mayor Michael Bloomberg, threw a ticker tape parade in honor of the Giants' Super Bowl XLII victory at the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan.

A separate rally was held at Giants Stadium in East rutherford New Jersey.

According to a team spokesman, 52 percent of the Giants' season ticket-holders lived in New Jersey. Most of the remaining ticket holders lived in New York State with some coming from other states.

The Giants now not only play in New Jersey but have now built a state of the art training facility, The  Timex Performance Center in East Rutherford. There corporate offices are now all in New Jersey. As well as most players, coaches and those that are employed by them live in New Jersey. Alll the tax money generated does not benefit New York in any way.

The Giants are NEW YORK in name only!

BUT, they wont change it. Even though Gov. Chris Christie came out and said," If the Giants win the Super Bowl any parade should be held in NEW JERSEY. The only reason they keep the NEW YORK in Giants is marketing and selling merchandise to those fans who still believe they have a New York Football team!

Wake up NEW YORK! You only have ONE professional football team in your state, THE BUFFALO BILLS!