Why Jeremy Lin Matters — With an Unpublished Interview
My recent post on NBA insta-celebrity Jeremy Lin — “Jeremy Lin and the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations” — garnered a fair amount of controversy. To supply some backstory: shortly after Jeremy’s...
View ArticleWrite a Book About Jeremy Lin? That’s (L)insanity!
Some of you already know the reason why I haven’t posted to the blog in recent weeks. An exciting opportunity dropped into my lap, and pursuing that opportunity has been exhausting, exhilarating, and...
View ArticleTim Tebow, Jeremy Lin, and Why God Cares About Sports
Isn’t it degrading to suggest that God cares about sports? Isn’t that anthropomorphizing? Are we, like the ancient Greeks with their stories of gods who did all sorts of silly and petty and naughty...
View ArticleWhen Jeremy Lin’s Life Was Poised on a Pivot
Over the next several days, I am going to publish the Introduction to Jeremy Lin: The Reason for the Linsanity (available in paperback and Kindle editions) in installments. If you’re a follower of this...
View ArticleThe Only Person Who Could Bring Obama and Palin Together
Yesterday I posted the first portion of the Introduction to Jeremy Lin: The Reason for the Linsanity (now available at Amazon in print and digital versions). Below is the second, middle installment. *...
View ArticleJeremy Lin is No Tim Tebow
At the end of last week, I published the first installment and the second installment in the Introduction to “Jeremy Lin: The Reason for the Linsanity.” Please consider whether anyone you know might...
View ArticleTalking “Linsanity” with Hugh Hewitt
Not too long ago, I had the chance to go on Hugh Hewitt’s nationally syndicated radio program and discuss my recent book, Jeremy Lin: The Reason for the Linsanity. Hewitt (very kindly) called the book...
View ArticleJeremy Lin’s “Unselfish Basketball”
Fred Barnes at The Weekly Standard ran a great review of my recent book, “Jeremy Lin: The Reason for the Linsanity.” It begins thus: There’s a big hole in the National Basketball Association playoffs....
View ArticleThe Greatness of Jeremy Lin
This is pure Jeremy Lin — the goofy sense of humor, the pure love for the game, the good-natured appreciation for the fans. This is why I really like the guy: As most readers of this blog will know, I...
View ArticleFive Years at Patheos
Patheos is celebrating its fifth anniversary today (Monday), which has seen an outbreak of nostalgia and warm feelings across the site — and especially from those of us who have been with it from the...
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