Found February 13, 2012 on The Show Speak: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Last Monday on February 6, 2012, the Lin Dynasty began simple enough with Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks starting against the Utah Jazz. Today, he is the NBA Eastern Conference player of the week, Ebay is littered with Jeremy Lin items (and scams) for sale, Magic Johnson has called him a cross between Steve Nash and John Stockton, and the Knicks have created an App (**Knicks from your Iphone or Android) for Linsanity. I like it. Last Monday, Tiger Woods was entering his first PGA tour event of the young golf season after being hired to play the Abu Dhabi HSBC Classic January 26-29, 2012. It was a pretty good start to the season for Woods, until Sunday. The weekend headlines included: Woods surges up leader board at Pebble Beach, Tiger Woods closes gap at Pebble Beach, and finally Phil Mickelson crushes Tiger and wins Pebble Beach. Now the whispers of Tiger will never win again are circulating around water coolers and banter radio. Capricious, whimsical, and shal...
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