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Found February 10, 2012 on Guyism: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Jeremy Lin
TEAMS: New York Knicks

From Guyism:

In the post-Super Bowl dog days of February, the internet needed someone to step to the forefront, someone to segue from the “Tebowing” and “Bradying” phenomenons that have become so disgustingly common the last few months.

Enter Jeremy Lin and LINSANITY. In the last week, the seldom-used guard has taken the NBA by storm scoring 114 points, dishing out 32 assists and leading the New York Knicks to four consecutive wins.

Linsanity has reached its zenith (or nadir, depending on your viewpoint) with Lin trending on every imaginable search engine the abyss of the internet has to offer.

Someone, a smart lad at that, was so positive that Linsanity would become “a thing” that they bought the domain years ago. Here’s the info from the website.

Having long ago been declared terminally LinSane, we have followed Jeremy Lin’s career since his days at Palo Alto High School always firmly believing that his time would come and that the world would know our LinSanity. And, if you’re as truly LinSane as us, these TEES are just what the doctor ordered. Welcome to LinSanity.com… the home for all your LinSanitees.

Family member? Not really. The domain owner is Lin’s old high school coach from Palo Alto, Drew Slayton. Slayton says the site was purchased on July 17, 2010 and traffic just went through the roof this week.

"We are just trying to enjoy the Jeremy Lin Show and have a bit of creative fun at the same time – as a writer, the T-Shirts and The Book of Jeremy that I am writing on the site are a blast for me but not nearly as much fun as watching Jeremy deal on Deron Williams," Slayton said in an email to Guyism.com. "Jeremy has worked his tail off to get where he’s at … and he definitely deserves the Linsanity. Jeremy is going GLOBAL!"

 

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  • His coach is a smart man, I like that opportunistic spirit. http://lionsdetroit.com
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