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February 14, 2012
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Jeremy Lin's hype is because he's an undrafted backup cut by 2 teams this season. FloydMayweather, why you have to be so mean?
posted by rcade at 09:40 AM on February 14, 2012
Yet another cool angle to the Lin story is it turns out there are a number of people who don't root for the underdog (besides Malcolm Gladwell). Who knew?
posted by yerfatma at 11:02 AM on February 14, 2012
Re: yerfatma. I haven't heard that particular episode yet, but RadioLab is a fantastic program.
posted by bender at 11:37 AM on February 14, 2012
Yeah, I'd stopped listening for a while (just due to time constraints, not dislike) and that one sucked me right back in. The story of a basketball team winning 2-on-5 is pretty awesome. Well, up until the game ends, anyway.
posted by yerfatma at 12:21 PM on February 14, 2012
Jeremy Lin is un-freakin-believable. Tonight against the Raptors was amazing.
posted by dyams at 09:38 PM on February 14, 2012
The only knock on Lin at this point is his turnovers. Still an amazing finish though.
posted by insomnyuk at 10:42 PM on February 14, 2012
Floyd Merryweather, once again, impresses with his sensitivity and class.