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NBA Houston Rockets Guard Jeremy Lin makes appearance and Q&A after the Rockets vs Warriors Game
Houston
Rockets'
Jeremy
Lin
made
an
appearance
and
talked
with
fans
at
Golden
State
Warriors
Asian
Heritage
Night.
We will be posting images and more. Stay tuned!
Lin's appearance at Asian Heritage Night event is hosted by the Golden State Warriors and Cache Creek Casino Resort, February 12 when the Warriors play against the Houston Rockets at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California (7:30 p.m. PST). The event will also be aired live to China on CCTV.
NBA
Entertainment
will
produce
a
live
feed
capturing
the
February
12
in-arena
celebrations,
events
and
activities
to
air
live
in
China
on
CCTV.
A portion of the event night ticket sales benefit the AsianWeek Foundation to increase awareness for Hepatitis B, one of the most common untreated diseases in the world that currently affects 1 in 10 members of the Asian/Pacific Islander community
The Warriors Asian Heritage Night is part of the NBA Chinese New Year Celebration 2013, its largest international tribute ever from February 7-14.
Warriors
players
will
wear
specially
designed
Adidas
shooting
shirts
on
Friday,
February
8
against
the
Memphis
Grizzlies
and
Tuesday,
February
12
against
the
Houston
Rockets. Designed
and
developed
by
Adidas,
the
shooting
shirt
features
“Year
of
the
Snake”
graphics
that
integrate
the
NBA
logo,
Chinese
characters
and
basketball
elements.
Super Hiro - Hiroki Kuroda throws complete game shutout
April 14, 2012
New York
Yankees 3, Orioles 0
Photo: New York Yankees pitcher Hiroki Kuroda
It's baseball season and it couldn't be sweeter with 38 year old Hiroki Kuroda's five-hit shutout. Kuroda is a New York Yankees pitcher.
The New York Daily News reports that was just part of tonight's story.
27 year old Wei-Yin Chen from Taiwan, a left-handed pitcher for the Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles matched Kuroda zero for zero over the first four innings tonight.
Read
more
here.
Go catch a screening of "42" the new movie about baseball great Jackie Robinson which took top box office honors this weekend. Just released in theaters nationwide the movie stars Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson, and Harrison Ford as the Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey.
Photo: Baltimore Orioles Pitcher Wei-Yin Chen
Jeremy Lin and the End of Asian Americans? by Frank H. Wu, Chancellor & Dean of UC Hastings College of the Law
October 4, 2013
As "Linsanity" the documentary about Jeremy Lin hits theaters this weekend (go see it!),
here's a think piece with a headline that grabbed my attention about a question that Frank H. Wu has been pondering.
Wu is a Huffington Post blogger, and Chancellor & Dean of UC Hastings College of Law. He is also the author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White. Click here to his blog.
Go See Linsanity!
Update: October 11, 2013
Look up show times and purchase your tickets today
by clicking on the city of your choice.
Take a look at the trailer HERE!
CALIFORNIA:
Sundance Kabuki, San Francisco
AMC Atlantic Times Sq, Monterey Park
South Coast Village, Santa Ana
HAWAII: Cons Pearlridge West, Aiea
ILLINOIS:
AMC Barrington, South Barrington
MARYLAND/DC: AMC Rio, Gaithersburg
MASSACHUSETTS: AMC Boston Common, Boston
NEW YORK:
Soundview Cinemas, Port Washington
TEXAS: AMC Studio, Houston
WASHINGTON
Sundance Cinemas Seattle, Seattle
For other cities click here: http://www.tugg.com/titles/linsanity
Update:
October
8,
2013
Linsanity: the Movie - A commentary by senior sports editor Alex Leichenger
October 17, 2013
Linsanity: The Movie is in limited release in theaters. Movie reviewers and sports writers are weighing in on the documentary.
Alex Leichenger, senior sports editor for Student Life, the newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis reflects on the documentary and Jeremy Lin today.
Leichenger was a freshman in college when Lin made his phenomenal break-out as a New York Knicks point guard in early 2012.
For the full story click here.