Category Archives: basketball
Saturday Awesomeness: A Gerald Green Dunk
It’s good to see Gerald Green, a former draft pick of my Boston Celtics, back in the league and flying high. On this dunk, his head was above the rim.
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The Mistrial of LeBron James
The new issue of ESPN the Magazine has a fun story on LeBron James. Worth reading for all you sports fans. A selection: Ask most anyone who LeBron James is and you’re likely to get a blunt reply delivered with great … Continue reading
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New Book on Jeremy Lin by Ted Kluck
Got an email informing me of this new eBook from one of evangelicalism’s wittiest spiritual writers, Ted Kluck. It’s on the meteoric rise of Jeremy Lin (who’s doing quite well, thank you). Here is the table of contents: Introduction: An … Continue reading
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Shaka Smart & How Athletic Coaching Is Like Pastoring
Shaka Smart is the basketball coach of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond. For two years in a row, his teams have made it to the national tournament and overachieved. He’s coveted now by many larger schools who can pay … Continue reading
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Linsanity, “Hero Ball,” and Why Christians Can’t Play it
Happy March Madness season, everyone. Let there be compulsive score-checking for all. I have Baylor losing to UNC in the final (What can I say? I’m partial to Baptists). In the recent issue of ESPN the Magazine, Henry Abbott wrote … Continue reading
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Linsanity Wanes: Why Are Jeremy Lin and Carmelo Anthony Struggling?
Howard Wolfson of CBS Sports breaks down the recent struggles of the New York Knicks, led by Jeremy Lin and Carmelo Anthony. Here’s a snatch: The idea that gets pushed around is that he’s selfish, which is hyper-simplistic and off-base. … Continue reading
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Linsanity and Asian American Christian Identity: Carl Park of TEDS Reflects
My friend Carl Park (PhD student in New Testament at TEDS) just wrote a piece on Jeremy Lin (who led the Knicks to win number seven in a row last night) and Asian-American Christian identity at the Gospel Coalition. It’s … Continue reading
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Jeremy Lin, The Basketball Star Nobody Wanted: A Gospel Coalition Essay
Just had a new theological essay posted over at the Gospel Coalition. It’s entitled “The Basketball Star No One Wanted: Jeremy Lin’s Unlikely Triumph.” In it, I weave in my own experience with the game as I talk about what … Continue reading
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Linsanity! Part 2: Ex-Ruff Ryders Rapping & Asian-American Christianity
More Linsanity! Last night Jeremy Lin led the Knicks to a stunning victory over the Lakers–featuring the NBA’s second-best player, Kobe Bryant–and Lin scored 38 points (!). I don’t know if you care about sports, but that is truly astonishing. This … Continue reading
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