Apparently Jeremy Lin’s TIME magazine cover is causing a little bit of controversy since he’s only have five games and other notable basketball stars have never had this cover. Forbes reports:
Yes, Jeremy Lin after starting a grand total of five games for the New York Knicks made the cover of Time.
Kobe Bryant has never been on the cover of Time. Same goes for Derek Jeter, Peyton Manning and just about every other active athlete in professional sports today. LeBron James made the cover as part of Time’s preview of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The Olympics are one of the only times that Time puts a sports subject on the cover with Bode Miller, Michael Johnson (twice) and Carl Lewis making the cut.
Congratulations Jeremy. You have now made the cover of Time the same number of times as Michael Jordan. Linsanity reigns on.
Thoughts???
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wow, i guess really nothing else is going on in the world right now
he’s good, but seriously.
things go in on the world but you are looking in the wrong place. get your head out of the sand and start going to blogs that talk about real shit. over here you get fan/groupy bullshit with a some style bullshit. if you want a steak you dont go to a hot dog stand buddy.
oh yea.
no disrespect to this site. if you haven’t been able to take off your blinders no major media wants you to know real shit. only the select few see past the bullshit and do there own work…
“thier own work”
Apparently real shit does not include proper grammar.
people come to thelifefiles.com for entertainment obviously..it’s an entertainment blog
<—–Go that way bro. This is a site about Pop culture, not about hard news. . . I hate pseudo intellectual assholes like you. . .
Word up. This guy is a bag of dildo’s. Big blacks one too. He probably flushes while he’s still sitting on the bowl just so some aqua can splash his hole. Go to CNN and check the weather report. Get it. Swaggggggggggg
@a — First off you’re coming at it the wrong way. It’s not because he is good at good basketball.
He’s on the TIME MAGAZINE. Obviously he must be interesting or important for Time magazine to do a cover STORY! (emphasis). It’s because of his background and what he has persevered and accomplished. His story is inspiring and could be influential. Which is why they chose him to be on the cover
If you’ve actually ever heard his story that would have never been your comment. Next time, know your things before you decide to make ignorant comments
wait, Lin is asian?
All I see is a bubble waiting to burst
thats some b.s!!!
Man, they are setting this guy up for failure. It’s only 5 games and they acting like his michael jordan. I hope this story ends well, but that’s america. they hype u up so high so you can fall hard. l hope that’s not the case with lin.
+1 . Too much media attention can be a lot to handle especially for someone doesn’t want that kind of attention and genuinely just wants to play ball.
Good luck to that man
He’s on the cover of time magazine for mainly being a cultural phenomenon and partially for being nice at ball. No one is saying that he’s better than Kobe jordan or lebron.
^^^ thank u!
Who gives a fuck..?
Black People U Mad?
nah…I dont read Time
Stop hating and give this guy his props!!!!!!!!!!!
He was the top player in the Ivy League when he went to Harvard. Cornell had the best team and as a result of living in Ithaca I was able to watch them and him. The Cornell players went after him on the court because of his good reputation as a player. The Ivy League schools pride themselves on putting academics before sports. I wish more schools would do the same. He was not coddled and he received a good education.
The fact that he was ignored by several professional teams is news. It makes you wonder how many other people out there are like him.