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bam. >> reporter: just how big is jeremy lin? just how surprising? just how inspiring? 's like the perfect combination of shirley maclaine, eminem, and mark zuckerberg, all rolled up into one. we'll explain. but first -- >> lin, alley-oop. >> reporter: tonight, lin led the new york knicks into their seventh win in a row. if you're not familiar with the fairy tale, jeremy lin is the world's unlikeliest current nba star. unrecruited by big universities. undrafted out of college. cut by two teams this season. he's sleeping on his brother's couch in new york, before leading the knicks on a winning rampage. >> banks it in. wow. >> reporter: averaging more than 26 points a game. now, he's moved into a posh trump building. he's a devout christian. and also one of the first american-born asian players ever. and the first from harvard since the 1950s. an economics major, by the way. simply put, this has never happened. not to mention, this, the absolute mania over his success. >> lin-sanity. >> reporter: courtside seats for the knicks can now run you over two grand. official t-sh

number three, jeremy lin sauce with linguine. number two, lin-tercourse.o lin it. there you go. >> that was mine. i said lin it to win it a couple days ago. i wonder if david letterman gets up early and watches our show. >> lin, win, not a big stretch. >> still ahead, exclusive information coming in on whitney houston's final days, saying she was complaining loud and often her drinks were not strong enough, this at 10:00 in the morning. you're watching "early start." sovereign of the security line. you never take an upgrade for granted. and you rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i deserve this. [ male announcer ] you do, business pro. you do. go national. go like a pro. hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is important. well, both are important. let's be clear. they are but this is important too.

think of when the jeremy lin jerseys come out, that will be lin-sane. live in menlo park. >> they say jeremy lin came up with the linner-net. >>> let's turn things over for jeff. we have to come up with a fun name for you. >> i came up with jan-tober. we had impressive rainfall totals across the bay area, considering how weak this storm system was. moist in the lower levels. richmond, 12/100th. we're tracking a few areas of mist across the peninsula and into san francisco. that's what we'll continue to encounter over three to four hours. let's take you outside. and you can see, it is slick across the iconic golden gate bridge at this hour. drivers, slowing down to a decent clip here with shower activity. it's dangerous outside. we're bringing you in right now. we're having a hard time cooling off with the cloud cover overhead. it caps off some of the heat today. 53 in san jose. 50 in san mateo. and 53 in san francisco. we'll see another chance of a round of showers for tomorrow morning. here's the key. by the afternoon on saturday, the sun starts to com

it's crazy. >> did you make this video with the lin-tention that jeremy lin would see it? yes, it did. it was a lin-vitation sent out to him. >> are song if the knicks get lin-to the playoffs? >> yes, i will definitely write a sequel if they get into the playoffs. >> this is jurn-lism. >> think back and remember college. ♪ fun times, right? ♪ >> check out what they did on the campus of virginia tech. it's the cadet versus the civilian snowball fight. >> oh, boy. >> it is awesome. >> that's got to be a couple hundred people out there. >> these students were enjoying new river valley's first snowfall of the year and what they did, they set up a facebook event open to everybody on campus. 5:00 p.m. on drill field and here you go. here's what happened. >> here's the thing, beth. how do you know who's a cadet and civilian. shouldn't they wear some sort of uniform. >> that takes the rogue fun out of it. >> i like and i have to say not a lot of snow on the ground for a snowball fight. >> that's plenty of snowball fighting snow. >> [ inaudible ]. >> one guy is using a folding chair

hornets beat jeremy lin can and the knicks. -- jeremy lin and the knicks. two weeks time for baseball season. everybody will fade on the warriors. golden state is good at home. look out. ellis, extends his knee. left the game. warriors say he will be all right. 110-87 thunder. durant had 23. sharks on the road till february 28. they are in north carolina. you never figure north carolina for hockey. acquired from tampa. moore ties it at 2 for the sharks. but then that is it. the hurricanes they win 3-2, scoring late in the third. sharks still lead thepusc division. -- pacific division. he lost to deniece 6-2, 6-4. denise 6-2, 6-4. hue jackson has another job. pam, when you are used to, i am going to tell you what i am going to do, now he has to sit there and pretend you are interested in somebody else, that is not easy. there it is. got an assistant coaching job in cincinnati. you remember when you were running eureka and then -- what is the guy with the beard and the gray hair on channel 5 in the morning. fice guy. they took over in eureka and it was a diff

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jeremy lin hanging in the air, and the and one. ade the free throw. 27 points, 11 assists for lin. six sexd seconds to play now. tied at 87-87. the three is up, and the three is good. he knocks it down. after the game, he said he turned around to mike d'antoni before the shot and asked if he could have the iso. good decision by d'antoni. the raptors can't hold on. >>> dwyane wade and the heat facing the pacers. miami up by 14. lebron james, the steal, to wade, back to james. you know what happens here. 23 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steal for lebron. james, boom, finish it off. the heat win it in indiana. that will do it for this update. i'm mike yam. >> thanks, mike. >>> up next, a pooch-themed "pulse." pets like you have never seen before. >>> and the super bowl of dog shows with a surprising win for best in show. what's this? [ male announcer ] quaker oatmeal squares have 46 grams of whole grains... mmmm. ...and a touch of sweetness. you'll be delighted to discover how good they taste. get your free sample of quaker oatm

but somebody will. >> jeremy lin! >> lin is not the only local in this movie. he had 13.in was feeling it too. the seat from smith and the three ball corner pocket and gentleman you are me 55% from the field. here come the mavs. they are the defending champs. nowitzki with the three and plus one. mavs by four. time for linsanity. the steel and ends with a dunk. knicks within three. they step it up in the fourth. lin and a three over dirk. gnaw wit ski with one of five skills and push itself off to chandler to seal the deal. 28 points and a career high 14 assists. they knock off the defending champs 104-97. >> we are thankful for any win we can get. it is a great team and the defending champions. we wanted to come out here and be aggressive and see where we measured up with them. we are glad we won. >> the harbaugh family is on hand for stanford and oregon. stanford on the move and bright to young. that's a jam and 20 points for owens. cardinals by five. 10 straight points and there is 8 and 12 with a 68-64 loss. we will take a brief timeout. baseball teams flex their musc

now somebody will. >> jeremy lin! >> mike: lin not the only local in the big apple. landry fields. the reverse dunk. he had 13. then j.r. smith, blasting. lin -- here come the mavs in the third. they're the world champions, mavs up 4. time for "linsanity". jeremy, the steal, finishes with the dunk. knicks within three and step it up in the fourth. lin, the tree over dirk. plays some defense. strips nowitzki. pushes it up to chandler. for the nail in the coffin. lin had 28 points, career-high 14 assists, and the nix knock off the defending world champs. >> we're thankful for any win we can get, and obviously this one is a big one just because they're a greet team, defending champions, and we wanted to come out here and be aggressive and see where we measured up. we're glad we won. >> mike: great story. giants pitchers and catchers hit the field with buster posey set to catch for his teammates for the first time since last year. will his ankle hold up as a catcher? that's the big question, and buster is adamant about remaining behind the plate and not moving to first base. brian wils

>> pelley: jeremy lin of the new york knicks with the game- winning basket last night. n was all but unknown two weeks ago. now he's becoming a household name, even in the white house. a spokesman said today that president obama is very impressed. it's amazing how many coaches passed on lin, and jim axelrod is at new york's madison square garden with more on that. jim? >> reporter: scott, the world's most famous arena is now home to the world's biggest sports story. overnight, ticket brokers have started getting 60% more for knicks tickets. the cheapest seat in the house tonight: $125. >> ...drives, goes in for the lay-up! it's good and a foul! >> reporter: jeremy lin's skills have certainly grabbed the attention of basketball fans for the last ten days. two game-winning finishes and a record-setting scoring pace has earned him the affection of his teammates. >> muwah! >> reporter: but it's his underdog story that has everyone else talking about him as well. mike d'antoni is his coach. >> it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing. i don't know. i don't know what to tell you. i've

three-game winning streak ends >>> there's no stopping the jeremy lin train tonight. mmed. they're doubling up the price on tickets, scalpers having a field day. lin scoring a lot. he's so smart, okay, everybody's waiting for me to score? i'll make my teammates feel good. he had a career high 13 assists. only played 26 minutes as the knicks rolled 100-85, their seventh straight win with jeremy lin running the show. >>> and here's a shot from taiwan. 9:00 am. they all go to the sports bar now whenever jeremy lin is playing and cheer on. right now, hard to say it when you've got kobe bryant and lebron james. but the most talked about basketball player in the world is jeremy lin. he's role brings up the question, why did the warriors let him go? >> i can't sit here and tell you i saw him as a star player. i saw him as a guy who if everything developed well, would be a but poirld in this league -- point guard in this league. am i happy we did that? no! >> that's the toast of new york. every show is talking jeremy lin, and his high school coach is now in demand. >> six minu

jeremy lin with another huge game this afternoon. may have been watching it right here with us on abc. 28 points this time and as loud as the cheering was at madison square garden down in midtown, it was nearly as loud as someplace else, in lin's ancestral home, pinghu, china. abc's gloria riviera on the lynn lynnsanity 11,000 miles away. >> reporter: this is what the road to linsanity looks like in china. we've arrived in the town of pinghu. it is the ancestral hometown of jeremy lin's grandmother and his most direct link to china. this is pinghu high school. raise your hand if you think jeremy lin is good at basketball. yeah? everybody? >> all: yes. >> reporter: yeah. is jeremy lin -- i've heard you might think he is a hard worker, yeah? >> all: yeah. >> reporter: yeah, and now one teacher told me some girls might think jeremy lin is handsome. yeah? last spring jeremy lin came here with his family to visit. his grandmother created a scholarship fund years ago. niihau. niihau, nice to meet you. nice to meet you. nice to meet you. so

just being part of a national sensation couldn't be cooler. >> we're thinking of doing a t- shirt, jeremy linas a jls panther. >> reporter: mel remembers sitting in the stands with jeremy's mom as they talked about where he would be going to high school. he was good even back then. as for this established linstitute of learning, the message going out is clear, jeremy lin sat here. you can do great things one day too. >> i point out his table to my students and their jaws dropped. >> the fact that he went here and now we go here that's pretty cool. i mean, he is just great. he's insane. >> reporter: make that "linsane." >> it looks like it's contagious, doesn't it? >> reporter: especially around the places that claim him for their own. so i went by his parents' home and they were not home but i did see in the driveway a brand- new mercedes. i don't know where it came from but it was off the lot. go lins. >> his whole life changed overnight. >> reporter: he was an overnight sensation 10 years in the making. >> thank you. >>> president obama will be raking in the campaign cash when he visits san

john berman on the secrets of success for all of us. >> jeremy lin. >> reporter: jeremy lin is the world'snt undisputed leader in exclamation points. >> lin, puts it up. bang. >> reporter: but he is also the current owner of the world's biggest question mark. how? how could this guy go undrafted in the nba? how could he get cut by two teams this year? >> literally everybody has kind of overlooked him for the last two years. >> reporter: the how club is as stunning as it is illustrious. how could 12 publishers pass on j.k. rowling's "harry potter"? how could jennifer hudson not make the top five in "american idol"? how could tom brady basically get passed over by every nfl team, five times? there might be no answer for how it happens. t the general manager of one of the teams who cut lin said simply, he did not know lin was this good. maybe the answer you're looking for is right next to you. maybe it's luck. lin's current coach said he put him in the lineup because everyone else was hurt. >> i would like to think that maybe we were smart enough to keep him around until that opportunity aros

tomas ramon has the story. >> jeremy lin rise in the n.b.a. has led to terms like lin-sanity. he nine turnovers in the game. espn read the headline was called chin k in the new orleans. they say they are conducting a complete review of the ed for yal procedures and determining appropriate disciplinary action to ensure this does not happen again. we regret and apologize for the mistake. >> apology is clearly not enough. they put on line, they apologizing for what they describe as the use of an inappropriate word. the word isn't really inappropriate. it's a racist word. >> it has sparked resentment and outcry from the asian-american community. >> chinese-americans through the asian-american community that they have to finally learn a lesson and it will never, ever happen again. the apologies when you continue to do this time and time again. >> they say the espn owes it to the asian-american community to outreach and make sure that employees that asians are large part of the american experience and deserve better. >>> by the way, espn is owed by disney the parent company of abc n

. >>> lin puts it up, jeremy lin from downtown! >> why didn't anybody see jeremy lin coming? now even the president is caught up in lin-sanity, director and super fan spike lee and bill rhoden will weigh in tonight. >>> good to have you with us, folks, thanks for watching. if there is one governor in the united states of america who represents the complete opposite of what president obama stands for and what he's working for, it is the guy he came face-to-face with today, his name of course is my good friend scott walker. president obama and the governor of wisconsin were face-to-face for a brief moment today. when president obama arrived in milwaukee, wisconsin. they were supposed to go to milwaukee's masterlock factory together, as kind of a team effort. no, not really. scott walker got sick. think about that packer fans. your governor can't play hurt. dog gone it the president in town he gets the flu. probably he should have the flu, heck he's facing recall election, he can't raise enough money to save his political career, some of of his buddies up on felony charges. it's

if i had stopped you as you were look at jeremy lin as a hool player and said, "he's going to play inhe n.b.a." >> no, there's no way. there's no way. no way. no one would ever say that. that's ridiculous. >> reporter: donahue says lin will cause scouts to rethink how they measure talent, but the fact is, what's unfolding, something never seen before, deifies explanation. so how does a guy slip through? >> i-- i wish there was a simple answer. there is no simple answer. >> reporter: lin eventually settled on harvard where he led the team in scoring his senior year but it wasn't enough for the n.b.a. he was let go by two n.b.a. teams, joe lacob owns one of them, the golden state warriors. >> well, right now it doesn't feel too good. >> reporter: lacob is not alone. scouty is purely not a pure science. take the knicks. they plunked down nearly $50 million for their through highest paid players and won only eight of their first 22 games. it took someone they're paying $766,000 to turn their season around. >> i don't know, again, that there's a cautionary tale for owners, but he made it,

to watch jeremy lin this morning. he is the first asian- american to ever play in the nba and he is blowing up worldwide. >> i cannot tell you i saw him as a star player. i saw him as a guy that if everything developed well would be a backup point guard. if you tell me i was stupid to let him go, we have to stand up to that. am i happy that we did that? heavens no! >>gary: how did everyone ms. on jeremy lin customer his coach from high school joins us. >> typing because of recruiting is all about definitive statistics, it is all about numbers that you can report. that is not jeremy's game. third his game is all about the intangibles. there is no wonder real skill. >>gary: using gate looked at him and say, he is an asian guy, he cannot play? >> i do not think the focus is on him being agent. -- asian. he is just something different. he is a pioneer, something new. >>gary: why did he make it with the warriors? everyone can see the salary cap, but if they want to keep a guy, they will keep him. >> i think that gm is the

[ cheering and applause ] >> and jeremy lin now 6 and 0 since taking over the new york knicks. averaging 27 point, 8.5 assists, and everybody wants to kiss him. [ laughter ] >> and we just clamped it down in the fourth quarter. we couldn't get a stop. >> my! >> we couldn't get a stop to save our lives. >> pam moore with a promotional announcement about tomorrow evening. >> that's right. you are interviewing his coach! former coach. >> i always looked at him, fine, fine, fine. now i've got to go "coach." >> and he tried to tell everybody that jeremy lin had something, you said. >> but i knew more and i said, no, i don't think so. >> and now you're wrong. >> he'll be laughing in my face tomorrow night. [ laughter ] >>> spring training for pitchers and catchers starts this weekend. and pablo sandoval, hey, striking a verbal blow against those who want to pick on his weight. throw up the graphic here. i don't care what people say about me. i am going to shut their mouths when spring training begins. bithat date, i should be -- by that date, i should be in good form. there have been

i can't watch jeremy lin play. >> time warner comes without msg.etimes i see it written in the menu. but it's not always... you don't always know. >> i'm pretty sure no msg. >> reporter: it has forced people to risk their lives just to get a glimpse of the lin-sanity. >> he's been kind enough to lead us. jeremy lin against the direct orders of time warner. >> reporter: they crammed together watching a smothered signal in an underground restaurant. and to think this was happening in america. i knew i had to try to help them. so it seemed few tile against such a powerful and far-reaching organization.o1fma maybe i could reason with time warner. so i called them and set up an interview. i waited afternoon waited. >> are you kidding me? come on! oh, man! >> with all the lin-sanity consuming the land, it was lin- conceiveable that time warner would keep the most lin-credible story in the lin-ba. >> do you think this will keep prolonging the issue. >> i'm hoping they will resolve it soon joort she wonkfully took him away from you. >> you could say that.

what did jeremy lin do tonight? vern has all of the sports highlights.act coughed act >>vern: your brother plays for harvard. he is also a senior. the story is, your parents are racking up frequent flyer miles. >> yes. it is their last year to what college basketball. they're doing what they to get to as many of our games as they can't. definitely a lot of traveling. >>vern: let's get to the jeremy lin story. your brother played a tan at harvard. did you ever meet him? >> yes. i've played against him here in san francisco, it is amazing to watch him and what he's doing out there. fern >> do you have "lin-sanity"? >> i do not know about that, but it is great to see him doing so great. >>vern: if you met him in your brother played with him in college, can you believe what has happened? >> it is crazy. he was the opening skit of saturday night live. that is pretty cool! obviously it is awesome any time you see some latino or someone you that on television. >>vern: everyone is just riding the wave. jeremy lin. >>host: it is senior night for him and his broth

and in case you've been in solitary for the last three weeks and haven't heard, jeremy lin has gone from nba no-name to its most talked about star literally overnight. lin merchandise flying off the

another career day for jeremy lin. we have the can't-miss highlights and buckle up for a good wine and plus, posey where you want him back on the diamond. we are back from spring training to see how the star catcher feels after his first ful day of workouts. sports is next. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> welcome back to nbc bay area. baseball is back in the bay area is loving it. giants and a's pitcher and catchers reported for spring training. yesterday buster pose y went through his first full day of workouts. he had bull pen sessions and practiced jumping out of his catcher's crouch to throw.

>>pam: but jeremy lin was honored away but even joe davis or mickey mantle was.f ethanol room she >>stanley: this is a short story about people behaving badly. it is a story that involves many characters but they're only connection is they're all caught on the warm sunny day. a new city law loophole allows people to beat that but naked. arthur over at the water, if you have tickets in your car, they will boot, but even at the beach. that, but there were these three. i ask if they saw the sign said alcohol glass containers said drugs including medical marijuana. why would i expect them to see that side when no one sees the doe dogs off leash side? >>pam: if you have a comment or story idea, but the bill as at peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m for a column. >>jaqueline: it was certainly a court to stay out there to date. temperatures of the widespread 70's the. davieses cigarettes that. record high temperatures for today. it was cooler closer to the clothesline in half moon bay. as we headed to tomorrow the with are expected to diminish. temperatures will warm a tad m

lin puts it up, jeremy lin from downtown! the knicks take the lead! amazing here at the air canada center. >> incredible story, knicks win, lin finishes with 27 points, 11 assists. has 109 points over his first four starts. the most of any player since the nba merger. after the game, he spoke about the game. >> i just want to make sure i got a good shot at the end of the clock and he backed up half a step and i thought was a good look for me. we had so many active hands, landry, tyson, we clamped it down, >> muah! >> we couldn't get a stop to save our lives. >> knicks are still undefeated in the jeremy lin era, how does that sound? >> thankful to god. >> he got off his brother-in-law's couch, he has his own apartment in new york. that is great. despite winning the last six games the knicks return home to play the kings tonight at madison square garden in new york city. >>> meanwhile all eyes on the westminster dog show to see which dog takes home the title "best in show" night belong to the four-year-old pekinese named malac malachy, won 114 best in sh

new york knicks and jeremy lin fan spike lee wearing it. he hand-delivered the jersey to new york at spike lee's request. >> great. anytime palo alto basketball can be represented in a positive way that's great. if kids want to use jeremy as a role model you could not pick a better person. >> reporter: unfortunately, there are no plans right now to start reproducing that jersey but one sports memorabilia office here in palo alto estimated that that jersey signed by jeremy lin could be worth hundreds of dollars. that is big money in the sports memorabilia area. what better place here in palo alto than a palo alto high school jersey with elissa lynn's signature part of the "linsanity" that's taking over the country right now. >> the better he plays, the price goes up. >> reporter: that's right. the better he plays, let's hope he keeps on knocking them in so the price goes up. one more thing, there is another jersey out there. his white away jersey the one he won the state championship is out there somewhere. >> now it's going to surface on eb

jeremy lin will break for the all-star game. >>gary: in jeremy lin is still very popular. someone just bought his rookie card for $1,000, today it was sold on ebay for $21,580. it sold for 21 times what he bought a four. jeremy lin, his card. it is good that he sold before the game tonight. >>gary: good news for the milwaukee brewer mvp, for the first time ever a baseball players successfully challenged a drug-related penalty and grievance. this happen one day before lebron was due to report to spring training camp. he had elevated levels of testosterone. there are all types of stories floating around. the one that i heard more than once, he was mishandled, someone was supposed to take the tests to the office on a saturday in the did not drop off, the ups man because he thought there were not open. the bottom line is for the first time in baseball history a suspension overturned. the sharks are in toronto tonight. they're losing streak is over. thirsts patrick marlow had a couple of goals. the sharp snap a losing streak to-one. >>gary: he won his first- round match but tod

and if you didn't know jeremy lin's name before, you know it now. the pride of palo alto has taken over new york. >>> good evening, everybody. young man from palo alto has become the talk of the sports world. jeremy lin on the front page of all the new york papers, taking on kobe bryant tonight and the lakers. bryant, at least last night, pretended he didn't know anything about lin. i'm sure he had to know him tonight. 38 point, 7 assist, 4 robots. bryant had 34 point, only shot 11 from 29. this is something -- lin said he thought ten days ago he might get cut by the knicks! same thing happened with the warriors. all of a sudden, they give him a chance. 89 points in his first three starts. he played a fourth game, knicks 4 and 0. >> this is it , right here. this is my dream. and i'm just thankful to god, man, because this is my dream being lived out. and i'm so thankful for that. >> jeremy lin and the knicks, you start looking forward. they'll be in minnesota tomorrow night to take on the timberwolves. >>> at the at&t, the gray whale, you know you'r

as tony guida tells us, it's lin-credible. >> lin has to put it up. >> reporter: jeremy lin is the newacle on 34th street. home to madison square garden where a week ago lin was a nobody on the knicks' bench, had never started a game in the n.b.a. tonight, he's the hottest player in the league. >> this is my dream and i'm just thankful to god. >> reporter: the spotlight never figured to find lin. over three other players made the n.b.a. out of harvard, where lin majored in economics and graduated with a 3.1 g.p.a. every n.b.a. team passed on the chance to draft him. two teams cut him in december. out of desperation, the floundering knicks turned to lin last saturday. he led them to four straight wins, even outshining the laker's kobe bryant last night. >> what he's doing is amazing. i don't know. i don't know what to tell you. >> reporter: the chinese language newspapers are ablaze with stories of jeremy lin, too. this one says, "38 points, up against the best," with a picture of lin guarding kobe bryant. at a basketball clinic in new york's chinatown today, fifth graders learned the f