and the average nba player certainly isn't a nine figure average and the average life span in the nbaonly three years. guys who need to make as much money as they can and hopefully save it. but they're not as qualified and as talented as anthony. so they don't have the longev y longevity. those are the players that you need to protect and think about. >> my question is how come nobody has complaints about these industries when there's not black people in them. people get mad when players go straight from high school to the league. no one complains when a minor league baseball play goes to the league. is it mad young black people are making so much money? >> i think they're just upset someone is dribbling a basketball is making so much money. i don't know if it's racist or not. dribbling a basketball and making that much money, it's something you can do for free. we played for free growing up, but we make millions of dollars and we earn it. >> maybe they're mad because they can't dribble as well as you,aboutny. >> there's a lot of good that happens. but for black athletes we read about

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

and the nba names its all-stars.lus has madonna tipped off who she is rooting for in the super bowl? your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> a major winter storm in the middle of the country will head east this weekend. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." >>> in sports, getting off to a quick start in this lockout shortened nba season was particularly important for anyone shooting for a chance to make the all-star team. here is nbc's mario solis with an early look at all of your sports headlines. >> good morning. the starting lineups for the nba all-star game have been announced and magic dwight howard was the leading vote girt in the east and the lakers kobe bryant got the most votes in the west. the knicks carmelo anthony and the bulls and derek rose starters for the east and faced off at madison square garden last night. rose takes the game by storm in the fourth. scoring 15 of his 32 in the final quarter.

nba hoop stories, including a local product. fifth all time, kobe bryant, in nba scoring.onight, kobe bryant passing shaq shaq on that list -- shaq on that list. lakers lose but kobe bryant now fifth all time in nba scoring. here is the thing, though, shocker, jeremy lin, cut by the warriors, first nba start for the knicks. goes off and goes off and goes off. the knicks crowd screaming his name, 28 points. 8 assists. couple nights ago in a reserve role he had 25 and the knicks win over utah. jeremy lin getting off. all right. one of the games -- getting off. [ laughter ] >> my caller out? wants to protect me here. >> at this time fine. >> one of the game's rising stars will miss two games. kevin love, uncle of the beach boys. boom! there it is. love, 25 points. 14 rebounds a game. trif frequent the minnesota team. one of those guys always elbowing, pushing. previous meeting hit him. love just a little get back. he has apologized. raiders going young. new defensive coordinator is jason tarver. he was stanford defensive quartinater. super bowl conversation, on the drop passe

cmooes. . >>> welcome back to first look i'm lynn berry. >>> getting started in the nba was important for anyone shooting for a chance to make the all star team. here is mario solis. >> reporter: the starting line-ups for the nba all star game have been announced, the dwight howard was the leading vote getter in the east. no surprise here the lakers kobe bryant got the most votes in the west. the knicks carmelo anthony and derrick rose are starters for the east. they faced off last night. rose takes the game by storm in the 4th, new york is it in with a season high 34. it comes down to the final shot, knicks down 3, five seconds left. bulls win 105-102. >> lebron james, chris paul, kevin durant round out the western conference all stars tim duncan is a 13 time all star on the bubble to make the team, a game high 19 points and 9 boards against the hornets will help his cause. san antonio improves to 12-1 at home with 93-81 win. >> peyton manning has been medically cleared to play football. he missed the entire season after having multiple surgeries on his neck. the only question is whe

. >>> nba all-stars are announced. good news for peyton manning.nd a dance-off between the giants' victor cruz and madonna. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. nbc news has confirmed gunmen have kidnapped two americans and their egyptian tour guide after stopping a minivan. the gunmen were from a tribe. it is not yet known what they are demanding for the safe return of the three. >>> this morning's "washington post" reports defense secretary leon panetta believes israel is positioning itself for a surprise attack against iran to stop it from building a nuclear bomb. according to u.s. officials, panetta believes there's a greater than 50% chance israel will attack iran in the coming months. >>> a rare bipartisan vote of 96-3 was sneeen in the senate. they passed a bill keeping members of congress using insider information making stock trades. >>> and slippery conditions from snow and ice on a highway contributed to a 20-car pileup in milan,

and then i am speaking my mind on behalf of other nba players. they are programed to be politically correct and penalized if they speak up. i don't recall the rest of the flab asking -- nba asking for that favor. lin responded by tweeting back -- just kidding he responded by burying a three at the buzzer on tuesday night to beat the rafters. i have no idea what i just said. meanwhile lin's heroics with overshadowing the accomplishments of this young hero. >> you haven't seen that before, and that's because of jeremy lin. terry, this is a great story. probably one of the greatest sports stories of the last 14 days. >> the last couple days outside of the super bowl. >> why does this jackass have to inject race into it? and why do we have to inject race into everything? >> because we do. maywether is wrong. he is not doing the same thing black players have been able to do because black players haven't been able to give the knicks a win and he has. it is not a racial thing. we are not rooting for lin because he is -- rewith not rooting for him becaus

you can't get lucky in the nba for 10 or 12 games. he hit a bit of a wall against miami but they are the best team in the league. he also has been turning the ball over too much. he's going to get better. i think he's with the right coach mike dan tony. he had nash all those years there's a big future for jeremy lin. whether or not he can live up to all of this, we will see if it is possible. >> appreciate it. >> i like that you are doing a sports show. perhaps you should start competing against sports center nba all star games all those things. why not? >> here is jay leno. >> i saw the worst reality show last night. have you seen this one. it's called the republican debate. anybody watch that? did you watch? it was on cnn. you know who the big winner was? american idol on fox. that's what i watched. >> jay is a funny guy. he is flat out wrong if next wednesday's gop debate which will be the defining moment in the race for the republican nominati nomination. mitt romney over came rick santorum the last rival standing to seal the deal

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these pictures nba leaving newington. in a little while, but now to news. 5:00 on this monday morning. ect a heavier police presence near town university after a student was -- near georgetown university after a student was attacked inside her dorm room. >> we have the latest developments. . police say a georgetown sexually student was assaulted sunday 2:15 in the morning while walking near the northwest campus. lives udent we talked to on 36 and n, the same block where the alleged sexual assault occurred. t to reveal her identity, saying she got worried once she got word of the crime. >> my parents just got here, actually. my whole mood has changed. >> students have asked for a feel unsafe. students are on high alert at the university of maryland. that's where police say two men went around cumberland hall testing doorlocks to see if they were unlocked. men found one of the an unlocked door on the seventh floor and was about to steal a laptop when he began touching a sleeping female's leg. when the student confronted the

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at the time no one listened and lin was not even drafted into the nba. but now he's the hottest player in the league. among his fellow players, he's looking pretty smart. >> when i lead the 2010 preview off with jeremy lin, the idea was that, you know, i thought that this would, if and when he broke out, you know, that there might be some notoriety there, but i never expected anything like this. >> and now lin! and the knicks take the lead. >> reporter: but the notoriety has come for lin and wieland, not the obvious sports analyst. he makes his living as the fedex delivery driver, far from the glamour of madison square garden. watching it unfold on the old tv in his apartment. and so will they meet? >> well, you know, i guess so if it fits in my schedule. yeah, i would like to. that would be fun. >> reporter: allen martin cbs5. >> since lin has become a superadds he says that his phone has not stopped ringing. fedex is giving him some time off to handle all the interview requests. a busy guy. >> if it fits his schedule. come on. >>> the warriors have a n

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. >> reporter: he is no doubt the most talked about nba player right now and he is the reason why the group from san jose came out to rookie sports bar to watch the game saying it's one of the few places you can see the next game. he is making headlines for his set and for breaking barriers. this last minute shot by lin only added to the craze. >> i saw the shot last night. amazing. >> reporter: noel robertson hopes to add a photograph of him above the trophies. he played with the chapter. >> he is showing -- what it is to be a student athlete and someone that other kids can look up to and say you know i would like to carry myself like that. >> reporter: with the praise is comments about his race. on twitter a boxer posted lin is a good player but the height is because is he asian saying black players do it every night and don't get the same praise. others say these types comments a teachable moment. >> they are racist but what the -- event has created is an opportunity for all the things to come to the surface. >> reporter: he said lin is breaking barrier as the 4th asian american to

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nba all-star game. chris paul, blake krichb representing lob city for the west. lebron james helping out the east. first quarter, kevin durant's pass broken up by carmelo anthony. then it's lebron james here taking flight with the windmill. see it again. he led the east with 36 points. later in the quarter derrick rose turns it over. chris paul. this is kind of a dunk contest. off the backboard kevin durant. suitland native led the west with 36 points. he was named all-star mvp. later third quarter durant with the steal ahead to kobe bryant. and with this dunk he passes michael jordan as the all-time leading scorer in all-star game history. the west beats the east 152-149. at the nfl combine robert griffin iii decided not to throw, but he did run, and he ran fast. the heisman trophy winner posted a 4.38 40-yard dash. but his official time is 4.41. the fastest 40-yard dash by a quarterback at this year's combine. third fastest qb since 2000. >>> and coming up on "sports final," dan hellie catches up with john wall during all-star weekend. the smallest member of th

no one saw the fact that he would not only be in the nba but on top of the nba.ing the records of shaquille o'neal, michael jordan, allen iverson, that's stuff jeremy, you know, that's -- so many degrees away from what his hopes and dreams were in college. even in his first year of the nba, too. >> but did he hope and dream for in college? >> i asked him. we sat in his dorm room. >> you are twittering. back and forth. >> we keep in touch. when i was in dorm room in harvard, he was a senior, everything about his life at that point was surprising. he wanted to get a chance and play in the nba. jeremy has always will self-confidence and been the best player on the court. high school, california state championship. college, beating bigger teams. proving himself that way. but this, you know, magnitude of what's happened to him is so mind-blowing. that's the biggest trancenition his life. how does he deal with the fame? how do you go from being a kid who is completely anonymous to now being the world's biggest sports star? >> do you worry about that for him? >> i do ju

. >>> coming up, the biggest names in the nba showing off at the all-star game. we'll be right back.  >>> welcome back. the wizards don't have any players in the all-star game this season. but john wall did take part in the rising stars game. the biggest nba stars in one arena tonight, and there was no shortage of highlights. first half, the east in blue, dwyane wade's pass stolen. drops between his legs to blake griffin. he would have 22 points and about 100 dunks tonight. east taking advantage of pitiful defense. lebron james had 36 points. the east down 9. later in the third quarter, the west's kevin durant on a steal ahead to kobe bryant for the dunk. he had 27-points surpassing michael jordan for the most career points in all-star game history. two of his 36-points, he earned mvp honors, west beats the east. >>> how in the world does this happen? ball in the back of a woman's shirt. last week lefty hit a ball i guy's shorts and now this. he lost his match to rory mcelroy. hunter in the final against mcelroy and backs off a putt. here's why. a mary poppin

he is continuing to be the talk of the nba. named nba player of the week.alo alto getting national acclaim. taking on toronto. we will have highlights of that tonight. the warriors, did have him in their possession a year ago and their fans wondering how they let him go but he understands. >> i under stood that i had a lot of growth as a play every and i have a lot right now and i have been able to get away with some stuff. you know defenses will start locking in and i will have to improve and a lot of areas and it's a continual process. >> he is the real deal. you may do for one or two games, now -- real deal -- he is an nba player, if he have the level of the others we will see. ? have to do it for years. he just started. >> very no hard feeling toward any organization, especially the warriors because they gainey a year to develop. >> young baseball players would probably do well to hear this. hall of fame hitter and one of the greats, tony gwen will have surgery for a growth in his cheek. he had a operation for it in 2010. he claims chewing tobacco led t

he scored 136 points in the first five nba starts, the most since the 1976-'77 nba-aba merger. last night, lin added another winning chanter to hism probable story. in toronto, the raptors second sellout and 13 home games. he prevailed again. the reigning eastern conference player of the week scored 27, handed out 11 assists and was the hero. with a game tie and time running out. lin for 3 and the game winner. one way a -- game away from being 500 admitted he struggled early on and received good advice from teammate jared jeffries. >> jared kept telling me it's a long game. we see what they do and that is different today. something i haven't seen it and -- yet, and kept telling me to stay aggressive, you know, that is what i try to do. >> len-sanity. george mason shocked the basketball world in 2006, when the patriots made an improbable run. last night, b -- bcu did the same thing. they battled for first place in the caa and some final secs. let's it fly from 30 feet and beats the buzzer. gets mobbed by his teammates and edges bcu. tom o'connor celebrates with the head coach pa

he is the first chinese- american nba player. no one saw "lin-sanity" coming, least of all the warriors. >> if you tell me i was stupid to let it go, we have to stand up to that. >>vern: gerry reilly cut lane at this year's training camp. six years ago he was lawn by defenders at palo alto high school, winning the 2006 state title shooting around and over. there were no college athletic scholarships waiting period and ivy league education at harvard and sued. he went undrafted by the nba in 2010. it's the warriors or the only team that signed him. he gained immediate cult following that the warriors defensive guards needed a big man and he became expendable. the knicks claim them off of waivers in 2011. the knicks nearly cut in two weeks ago. since he took over point guard duties and became the most talked-about star, the knicks are 6-0 as a host the sacramento kings tonight. >>gary: look at this story. every day there is something news. he was sleeping on his brother's couch. now, he is staying in trump towers. he had no scholar

asian american, doesn't fit the mold of an nba player. does that play into it?i think a little bit. we like stuff that is different. now, for three decades, the nba has been dominated by african american players. which is pretty incredible in itself, that is another show. so it's nice, particularly in the city like new york, that is so diverse. to have someone different who -- and by the way who can play. >> he can play. >> he can play, but i think like you said, again, the positives. now we're talking about a relatively short sample. >> your daughter's boyfriend played with lin at harvard. >> yeah. >> how could the nba miss this guy? >> the nba misses a lot of of guys. number one, that happens a lot of times in a lot of sports. sometimes you miss out on guys, remember, ed, sometimes people just aren't ready, we all develop differently. and sometimes systems are different. >> i got to ask you, six games, if this is oklahoma city is this the same story? >> this is new york. of course not. >> the knicks need a positive story. >> the knicks, come on, the knicks nee

you keep going. >> and he's so humble, and best story in the nba. knicks on a seven-game winning streak. >>> let's check out the traffic on the roads, mike inouye, he's our franchise player. >> i was pulled over but they couldn't prove i was good. we do have an accident to report, a noninjury accident. it sounds like a car traveling westbound on highway 4 and past franklin canyon golf course. they ran into something, possibly a tailpipe from another car. while no car has reported missing that, this car did hit that and the accident is on the shoulder. also in the area eastbound 80 passing highway 4 construction going on there. overnight roadwork and it's opposite the main commute and opposite any commute before 5:00. but it's there as you are heading through hercules that's where the carquinez bridge, and eastbound highway 4 your typical construction going on there for another few minutes and westbound 61 shows no problems at the "l" street sensor. a smooth drive over the bridge and towards concord and pittsburg. >>> this is one of the unusual honor

he played like one of the three or quarter best players in the nba. he had 36 and wins the nba awards. the west wins the all-star game. catholic league boys' tournament. john carroll against mount st. joseph's. st. joseph's in the white led by cameron williams. he is an impressive young man. rodney elliott. st. joe's down 9 at the half. williams was the tournament mvp. young made 11 of 11 free throws. the 41st catholic league crown. both teams are headed to the prestigious tournament in cumberland. the daytona 500 rescheduled for today at noon. >> here's a look at what is coming up. >> the war in afghanistan claims the life of a husband and father. >> the candidates are working the campaign trail ahead of tomorrow's primaries. how the race is shaping up in how the race is shaping up in hi. we're spreading the word about new honey bunches of oats fruit blends and their unique taste combinations. like peach/raspberry. with one flavor in the granola bunch and one on the flake. two flavors. in harmony. honey bunches of oats. make your day bunches better.

and the nba could not have ordered this better.fter the super bowl here comes this guy in new york and we have this compressed season because of the lockout. what it means is that this sensation, if you don't like him tonight, he's playing again tomorrow. he's playing four or five games in a week, that's fueled this whole phenomena again, too. >> yeah. and we talked about -- i don't even know if we need to go on and talk about all of these punts. the guy who was suspended -- i don't want to play that. it's much to do about nothing and i think you're right. but, listen, i think he is foreseeing people to sort of change their minds about what an nba player looks like. >> yeah. i mean, let's not be naive. not a lot of asian players and harvard grad. but who was the star of the playoffs last year? i think the better part of the story is, who knows this guy at the end of the bench on the verge of being sent down to the minors, he can lead to beat the mavericks. i think it's inex act and that to me is much more compelling than, oh, he we

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the story of the nba sensation coming up. >>> the nba's newest star jeremy lin made a big splash withght the rookie showed off another part of his game. cnn's joe carter is in new york with more on this. lin was in the mood of giving, was he not? >> reporter: yes. great way to put that fredricka. we saw a new dimension of jeremy lin last night. he's a complete player because last night he didn't score a lot of points and actually had a career night in assists. he got the ball to the open guys so they could make the basket, and that's what a good point guard is supposed to do. he helped the knicks win number seven in a row. they cruised past the sacramento kings easily. it was 100-85. it was well in hand halfway through. watching him last night and feeling the electricity inside madison square garden and giving the sense that he's responsible for bringing basketball back to new york city. talking to folks yesterday, they said this is a basketball town. they've long hungered for a good knicks team, and they're finally playing good basketball. this guy comes from an underdog story that p

he bounced around the league cut by two other nba teams before landing in new york.fter becoming a starter for the knicks lin led the team to 7 straight wins before falling tonight. he scored 136 points through his first five nba starts which is the most by any player since 1976. even george mason is lin- spired. >> these guys all year have been hearing about these type of stories. i started a tebow thing when they won the game against miami. now they're hearing about grapline and how perseverance and hard work pays off -- area my lin and how perseverance and hard work pays off. >> according to forbes the valley of lin's name as a brand is forth -- value of lin's name as a brand is worth $40 million growing. the jersey he wore with his first game with the knicks sold for $40,000 on ebay. he recently requested trademark protection for the word lin- sanity and i just saw this today. apparently you can get his junior high year book on ebay for like $5,000. it's signed and there's a note from another classmate. >> oh, my goodness. it's getting lin-sanity, right? you can

from the control room. >> sorry. >> he's the first asian-american -- what is his first miss in the nba he might be the first taiwanese american. not the first asian. >> we have bryan on the phone. we are going to go to the phone. we have you. bryan, tell us what place jeremy has in both your american -- asian-american cultural history and in the nba. >> he's an inspiration. you have all of the young athletes to dream to play in the nba and myself growing up playing basketball there is a ton of support among the asian-americans and to have him to continue to believe even though when he was young he would hear i'm too short 0 and too small. you have someone who believes in himself and had the support of his parents and was able to take it to the next level to get to the point where he basically went undrafted, unnoticed, bounced from team to team and the fact that that he is able to lift the asian-american community, not just the chinese, taiwanese, filipino, korean, everyone else look up to him. it's an amazing story. >> do you think he had trouble getting noticed and getting credit bec

the first taiwanese-american nba player ever and that's a big deal for the nba.y many in the asian community. his fan page has more than a million followers and fans are packing bars in taipei to watch the games. his jerseys are selling out in china. but it's also taiwanese fans in this country that are excited. for perspective we reached out to a member of the "outfront" family and my own family, my nephew is taiwanese sports fan and he came out front, actually, lin front earlier today. >> i was thinking we don't talk a lot about that you're taiwanese-american and i've been thinking a lot about that recently because he is and i was wondering if you felt something -- a connection to him or something special about him because he's taiwanese-american? >> umm, a little bit, yeah. i think he makes a lot of taiwanese americans proud. he's also changed americans points of view or maybe, how they think about taiwanese americans. and he's also given shows that taiwanese americans can be good and succeed and, yeah, he's one of the first nba players to be taiwanese-america