Jeremy Lin is the NBA’s first American-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent.
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Kobe Bryant Fined For Making Homophobic Slur
Kobe Bryant was fined US$ 100,000 dollars after losing his cool using a homophobic slur aimed at the NBA referee during Tuesday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs.
US Wins World Basketball Crown, Trounced Turkey, 81-64
The US trounced Turkey by the score of 81-64 thus capturing their first world basketball crown since 1994. It was the Americans’ fourth world crown, two years later after they won the Olympic title in Beijing.