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TORONTO -- Linsane! Jeremy Lin made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with less than a second to play to cap his finishing flurry of six straight points, and the New York Knicks rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 90-87 Tuesday night, extending their winning streak to six games. The NBA's first American-Taiwanese player, Lin had 27 points and a career-high 11 assists in his first game since being named Eastern Conference player of the week. The season-high crowd of 20,092 roared as Lin drained a pull-up jumper from the top with half a second to play, giving the Knicks their first lead...

Not every athlete is caught up in the Linsanity. Unbeaten boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has posted a swipe at the New York Knicks' point guard sensation on Twitter. Mayweather posted on Monday: "Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he's Asian. Black players do what he does every night and don't get the same praise." Lin has led the Knicks to five straight victories, including a 38-point game against the Lakers. Later, Mayweather took to Twitter to defend his comment. "Its OK for ESPN to give their opinion but I say something and everyone questions...

It's not a football tale, it's a basketball one, but the sudden rise of Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin has drawn obvious comparisons to You Know Who. Dear NBA: You've found your Tim Tebow. Jeremy Lin's unlikely rise with the Knicks has been Tebowesque, and the 23-year-old point guard doesn't mind the comparisons. In this case, not a Florida icon with a bronze statue raised in his honor, but an undrafted kid out of Harvard, previously kicked to the curb by the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets, only to be picked up by the Knickerbockers just days after Christmas....

Everybody loves an underdog. And thanks to leading the New York Knicks to back-to-back wins for the first time in a month, Jeremy Lin has given his previously hopeless franchise a reinvigorated fanbase.WATCH VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF JEREMY LINBut there is more to Jeremy Lin than just being an undrafted Asian-American point guard out of Harvard. He is also a devout Christian that has previously declared that he plays for the glory of God and someday hopes to be a pastor.And based on his post-game interview last night, like Tim Tebow, Lin is not afraid to bring his faith to...

Jeremy Lin continues to overcome obstacles. Lin didn’t receive a single Division 1 scholarship offer after leading Palo Alto (Calif.) High to a state championship four years ago, so he leaned toward academics and went to Harvard. After capping four standout seasons for the Crimson with Ivy League MVP honors, Lin went undrafted in June. Despite those relatively major setbacks, Lin signed a contract with the Golden State Warriors yesterday. And Lin will have plenty of fans pulling for him in Oakland, which is less than 30 miles from Palo Alto. "I feel like I’ve come full circle,” Lin told...