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You know you've arrived when A) you lead an apparently moribund NBA franchise to seven victories in your first eight games, B) you put up numbers that prompt comparisons with legends of the game and C) your heritage is notable enough that a lame reference to it gets an ESPN headline writer fired. And we forgot this one: D) All of the above, which applies to the New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin.
Unless the rock you've been sleeping under stops the sound of arena cheers from penetrating, you know that Lin is the greatest national sporting sensation since Tim Tebow. But in at least one way, Lin stands out even more: He's Asian-American. Many elite athletes have Asian roots. Golfer Tiger Woods is part Chinese and part Thai. Nine-time U.S. figure skating champion Michelle Kwan...
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