AHC & CE is once again pleased to partner with National Sports to offer three days of discounts (April 13 – 15, 2012). All details are in the flyer below.
February 28, 2012
February 9, 2012
We’re on the Linsanity Bandwagon: Go Jeremy!
Your feel good story of the day: Jeremy Lin, the only Asian player currently in the NBA, is proving his chops as a completely unheralded rookie.
53 points in his past two games.
As www.nytimes.com writes:
When the Knicks claimed Lin off waivers Dec. 27, he was fourth on the depth chart at point guard. Now he is No. 1, continuing a long pattern of low expectations and surprising results.
Lin received no college scholarship offers, despite leading his Palo Alto High School team to a 32-1 record and the California championship. At Harvard, he was twice named to the all-Ivy League first team and delivered a signature 30-point performance against 12th-ranked Connecticut.
At draft time, in June 2010, Lin was again overlooked. N.B.A. teams had their doubts — about his defense, about his jump shot, about his ability to keep up with the league’s elite athletes.
They were the kind of concerns scouts have every year about dozens of prospects, from all sorts of programs and all sorts of backgrounds. Yet there was no escaping Lin’s unusual pedigree and the subtle sense that he did not fit a profile.
You can read the entire article here: From Ivy Halls to the Garden, Surprise Star Jolts the N.B.A.
February 3, 2012
Your. Worst. Nightmare.
Ok. We’re not deeply knowledgable football diehards.
Enjoy watching the game, but we don’t live it.
But even we know a nightmare when we see it.
- 6 foot, 5 inches.
- 278 pounds.
- Vertical leap – 30.5 inches. (Try this test yourself. Really. Try it. If you get more than 15 inches off the ground, you’re a hero.)
- 40 yard dash – 4.71 seconds. (this means he could catch you, let you go, catch you again, let you go again, stop to have a burger with fries, then catch you a third time).
- Hand size – 10.5 inches.
Watch. The. Nightmare. (Be patient – it comes at the 20 second mark and it just doesn’t stop)
February 1, 2012
Showcasing Asian Talent
I was recently alerted to a couple of talented young, American Asian singers that are self-publishing on YouTube:
- Mr. David So – is there any relation to the multi-talented David So, realtor extraordinaire and long-time player and supporter of the Asian Hockey Championship? See for yourself; and
This is a very small sample size; there are lots and lots of talented Asian artists, to be sure.
Keeping an eye out for talented Canadian Asian artists as well.
Enjoy!
