Maybe you didn’t think it was possible, but the Jeremy Lin story shot right to another level last night (we’re at least in the thermosphere at this point) when Lin buried that three-pointer with .5 seconds left to beat the Toronto Raptors. And as Lin’s remarkable ascent continues, so must the puns made about him for headline purposes. Today, the New York Post needed two – one for the front page, one for the back. Here’s what they went with for the front. Conventional. Their back cover choice was… less so.

On New Year’s Eve, Krys Barch of the Florida Panthers was ejected from a game against the Montreal Canadiens. After initial confusion as to why, it was revealed that the ejection was due to an alleged racial slur toward the Canadiens’ P.K. Subban, who is black. And there, the mystery ended…until it didn’t.

It’s common in sports for a team to have some kind of collective ritual to pump themselves up before a game. Often, this will take the form of a chant, like it did with the girls basketball team at Kenmore East High School, located in the Buffalo, N.Y. suburb of Tonawonda. Taken alone, doesn’t sound so bad. But then…

Last night, former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier died from liver cancer. On the night of March 8th, 1971, he fought Muhammad Ali in Madison Square Garden, after months of being called ugly and stupid and an Uncle Tom. Round 15 of that fight would be the most important of his career, and his life. Video after the jump.

Tiger Woods’ old caddie Steve Williams, was dumped by Tiger over the summer. Williams wasn’t happy about it, and made that pretty clear. Well, he still is – way, way more clear than he should be.

Last night, the Phoenix Coyotes’ Paul Bissonnette (you know, this guy) posted pictures from his team’s Halloween party. The most attention-getting photo was of teammate Raffi Torres, who went as Jay-Z. Here’s what Torres looks like normally. Yeah.

Earlier this week, HBO’s Bryant Gumbel made a controversial comments regarding NBA commissioner David Stern.

My head is spinning. Generally, when one watches Outside the Lines, one expects to find some of the most level-headed analysis ESPN has to offer. Today, thanks to Alabama-based sports radio host Paul Finebaum, that…did not happen. The topic at hand: ESPN severing ties with Hank Williams Jr., longtime singer of the Monday Night Football theme. The people discussing it: Bomani Jones, who hosted The Morning Jones radio show and frequently contributes to various ESPN programs, Finebaum, and The Nation’s Dave Zirin. The result: mayhem, basically.

Last week, the Philadelphia Flyers’ Wayne Simmonds, who is black, had a banana thrown at him during a preseason game. The incident was widely, and rightly condemned, and Simmonds handled it about as well as anyone could. But it didn’t take long for the shoe to find the other foot.