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Published Feb 14, 2012
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Last night, Stephen Colbert professed his love of basketball—"the slam dunklings...the rim jobs"—so he could discuss the phenomenon that is Linsanity: "This kid has singlehandedly done the unthinkable: Made people want to watch the New York Knicks." Plus, Colbert has been behind Lin since "Day 1 of sometime last week."
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Colbert said that his symptoms of Linsanity are "Linsomnia, Restless Lin Syndrome, and Lintestinal Blockage" and pointed out that media reports noting that Lin came out of "nowhere" were apt: "He came out of nowhere, which is my nickname for Harvard. You know things are rough when a Harvard economics grad has an easier time getting a job as an NBA point guard than as a Wall Street bond trader."
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