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Double Dribble

An NBA blog from Newsday's Bobby Bonett

Jeremy Lin covers from New York and Houston

Knicks guard Jeremy Lin talks to the media

Photo credit: Patrick E. McCarthy

Jeremy Lin was a headline writer's dream, his last name a consistent source for basketball puns both good and bad. He was a fixture on back covers in the New York area during his breakthrough prompting clever, bizarre and awkward headlines.

As Lin bolts New York for the south, here's a look through at how the local papers and Lin's new hometown paper, the Houston Chronicle, played the story:

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