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SNL takes aim at Lin double standard [VIDEO]

Eric McErlain Sports Blogger
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While New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin is shattering stereotypes about Asian-American athletes, it’s been easy to see how plenty of broadcasters have allowed “Linsanity” to cloud their judgment.

In the most recent episode of “Saturday Night Live,” the cast takes aim at how sports broadcasters have gotten so carried away with Lin’s success that they’ve allowed racial talk about Asian-Americans to slip into broadcasts in a way they’d never allow about other races:

Eric McErlain blogs at Off Wing Opinion, a Forbes “Best of the Web” winner. In 2006 he wrote a “bloggers bill of rights” to help integrate bloggers into the Washington Capitals’ press box. Eric has also written for Deadspin, NBC Sports and the Sporting News, and covers sports television for The TV News. Follow Eric on Twitter.