Cary Invasion Beats Raleigh 104-99
Cary, NC — In the second game of the Tobacco Road Basketball League (TRBL) season, the Cary Invasion faced off at home against the Raleigh Revolt, a team with several Ex-Invasion players on their roster. Read more
Ed Gawf Named To Lead TRBL
Cary, NC — The Tobacco Road Basketball League has announced that Ed Gawf, Cary’s first Downtown Manager, has accepted the Tobacco Road Basketball League’s offer to serve as Commissioner, effective immediately. Read more
Cary Sports Notes: June 25, 2914
Cary, NC — Three Cary teams have notched significant victories this month. Read more
Saturday Night: Cary Invasion Plays for TRBL Championship
Cary, NC — March Madness is long gone, and the NBA Finals ended with a sputter. But Saturday night at 6:30, the Cary Invasion face arch-rivals Bull City Legacy for the Tobacco Road Basketball League (TRBL) championship. Read more
Cary Invasion Raise Over $1000 in Police Challenge Game
The Cary Invasion vs. Cary Police department Sat Feb 1 to raise money for Dorcas Ministries.
Cary, NC — Saturday, February 1, 2014 Cary’s professional basketball team, the Cary Invasion, took on The Cary Police Department in a friendly game to raise money for Dorcas Ministries. Read more
Saturday: Cary Invasion vs Cary Police
Cary, NC — This Saturday night, the Cary Invasion takes on the Cary Police in their annual charity basketball game at Herb Young Community Center. Read more
The Dunk Heard Round the World
Cary, NC — Panther Creek Senior Nubian Spann had never dunked in a game before Friday night. His first official jam made it onto ESPN’s Top 10. Read more
Cary Invasion – New Season, New Owner Start Saturday
Cary, NC — The Cary Invasion, Cary’s own professional basketball team will host their first home game on Saturday, January 18, 2014. Read more
Movies: Linsanity Coming to Morrisville
Morrisville, NC — For one night only, Linsanity is coming to Park Place in Morrisville on Thursday, October 24, 2013. Get tickets now.
The Linsanity Story
Linsanity tells the story of Jeremy Lin, a third-string player for the New York Knicks who lit up the NBA over the course of a dazzling month in late winter of 2012.
It’s a great sports story and, most remarkably, all true. In January, Lin was sleeping on a relative’s couch. In February, he was going toe-to-toe with 15-time All-Star Kobe Bryant and sending the Lakers home in defeat.
But there was more. Lin was a graduate of Harvard. The last guy from Harvard to play in the NBA was Ed Smith in 1954, according to Basketball-Reference.com.
And, Lin is Chinese-American. Basketball has become big business in China, with elite players like Yao Ming making the jump to the NBA. But Chinese-Americans? Not so much. Lin’s success was avidly followed in China and across Chinese ex-pat communities.
As a Knicks fan, I was all over Linsanity from the very beginning. But it quickly spread like a wave across the U.S. and around the world.
What was Jeremy Lin’s game like during that period? Electrifying, crazy, sometimes sloppy. He’d dive to the hole, hit an impossible three and then turn it over. But his energy and passion lifted an injured team to a string of remarkable victories.
A cartoon by my friend Joe Petruccio that appeared on KnicksNow captured the spirit of the moment.
Soon enough, the stars came back, Lin got his own injury and he was traded to the Houston Rockets after the 2012 season. The Rockets have been in rebuild mode, adding James Hardin at shooting guard and, most recently, Dwight Howard at center. If the Rockets can pull together around their own “Big Three,” we might see Jeremy Lin on ESPN again in 2013-2014.
In the meantime, go see Linsanity on October 24 if you like a good sports underdog story. It’s an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival.
I’ll be there, wearing my Knick shirt.
Trailer
Get a taste for Linsanity with this trailer or see it on YouTube.
Event Details
Linsanity
Carmike Park Place
Morrisville, NC
Thursday, October 24, 2013
7:00 pm – 9:03 pm
Women’s Basketball Coaches Offer Tips for Business
Morrisville, NC – Four of the top women’s basketball coaches in the nation had some tips for business at the latest SuperKNOW luncheon presented by the Morrisville Chamber.