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With his collegiate career behind him, Lin now looks to start anew in the NBA. After earning an invitation to the Portsmouth Invitational last month, Lin continues ongoing training in Las Vegas, Nev. in preparation for a professional career. Although impressive, it will take more than Lin’s résumé to boost him to the next level...
...Premier League also tops the table when it comes to debt: 18 of its 20 teams owed a total of $5.2 billion in 2008 according to UEFA, the sport's governing body in Europe - more than all the clubs in the continent's other top divisions combined. (Debt-ridden Portsmouth, one of two Premier League teams not included in UEFA's sums, in February became the top flight's first franchise to fall into bankruptcy.) The leveraged buyouts by American investors of top clubs Manchester United and Liverpool, meanwhile, were "acting principally as a burden" on those clubs, UEFA added...
Consider it a road trip well spent for men’s basketball co-captain Jeremy Lin, who traveled last Wednesday to Portsmouth, Va. to take part in the Portsmouth Invitational, a four-day tournament that allows college seniors the opportunity to improve their professional prospects in front of scouts from around the world...
Though he impressed many at Portsmouth with his passing skills and ability to finish around the basket, the 6’3’’ Lin remains a long shot for the NBA at this point...
Cornell seniors Ryan Wittman and Jeff Foote will also be attempting to raise their own stock at Portsmouth. While Wittman has signed with an agent and Foote is looking to do so as well, Lin is in the process of finding an agent but has not found...