Jeremy Lin's popularity in New York is practically unprecedented, which of course means that he's absolutely killing it on Twitter. Lin has added over 60,000 followers in the past five days, which (surprise, surprise!) coincides with his rise to the status of Bench Player Making The Leap. He has a long, long way to go before he's among the most followed athletes on Twitter, however. Can you name the top 10? Take our quiz now!

On Thursday, "First Take" debated whether or not LeBron James should apologize for his tweet about Blake Griffin's dunk over Kendrick Perkins. Perkins thought the tweet was out of line and that LeBron was just trying to draw attention to himself, but James says that he was simply trying to connect with his fans and that he sees no need to say he's sorry. What's your take?

• "LeBron, you are obviously an incredible player and like to have fun, but people expect more of you. They want you to be aloof and serious like the all time greats. Get serious with your demeanor, don't send any more frivilous tweets, and stop worrying about "reaching out to fans". " -- SN commenter MattRider2006
• "he's making it sound like people should feel bad for him. Tough to feel bad for someone who makes milions, and was blessed with more talent than about anyone ever. But yeah Im sorry you get blamed for so much LeBron, must be a tough life." -- SN commenter joembbal3310
• "Perkins is just upset he got dunked on. LeBron is right-- if something goes wrong in your life, just blame him. It'll make you feel better." -- SN commenter tallybaby82

Today: Rodney Harrison criticizes Rob Gronkowski for partying after losing the Super Bowl.

• bumeri "So ... what's the problem here? They are enjoying their lives outside of the game they play. They are dancing and having fun while avoiding trouble and breaking laws. I don't see a problem."
• Devin53054: "brady sits at his locker for 20 minutes with his uniform on and people applaud his dedication. gronk goes out and parties it up after the loss and people defend him. which one is it? you can't have it both ways."
• cowboysdude81: "Yeah god knows you lost a football game so your life should be over LOL REALLY? He was having fun, nothing wrong with that. "
• bcbunley89: "I agree with Rodney Harrison. It'd be different if Gronk wasnt supposedly "hurt" during the game, but he was. Not the way to go at all."
• bangdebangbang: "This is a non-story and that's the worst dancing I've seen in a long time. "



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Paul Pierce is now second on the all-time scoring list for the Boston Celtics after a 15-point performance on Tuesday night. Pierce still has a ways to go to catch the man in first for the Celtics, who we won't name here because it would defeat the point of taking a quiz. Sorry about that. Can you name the all-time leaders for each NBA franchise? Take our quiz now!

Today: Clayton Kershaw gets a new deal worth $19 million over two years.

• RockiesFan45 "The kid is worth every dollar. He is tough and it was an insult to pay him half a mil last year."
• Buffalo Sabre: "Wow, the Dodgers got off easy. Yankees would have given him double that."
• Michael Lucky: "really? He could very well be the best pitcher in baseball and I can count 30 pitchers whose contract would make this one look like robbery. "
• ripvanwillie: "He's the best pitcher in baseball. The reincarnation of Sandy Koufax. "
• RevDig12: "I'm glad the kid got his money. BUT. I'll take Tim Lincecum ANY DAY!"



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