Ben & Jerry 's has apologized for putting fortune cookies in pints of its `` Taste the Lin-Sanity '' frozen yogurt sold at its Harvard Square , Massachusetts , location in honor of basketball sensation Jeremy Lin . `` We offer a heartfelt apology if anyone was offended by our handmade Lin-Sanity flavor , '' read a statement issued Friday on behalf of Ben & Jerry 's Boston Scoop Shops . `` We are proud and honored to have Jeremy Lin hail from one of our fine , local universities and we are huge sports fans . Our intention was to create a flavor to honor Jeremy Lin 's accomplishments and his meteoric rise in the NBA , and recognize that he was a local Harvard graduate , '' the statement said . `` We try ( to ) demonstrate our commitment as a Boston-based , valued-led business and if we failed in this instance we offer our sincere apologies . '' The fortune cookies have since been replaced with waffle cookies . The misstep is n't the only one that has surrounded the hype over the Asian-American guard for the NBA 's New York Knicks . ESPN fired a writer over a controversial headline . The headline read `` Chink in the Armor : Jeremy Lin 's 9 Turnovers Cost Knicks in Streak-stopping Loss to Hornets . '' The phrase -- Chink in the Armor -- contains a word that has two meanings ; one is an ethnic slur . An anchor who used the same phrase was suspended , the sports network said last Sunday . Lin , 23 , came off the bench earlier this month to guide the Knicks to win after improbable win . The unlikely star of Taiwanese descent quickly turned into a global brand and `` Linsanity '' became the phrase of the times .
NBA phenom Jeremy Lin is a UCLA graduate . Ice cream shop sold fortune cookies in boxes named for him . Ben & Jerry 's website has since removed that ingredient . ESPN fired a writer over an offensive headline about Lin .