MOUNT VERNON — Jack Taylor had his night, and lingering national fame because of it. It was six weeks ago, and it stood millions of sports fans on their ears. Kobe Bryant and LeBron James talked about it the next day. Jimmy Kimmel gave Taylor the business via Skype on his ABC talk-show the next [...]

MIAMI (AP) — Attention, Grinnell College basketball office: LeBron James wants the tape from Jack Taylor’s record-setting scoring spree. Or as “King James” is now calling Taylor, “Sir Jack.” The NBA champion Miami Heat took plenty of notice of Taylor in their shootaround practice Wednesday morning, one day after the Grinnell guard scored a record [...]

We in Iowa know what kind of offensive madness has been created by the men’s basketball teams of Grinnell College over the years. But Tuesday night … oh my! Jack Taylor, a 5-foot-10 sophomore from Black River Falls, Wis., scored an NCAA-record 138 points for the Pioneers in their 179-104 victory over Faith Baptist Bible. [...]

[View the story "Jack Taylor's scoring explosion rocks social media" on Storify]Jack Taylor’s scoring explosion rocks social mediaGrinnell College (IA) guard scored 138 points in a single game to break the NCAA single-game scoring mark. Here’s what twitter and social media were saying Tuesday night.Storified by · Tue, Nov 20 2012 20:49:46Jack Taylor, a sophomore [...]