ARCADIA, Calif. -- Imperative rallied from last to win the $80,000 Big Bear Stakes by 1 ? lengths Thursday at Santa Anita, snapping an 18-race skid.Ridden by Kent Desormeaux, Imperative ran a mile in 1:35.98 and paid $4.80, $3 and $2.40 as the 7-5 favorite in the eight-horse field.Conquest Cobra returned $4.20 and $2.80, while Magic Mark was another 3 ? lengths back in third and paid $2.80 to show.Imperative had been winless since taking the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic in April 2014. The 6-year-old gelding was beaten 22 ? lengths in the $1 million Pacific Classic on Aug. 20 at Del Mar.I think he can beat anyone in the world when he wants to, said Desormeaux, who was reunited with Imperative after 1 ? years. Hes the kind of horse, hes either going to show up or hes not.Richard Baltas has trained Imperative in his last nine starts.Hes just a horse thats hard to ride, he said. Theres a particular way to ride him and Kent knows how to ride him.The victory was worth $50,400. 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NEW YORK -- Brooklyn Nets point guard Jeremy Lin has embraced becoming a role model in the years following Linsanity, but he doesnt want to be simply referred to as a phenomenon.Everything happened overnight, Lin said Wednesday at a news conference. When [Linsanity] first started, I am not going to lie, it was cool. Then it became a burden because I didnt know what I had gotten myself into. I didnt know how big things had become. One, two, three years removed, every year I embrace it more, every year I am more appreciative, every year I love it more and that is where I am right now.Lin, who signed a three-year, $36 million contract to play in Brooklyn and reunite with former coach Kenny Atkinson, had his stunning 11-game run of dominance with New York in 2012 after being on the verge of getting released. During that stretch, he averaged nearly 24 points to go along with nine assists.Im in a much, much different place mentally as a person than I was when I was with the Knicks, Lin said. So when you talk about that platform, I want to embrace it. I am not just saying Asians. If you look at what is going on in the world and a lot of violence that is going on in the world in terms of the justice system and all of these different things that is real life. That is so much bigger than basketball. I have a voice because of basketball to be able to talk and influence [people] and do things that are related to things that are affecting peoples lives and things every day. That is a very unique situation.Asked specifically if Linsanity will be making a return to Brooklyn, Lin responded, I will be myself but I dont really draw too many comparisons to Linsanity the phenomenon. I am just going to keep playing. People will always kind of compare me to that. In a lot of ways, not in a negative way or a way that I am offended but it kind of dehumanizes me to refer to me as a phenomenon. I am going to be here, keep playing my game, do the best that I can and whatever you guys want to call it, that is up to you guys.Lin, who wore his hair in braids, is ready to take the next step as a player in an expanded role with the rebuilding Nets, who are coming off a 21-61 season.I met with my agents and family and close friends and they said what do you want and I said I want to see how good I can be, Lin said. I have played a lot of different roles; I have sacrificed for a lot of teams that I have been on in the past and I have taken on smaller roles to try to help the team succeed.Now II have that chance to take a much bigger role and be a much bigger part.dddddddddddd It is no surprise to anybody if you look at the numbers my whole career, when I have the ball in my hands, when I play longer minutes, when I am more comfortable, when I am empowered, I play better. And I am hoping I can take that next step as a player and hoping that I can help this team grow. I want to make my teammates better and make the game easier for everybody. I guess that is what will define me as a player.The Nets dont have total control over their own first-round draft pick until 2019. But Lin is hoping to be part of their turnaround.I made this analogy earlier, but for me, the way I was thinking of free agency was like when you invest in a startup company, Lin said. You dont necessarily look at the product right then and there. That is a big part of it, but youre kind of betting on the founder a lot of times. Youre betting on what that person is capable of doing, because sometimes as you go through the process, the final product is going to change a lot. Thats very common in startups and I feel like thats the kind of how this is.Im betting on certain people, Im betting on Kenny, Im betting on Sean [Marks], Im betting on myself, Im betting on Brook Lopez, Im betting on the way I feel. If I didnt feel like this has a chance to go where I want to go, then I wouldnt have signed up for it. Yeah,right now, and last season if you look at last season, we werent where we wanted to be, but its a process and its a challenge. And I think the biggest thing I would say is I believe in this, I believe in what were capable of becoming. Were not there right now, but we all know that, but thats the thing.One thing Lin wouldve done during Linsanity was enjoy it a bit more.Im big on kind of learning from my mistakes and one of the biggest mistakes I made from New York was not soaking everything in and enjoying it, Lin said. I was so focused on the next thing, the next goal, the next game, the next season, the next level. I was never really was able to just pause and enjoy that moment, and I think for me now, even this, a press conference or something, I dont know how many more years Im going to be able to play, and something small like this, maybe I just wouldve brushed over or kind of briefed through in the past, now Im trying to just take in a little bit. 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