Linsanity absent in Charlotte

New Hornets guard Jeremy Lin said he had trouble convincing a security guard that he’s an NBA player when he showed up at the team’s Charlotte arena.

The former Knick and star of Linsanity tweeted about the encounter Saturday afternoon: “Went to the Hornets arena for 1st time and tried convincing security im a player. She said, ‘what team?!?”’

The NBA’s first American player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent also added a hashtag with the word “literally.”

Metta World Peace, who played in Italy and China over the last two seasons, said he is done playing overseas and is ready to return to the NBA this season. “I’m ready for any scenario,” the 35-year-old said.

The Queensbridge product, who last played in the NBA for the Knicks in the 2013-14 season, was in attendance in Las Vegas for Saturday’s fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Andre Berto. Despite being out of the NBA for the past two seasons, World Peace pronounced himself still “one of the best small forwards in the world.”

He said his agent is currently reaching out to teams but that interest has been tepid.

— Mitch Abramson

NYCFC LOSES AGAIN

New York City FC’s nightmare of a season continued with a 2-1 road loss to FC Dallas. NYCFC (7-14-7, 28 points) remains just one point from the bottom of the entirety of MLS, ahead of only Chicago. Michel fed Tesho Akindele for a goal and added another later in the first half to lift FC Dallas (14-8-5) to a 2-0 lead. Patrick Mullins scored on a penalty kick in the 70th minute to pull NYC within a goal.

FORDHAM FALLS

John Robertson’s 4-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter proved to be the game-winner as Villanova stymied host Fordham, 14-7. The Rams, who beat Army in their opener, managed just 111 yards passing and 71 yards on the ground.

UConn quarterback Bryant Shirreffs threw for 270 yards and the Huskies (2-0) got touchdown runs from Arkeel Newsome and Ron Johnson to beat visiting Army (0-2), 22-17.

Eric Dungey threw for two long touchdown passes in the second half, rallying host Syracuse past Wake Forest, 30-17 in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener.