Yao Ming to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as Class of 2016
Former Houston Rockets center Yao Ming has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, according to ESPN’s Calvin Watkins and multiple reports. The 7-foot-6 Yao, whose career...
View Article2016 Season Preview of Los Angeles Aviators: Bryan Nguyen, Peter Zhou, Allen...
2016 Aviators Season Preview by Jacob Baumer Aviators Beat Writer & Correspondent @jbaumer42 The Los Angeles Aviators begin their second season in the AUDL this weekend and look to improve on a...
View ArticleMixed bag for Koreans entering 1st MLB seasons – Park Byung-ho, Kim Hyun-soo,...
As the 2016 Major League Baseball (MLB) season nears its Sunday opening, four South Koreans are entering their first U.S. seasons with a mixed bag of performances from spring training. Slugging first...
View ArticleFresh Off the Boat: Shaquille O’Neal, Jalen Rose to guest-star on the popular...
Shaquille O’Neal is heading back to Orlando. The former NBA All-Star will return for a guest appearance on an upcoming episode of Fresh Off the Boat, ABC announced Thursday. In the episode, he will be...
View ArticleWATCH: Asian phenom UCLA Commit Kobe Paras erupts for 43 in game and dunks...
Kobe Paras donning the Middlebrooks Sphinx threads. | Twitter Photo/Magic Compton MANILA, Philippines – The other “Kobe” keeps on adding to his legend. Our very own Kobe Paras, son of former PBA star...
View ArticleRecap of All 37 Asians in 2016 MLB Spring Training and their status for...
PLAYERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT (players who were star players in Asia and recently signed by a MLB team for the 2016 season. These players are either trying to make the team or were given big contracts to...
View ArticleDarren Wu with the Miraculous Goal/Touchdown for Vancouver
In the season opening game for the Vancouver Riptide against Seattle Cascades, Darren Wu scored 2 goals and had an assist. One of his goals, The post Darren Wu with the Miraculous Goal/Touchdown for...
View ArticleWeek 1 Recap of Asians in AUDL/MLU Pro Ultimate Leagues
Week 1 of the AUDL Barrs Lang and Jason Yun of the San Francisco Flamethrowers had good games as they won both their games in overtime against San Diego and Los Angeles. MLU MVP Brendan Wong of the...
View ArticleMariners’ Lee Dae-ho and Rangers Choo Shin-soo becomes first Korean...
The Seattle Mariners’ first baseman Lee Dae-ho went hitless in his first Major League Baseball (MLB) start Tuesday in Texas. Playing first base and batting eighth against the Texas Rangers at Globe...
View ArticlePitcher Kenta Maeda’s Dodgers debut could not have gone any better – 6 Shut...
Kenta Maeda’s Dodgers debut could not have gone any better Kenta Maeda took the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers for the first time Wednesday night and he sure got his big-league career off to a nice...
View ArticleManny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley fight on Apr 9th: How to watch on TV, and...
Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley fight: How to watch on TV, and what time will it start on Saturday night in UK? Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley pose for a surprisingly civil pre-fight photo...
View ArticleWhen Yao Ming Was the Center of the World And What He Meant for Asians and...
A bridge between America and the rest of the world, Yao Ming symbolized something—but what, exactly?CREDITPHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BROWN/MAGNUM By Hua Hsu In the late nineties, before...
View ArticleWATCH: Byung Ho Park and Dae Ho Lee hit first MLB home runs
Over the winter both the Twins and Mariners imported right-handed sluggers from Korea, but they went about it in very different ways. The Twins paid a $12.85 million posting fee forByung Ho Park, then...
View ArticleManny Pacquiao vs Tim Bradley 3 Round-by-Round Results
LAS VEGAS – If this was indeed the final fight of Manny Pacquiao’s Hall of Fame career, he will go out knowing one thing for sure: He has Timothy Bradley’s number. With the crowd of 14,665 at the MGM...
View ArticleYi Jianlian and Michelle Wie appears in video salute to Kobe Bryant
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View ArticleFrequency of Hard Fouls on Jeremy Lin Raise Suspicion of Racial Bias Among...
Frequency of Hard Fouls on Jeremy Lin Raise Suspicion of Racial Bias Among NBA Officials by Gabriel Reilich A video posted to YouTube on April 5th shows how often, and how hard, Jeremy Lin gets fouled...
View ArticleNick Hirannet and Himalaya Mehta gets on ESPN with this ‘greatest’ Ultimate play
Watch on ESPN: Philly ultimate player lays out for the catch – ESPN Video Once in a while, ultimate Frisbee shows up on SportsCenter Top 10 at night to amaze the audience with the athleticism, but also...
View ArticleWeek 2 Recap of Asians in AUDL/MLU Pro Ultimate Leagues (44 players)
Photo of Henry Phan of the MLU Seattle Rainmakers over the weekend. —AUDL— Steven Chang (SJ): 3G, 2A Chuck Cao (SJ): 0G, 3A Justin Norden (SJ): 0G, 3A Kohji Sugioka (SJ): 0G, 0A Will Chen (SEA): 0G,...
View ArticleGirl Accidentally Gets Tattoo of Jeremy Lin’s Name in Chinese, Becomes His...
Mistake No. 1: “You don’t ask anyone on the internet for anything.” That’s according to Holland Christensen, a young woman from Tennessee who explained in a mea culpa video posted to YouTube yesterday...
View ArticleWATCH: Dae-Ho Lee walk-off Home Run in the 10th Inning helps Mariners win
Mr. Lee is the hero of the day in Seattle. (USATSI) The Seattle Mariners needed this one. Even if Wednesday’s game against the Rangerswasn’t actually such a pivotal bout given how much of the season...
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