SMC VS Jimmy Tsai (Part 3: The Showdown)
Although basketball is the sport I play the best, I was a little worried on how I would do against Jimmy.
SMC VS Jimmy Tsai (Part 2: The Interview)
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Jimmy Tsai could be the perfect bromance partner. We could have gone on for hours just talking about hoops, then he brings up John Woo film references and the Five Deadly Venoms. He’s funny, loves hoops, produces and writes, and even starred in a great film.
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 24, 2010
Japanese American speedskating star Apolo Anton Ohno and 18-year-old Korean American Simon Cho both qualified in the men’s 500 m short track event yesterday. The Koreans have dominated speedskating in Vancouver thus far; Si-Bak Sung, Ho-Suk Lee, and Yoon-Gy Kwak all placed first in their races to join Ohno and Cho in the quarterfinals. Canadians Charles Hamelin and [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 23, 2010
The Koreans continue their dominance in speed skating, but only by a stroke of luck and the misfortune of Dutch skater Sven Kramer, who was disqualified after an illegal lane change. Korea’s Lee Seung-hoon, who already claimed a silver medal in the men’s 5000 meter event, added a gold medal today after he set a [...]
SMC VS Jimmy Tsai (Part I: The Warm-up)
This is the first episode of SMC VS and I couldn’t be happier to have Jimmy Tsai – aka Ping Pong Playa, aka Christopher “C-dub” Wang – as the first victim, er, I mean, guest.
Chan Ho Park signs with Yankees
Relief pitcher Chan Ho Park, the first South Korean baseball player in MLB history, has signed a $1.2 million contract with the New York Yankees yesterday. Park made his MLB debut with the Dodgers in 1994 and stayed with the LA club until 2001. From there he spent three seasons with the Texas Rangers (2002-05), [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 22, 2010
Chinese American veteran forward Julie Chu and the U.S. women’s ice hockey team trounced Sweden today to make it to the finals. The U.S. scored nine goals in the semi-final game and held Sweden to a single goal. 20-year-old Monique Lamoureux earned her own hat trick, with two of her three goals scored in the [...]
Asian Figure Skating Queens
Watch out for 19-year-old Japanese figure skater Mao Asada, who will compete in the ladies’ short program on Tuesday. Asada, currently ranked third in the world, believes that she her placement in the skating order will be an advantage over reigning world champion and Korean rival Yu-Na Kim, also 19. 22-year-old teammate Miki Ando will skate last.
Watch the [...]
Weekend Winter Olympic Roundup – February 19-21, 2010
South Koreans dominated this weekend’s speed skating and short track events. Jung-Su Lee set a new Olympic record in the men’s 1000 meter short track to capture the gold medal–his second in Olympic competition–ahead of silver medallist and fellow compatriot Ho-Suk Lee. Japanese American Apolo Anton Ohno managed to grab the bronze medal at the [...]
Breakdown of the Crane Kick
by Jimmy Tsai
The crane kick.
Everyone knows it. Who doesn’t get chills up their spine when Daniel Larusso (played by Ralph Macchio) sets up for the kick, Kreese yelling to Johnny from the sidelines, “FINISH HIM!,” dramatic horns blaring as part of the film’s score? It has been firmly embedded in the public consciousness ever [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 18, 2010
American figure skater Evan Lysacek pulled out the biggest performance of his life, edging out reigning Olympic champ Evgeni Plushenko by 1.31 points. Daisuke Takahashi became the first Japanese man to win an Olympic medal in figure skating, coming in third behind the Russian skater and winning a bronze medal.
Several other Asian athletes had impressive [...]
Washington Nationals sign Chien-Ming Wang
Speculation ended today, with several media sources reporting that Taiwanese pitcher Chien-Ming Wang has officially signed a one-year, $2 million contract with the Washington Nationals. Wang is the third Taiwanese player to make the major leagues.
He is known for his “tremendous sinker” (sinking fastball) and served as the Yankee’s ace pitcher in 2006 and 2007. [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 17, 2010
American Shani Davis edged out Korean Tae-bum Mo in the men’s 1000 meter speed skating event today in Vancouver. The Korean skater beat Japanese American Apolo Anton Ohno and Filipino American J.R. Celski earlier last week to win a gold medal in the 500 m. Both Ohno and Celski have qualified in the first heat [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 16, 2010
After the men’s figure skating short program, 27-year-old Russian skater and defending Olympic gold-medalist Evgeni Plushenko is currently in first place. Right behind him are Evan Lysacek, the 24-year American, and Daisuke Takahashi of Japan.
Several other Asian athletes landed in the top ten, including Japan’s Nobunari Oda in fourth place and Takahiko Kozuka in eighth [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 15, 2010
Yesterday, all four American competitors made it past the qualification round to advance in the snowboardcross at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Japanese American Graham Watanabe led the pack by posting the best time but was unable to make it past the first round after placing third, causing him to be eliminated. Watanabe’s teammate Seth Wescott [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 14, 2010
At the Winter Olympics on Saturday, Japanese-American speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno won a silver medal in the men’s 1500 meter short track, making it his sixth Olympic Medal. He placed just seconds behind Korea’s Lee Jung-Su. Following in the footsteps of his hero Ohno, 19-year-old Filipino-American J.R. Celski avoided collisions on the track to [...]
Northern Trust Open results
Steve Stricker won the Northern Trust Open in Pacific Palisades last week to move to No. 2 in the world and No.1 in Fed-ex Cup standings. Korean-American Kevin Na, 26, came off an eight-place finish at the Bob Hope Classic to make his second top-10 finish for 2010, tying for tenth. Japanese player Ryuji Imada [...]
Ryo Ishikawa at Northern Trust Open
Ryo Ishikawa failed to make the cut last year at the Riviera Country Club, but he returned to Pacific Palisades this week to make his 2010 PGA tour debut at the Northern Trust Open. The 18-year-old Japanese golf phenom hopes to approach the course with more maturity and wisdom this year.
Ishikawa’s participation in the Northern [...]
Sho Nakamori aiming for 2012 Olympics
In a recent interview with Examiner.com, Japanese American gymnast Sho Nakamori talked to Blythe Lawrence about his recovery from an ACL tear, his experience studying abroad in Japan, and his career goals. Nakamori fell short of his Olympic dreams in 2008, but bounced back to captain Stanford’s gymnastics team, leading them to an NCAA Championship [...]
10 Questions: Jen Chang
by SMC
The 2010 World Cup is upon us this summer in South Africa. We caught up with ESPN Soccernet writer Jen Chang for his thoughts on the World Cup, soccer and his career as a writer for ESPN.
Brian Ching invited to U.S. World Cup training camp
Brian Ching of the Houston Dynamos has been invited to participate in a training camp with the U.S. World Cup team. The camp is in preparation for the U.S. team’s warm up match against El Salvador on February 24. Ching joins fellow Dynamo teammates Brad Davis and Geoff Cameron in vying for a spot on [...]
Winter Olympics: Simon Cho, Graham Watanabe, Sho Kashima
The Washington Post recently published an in-depth article on 18-year-old Korean American speed skating prodigy Simon Cho. After a disappointing 2008 season, Cho returned to speedskating and surprised everyone–including himself–by qualifying for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic’s U.S. squad.
Despite fierce competition like five-time Olympic medalist Apolo Ohno and world-medalist J.R. Celinski, he rose to the challenge and [...]
Harvard School of Basketball & NPR’s Tell Me More
We included this article as a link on one of our earlier posts on Jeremy Lin, but it’s actually a four-page spread in Sports Illustrated featuring an in-depth article by Pablo Torre on the Harvard basketball club and captain point guard Jeremy Lin. To find the article online, read “Harvard School of Basketball.” To download [...]
Pacquiao named fighter of the decade
Several news sources reported today that Filipino boxing phenom Manny Pacquiao was named fighter of the decade by the Boxing Writers Association of America, as well as claiming his third fighter of the year award–a feat matched only by Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield.
Pacquiao seems to be collecting these accolades left and right; he was [...]
