J.R. Celski wins three medals at World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
Filipino American Olympic medalist J.R. Celski won three medals at the 2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships last weekend in Sofia, Bulgaria. He finished third in the 1,000 meters, third in the 3,000 meters, and was part of the US team’s silver medal 5,000 meter relay team.
Strangely, the ISU referee for the 3,000 meter [...]
UFC: Gomi vs Florian, Munoz opens gym, prepares for Grove,
Japanese Pride champion Takanori Gomi makes his UFC debut tonight in a clash against Kenny Florian. Gomi, who some hail as the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter, already has 31 victories under his belt, but must adjust quickly to the differences in the UFC Octagon.
Particularly, Gomi is concerned about the ability to use elbow strikes, which [...]
South Korea’s Seo wins Kia Classic
Hee Kyung Seo of South Korea won last week’s Kia Classic in La Costa, California, winning by six strokes after jumping from 24th to second place. This is the first LPGA victory for the 23-year-old. Seo’s compatriot Inbee Park finished second, while fellow Koreans Jiyai Shin and Jee Young Lee finished third, tying with Taiwanese [...]
Julie Chu and Minnesota Whitecaps win Clarkson Cup
U.S Olympians Julie Chu and Jenny Potter joined their Minnesota Whitecap teammates as they faced the Brampton Thunder in a fight for the Clarkson Cup, considered the Stanley Cup of women’s ice hockey. The Chinese-American was part of the US Olympic team that won silver against Team Canada in Vancouver. The Whitecaps defeated the Thunder [...]
Figure Skating: 2010 World Championships
Japanese American Olympian Mirai Nagasu found herself as the unexpected lead after the short program of the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships, but fell to seventh after a disappointing free skate. Japanese Olympic silver medalist Mao Asada bounced back from her frustrating second-place finish in Vancouver to defeat Korea’s Yu-Na Kim, who took the silver [...]
“Matsuzaka looks sharp in scrimmage”
Red Sox’s Daisuke “Dice-K” Matsuzaka returned to the mound for the first time after suffering from back and neck injuries. He pitched two innings and allowed one run in a spring training scrimmage against the Florida Marlins this week. The Japanese starting pitcher is throwing steadily and will gradually work his way back into Boston’s [...]
“Yao Ming navigates deal with Beijing GPS maker”
Chinese news sites have reported that NBA All-Star Yao Ming has signed a five-year deal with Beijing UniStrong Science and Technology. According to the details of the deal, Yao has purchased a large amount of the company’s shares and will also endorse UniStrong’s GPS products.
The Rockets center has already invested his finances and popularity in [...]
News from the LPGA: Miyazato, Wie, Kim, Ishikawa
This has been a good year so far for LPGA Tour player Ai Miyazato, who swept the first two events of the season, winning the Honda PTT LPGA Thailand and the HSBC Champions. This week, she will go for a third win at the Kia Classic in Carlsbad, California. Along with Miyazato’s impressive resume of [...]
Manchester United’s Ji-Sung Park
Sunday, Ji-Sung Park scored a dramatic goal to help Manchester United come back from behind and push past Liverpool to reclaim the top spot in the Premier League. The 2-1 win has silenced many naysayers who claimed that United’s manager Sir Alex Ferguson only brought Park to England to boost their popularity in Asia. In [...]
BJ Penn: UFC Undisputed 2010
Check out this interview with BJ Penn, a Korean American mixed martial artist from Hawaii and former UFC Welterweight Champion. Considered the best lightweight fighter in the world, Penn has defended his UFC Lightweight Championship title three times, and is currently preparing for his upcoming fight against Frank Edgar, scheduled for April. Penn has recently [...]
Golf: “A Future Team of Rivals?”
With Tiger Woods‘ dominating presence absent from the golf scene, fans are looking to golf’s up-and-coming young stars to fill the void with exciting new rivalries. According to the Wall Street Journal, these dynamic golf battles will fuel enough drama to keep the golf world afloat.
The list of promising players includes Korean American Anthony Kim, [...]
Pre-Season Baseball updates: Kosuke Fukudome, Dice-K, Wang Chien Ming, and Ichiro Suzuki
Though he might not be what the Chicago Cubs thought they were getting, Japanese baseball player Kosuke Fukudome is entering this third season in the MLB and the Cubs are expecting good things from the 33-year-old lefty. Fukudome recently lost the leadoff hitter position to teammate Ryan Thierot but will be “in the No.2 hole” [...]
Nicole Hung headed to Princeton
Meet Nicole Hung, a 6′0″ senior forward from Harvard-Westlake’s girls high school basketball team. The Chinese American basketball player was ranked by ESPN as one of the 30 top power forwards in the nation in the 2010 class. She has developed an impressive resume, including CalHiSports’s State Girl Athlete of the Week in January, a 4.2 GPA, [...]
Zheng moves onto quarters at Paribas Open, semis of doubles
Continuing our coverage of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Chinese tennis star Jie Zheng defeated Alicia Molik in the fourth round of the women’s singles tournament, winning the first and third sets against the Australian (6-3, 4-6, 7-6). Zheng moves on to the quarterfinals and will face No. 4 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark [...]
Fan reactions to Pacquiao-Clottey bout
The world’s best boxer did what everyone expected him to: Manny Pacquiao defeated Ghanian fighter Joshua Clottey in an unanimous decision victory on Saturday. Many fans – including the almost 51,000 who were live at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium and those who watched the event via Pay-Per-View — are expressing disappointment over a fight they feel [...]
Jie Zheng defeats Sharapova at Indian Wells
After making it to the semi-finals of the Australian Open in Melbourne, Chinese tennis star Jie Zheng, seeded 18, upset another highly-ranked player by beating tenth-seeded Maria Sharapova yesterday at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
26-year-old Zheng and Sharapova faced off for almost three hours before Zheng was able to push past the former [...]
Tomorrow: Pacquiao vs Clottey
Three-time fighter of the year Manny Pacquiao will face-off against Ghana’s Joshua Clottey tomorrow at the brand new Dallas Cowboys Stadium. After negotiations over drug-testing went sour between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Clottey replaced Mayweather in the headline fight against Pacquiao, who will be defending his WBO welterweight belt.
Pacquiao’s coach Eddie Roach has defended his [...]
Cung Le wants rematch with Scott Smith
After two years away from fighting, Cung Le made his return to MMA in December and lost to Scott Smith. Now he tells MMATorch.com that he wants another fight against Smith, and that he’ll be ready to fight by next month. Le is the former Strikeforce middleweight champion and has been training hard to avenge [...]
Red Sox Pitchers: Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima
Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka recently told WEEI.com that he hopes to stay in the MLB until he’s 40, extending his three-year stint in the league another ten years or more. The 29-year-old hopes to follow in the footsteps of hall-of-famer Nolan Ryan, who played for the Texas Rangers until he was 46. Matsuzaka [...]
Other People’s Lunches: Kevin Ding (Part 2)
by Jimmy Tsai
Continuing from Part 1…
All right, all right. Let’s talk fantasy basketball. Tell us your current status as far as how many leagues you’re playing in, what place you’re in, and then your history as far as how many leagues and how well you’ve done.
I generally try to only have one team in all [...]
Other People’s Lunches: Kevin Ding (Part 1)
by Jimmy Tsai
Welcome to the second installment of Other People’s Lunches! Today, we’re at Ocean Diner in Hermosa Beach, and with us is none other than Kevin Ding, Lakers beat writer for the Orange County Register (check him out here). Kevin has covered the Lakers for the past 11 years and previously wrote for the Miami [...]
Anthony Kim places 2nd at Honda Classic
Following up our last report on the Honda Classic, Korean American golfer Anthony Kim came in second behind Camilo Villegas. Kim rallied late from three consecutive bogeys to score 67 for his best performance since last year’s Mercedes-Benz Championship.
The young golf phenom will be competing this week at the World Golf Championships-CA Championship at TPC Blue [...]
More bad news for NJ Nets: Yi Jianlian out with sprained ankle
As if having the worst record in the NBA wasn’t bad enough, New Jersey forward Yi Jianlian sprained his left ankle in the first quarter of the Nets’ game Saturday against the New York Knicks. The Chinese seven-footer went down after stepping on an opponent’s foot and trying to get back on defense. Despite losing [...]
Bert Sugar on the Mayweather-Pacquiao fiasco
Check out this Top Rank Boxing feature showing a Fanhouse youtube video of “legendary boxing historian” Bert Sugar offering his opinions on the breakdown of negotiations between the Mayweather and Pacquiao camps, as well as the Manny Pacquiao’s future as either a boxer or a politician in the Philippines. Sugar had stated last year (full [...]
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