BJ Penn on Sport Science
As a follow-up to last week’s post about ESPN’s Sport Science, here is a clip of BJ Penn demonstrating a chokeout to host John Brenkus, measured by advanced sensors to show what happens to the human body under the hands of an MMA expert.
Getting to know Kimiko Date Krumm
With the French Open in full swing, the people at Roland Garros are have put together a profile on professional tennis player Kimiko Date Krumm, the 39-year-old who returned to the circuit in 2008 after a 12-year hiatus. Krumm, who is married to German race driver Michael Krumm, spent those years doing everything from running [...]
MLB All-Star voting
The first batch of numbers are in for this year’s MLB All-Star voting. Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners has the most number of votes for the outfield position, while the Angels’ Hideki Matsui is in second place for the designated hitter spot behind the Rangers’ Vladmir Guerrero. The Cleveland Indians’ Shin-Soo Choo, [...]
Anthony Kim eager to play in Ryder Cup
Korean American golf up-and-comer Anthony Kim has already gone into surgery for his injured left thumb and is now in recovery. Immediately after his surgery, Kim called Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin in response to his Pavin’s text message, eager to discuss his position on this year’s upcoming U.S. Ryder Cup team. Kim, who will [...]
Yao Ming and wife have baby girl
This past Friday, Houston Rockets center Yao Ming’s wife Ye Li gave birth to a baby girl in Houston, Texas. There has been much debate amongst Chinese basketball fans about the gender and projected height of the All-Star’s first child. Their decision to have the baby in Houston has also sparked some controversy as the [...]
Yoo wins Sybase Match-Play Championship
This weekend, South Korean Sun Young Yoo won the LPGA Sybase Match-Play Championship in New Jersey, defeating along the way World No. 1 Jiyai Shin, fourth-ranked Yani Tseng of Taiwan, Cristie Kerr, who was fifth-seeded, and eventually beating Angela Stanford 3 and 1 to win the tournament. Shin retains her top-ranked position, with Japan’s Ai [...]
Round Three at LPGA Match-Play Championship
At the end of the first two rounds of the Sybase Match-Play Championship in New Jersey, 16 competitors are left. Half of the remaining golfers are from South Korea, along with Korean American Michelle Wie, who will go up against France’s Karen Icher, and World No. 1 Jiyai Shin, who will face Beatriz Recari of [...]
BJ Penn on Sport Science
Be sure to tune in to ESPN2 tonight to catch BJ Penn on the newest episode of “Sport Science.” The Filipino fighter from Hawaii is next in line to add his own fighting style to their impressive list of athletes. The show has already showcased several MMA fighters — Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Houston Alexander, Brandon [...]
Asian golfers seeded high in LPGA Sybase Match Play Championship
Tomorrow marks the first day of the LPGA Sybase Match Play Championship in New Jersey. The top-four seeds in the tournament belong to Asian women, with World No. 1 Jiyai Shin of South Korea taking on fellow compatriot Kyeong Bae in the opening round. Second-seeded Ai Miyazato of Japan, the new World No. 2 behind [...]
Sports Science: Machida vs Shogun with Brandon Vera
Check out this Sports Science video with Brandon Vera, taking a look at the fight science behind the recent match between Lyoto Machida vs Shogun Rua:
Shanghai’s New NBA Store
The NBA has built its new store — a counterpart to the flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York — at the Shanghai World Expo. The store is China’s eighth, but the first to follow the NBA’s new global retail design, and will sell everything from Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian jerseys, to basketballs, [...]
NPR interview with Ed Wang
People have been talking about Ed Wang, the 6′5″ Chinese American who was just drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. Wang not only wants to live up to expectations on the field, he also wants to take the NFL to the yet-untapped Chinese market overseas.
According to the [...]
Manny Pacquiao elected to Filipino Congress
International superstar Manny Pacquiao has proved that he can win both inside and outside of the ring. Despite being the underdog candidate, the Filipino boxing champ won a seat in his country’s Congress by a landslide in this year’s congressional election. Pacquiao will represent the remote province of Sarangani.
Meanwhile, talks have resumed between Pacquiao’s camps [...]
Brian Ching named to preliminary US World Cup roster
Despite his recent recovery from a left hamstring injury, Houston Dynamos forward Brian Ching has been included in Coach Bob Bradley’s preliminary 30-man roster submitted to FIFA for the US World Cup Team. The Chinese American striker from Hawaii has been working hard to rehab his hamstring and rebuild his strength to expedite his return [...]
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua slays Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida in the battle for cool Japanese nicknames
by Loudmike
“WOW,” was all I could say as I sat down at an San Francisco dive bar last night, reeling from the utter destruction of Japanese-Brazilian fighter Lyoto Machida, who had previously made a complete run through the UFC’s elite LHW division.
“F*CK,” was what the bookie sitting next to me said, since he needed Lyoto [...]
Stanford Men win national volleyball title
In 2007, the Stanford Men’s volleyball team racked up a devastating 3-25 record for the season. This weekend, they pulled off a dominating win against Penn State to capture the NCAA National Championship Title.
Leading the way were the Cardinals’ four starters from Hawaii, including Player of the Year Kawika Shoji, sophomore Brad Lawson, sophomore Erik [...]
LPGA: Shin No.1, Miyazato wins third title
In the wake of Lorena Ochoa’s retirement, South Korean Jiyai Shin has replaced Ochoa as the new No.1 in women’s professional golf. The 22-year-old was last season’s rookie of the year and solidified her spot at the top of the list after winning Japan LPGA’s CyberAgent Ladies Championship last week.
Trailing right behind Shin is Japan’s Ai [...]
Yu-Na Kim one of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People.
Korean figure skater and athletic superstar Yu-Na Kim has been selected as one of this year’s TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People, and is currently in New York by invitation from TIME to celebrate her achievement.
The Olympic gold medalist and record-breaker has racked up an impressive number of business deals and endorsements in the [...]
Cung Le, Scott Smith rematch set for June
Tickets for Strikeforce’s June rematch between Cung Le and Scott Smith went on sale last week. The event will take place at Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on June 16. Le took time off from fighting to focus on his film career, appearing in big picture projects like Hong Kong martial arts film “Body Guards [...]
Angels’ Hideki Matsui reaches 1,000 hits
Last week, Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui hit his 1,000th MLB hit against the Cleveland Indians. The 35-year-old Japanese import has been a consistent part of the Angels’ batting rotation, where he is expected to contribute his hitting power this year.
Matsui has been well-received by Angels fans, as well as Japanese baseball fans in Orange [...]
Ryo Ishikawa wins Crowns tournament and makes history
Teen golf phenom Ryo Ishikawa proved this weekend why he is one of the most promising and most talked-about young stars on the green. The 18-year-old Japanese sensation shot 12-under 58 to break the Japanese tour record previously set by Masahiro Kuramoto in 2003.
Ishikawa joins the handful of golfers in the world have ever scored [...]
