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Top 15 sports stories 2015 – Wins and losses

December 31, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly 2015 was a big year in sports.  Doug Baldwin and the Seattle Seahawks made it back to the Super Bowl and came one yard from making it back-to-back NFL titles.  Let’s quickly move on. May was a big month.  The NFL Draft was held this month and University of […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2015, British Open, Cleveland Browns, Doug Baldwin Baldwin, Filipino Australian, Floyd Mayweather, Hishashi Iwakuma Perhaps, Jason Day Day, Kei Tanuguchi Japanese, Lydia Ko, Manny Pacquiao Clearly, NBA, Philippines, Samoan American, Seahawks, Seattle Marathon, Seattle Seahawks, South Korea, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8

Si Phu held on $2M bail in murder of 14-year-old niece

December 25, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly King County District Court Judge Arthur Chapman found probable cause Wednesday to hold 24-year-old Si Phu on investigation of first-degree murder of 14-year-old Christy Nguyen Phu.  Judge Chapman order bail be set at $2 million. On the afternoon of Sunday, December 6th, Si Phu allegedly burst into Christy’s room […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Air Jordan, Chief Sealth International High School, Christy Phu, Jason Cruz, Judge Chapman, King County District Court Judge Arthur Chapman, King County Prosecutor, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Police, Si Phu, Snohomish County, Vol 34 No 53 | December 26 - January 1

Understanding immigration reform “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” still complicated

December 25, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Jennifer Choi faces an uncertain future in the United States due to an immigration issue that President Obama attempted to cure but now is muddled in a prolonged legal battle.  Choi, 30, who was born in South Korea but came to the United States with her parents at a […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, 2016, DACA, Hilary Clinton, Immigration Services, International Student, Jason Cruz, Jennifer Choi, National Immigrant Integration Conference, New York, Northwest Asian Weekly, Obama Administration, President Obama, South Korea, USCIS, United States, Vol 34 No 53 | December 26 - January 1

The Layup Drill — Departures, resurgences, and beginnings

December 18, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In the year-ending column, we say goodbye to ’Kuma, hello to Nori, MMA news, and Doug Baldwin is on fire! ’Kuma out, Nori in for Mariners The Seattle Mariners have undergone a huge amount of changes with a new manager and […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2015, Although Iwakuma, Benson Henderson, Doug Baldwin, Felix Hernandez, Hishasi Iwakuma, Jorge Masvidal, Kansas City Royals, Korean, MMA, Milwaukee Brewers, Nori Aoki, Norichika Aoki, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Seahawks, South Korea, Super Bowl, UFC, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25, Yang Jian Bing

AZ abortion law affects Asian Americans

December 17, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an effort to revive a lawsuit challenging an Arizona state law banning abortions based on the race or sex of the child. The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum and the NAACP’s Maricopa County branch sought to oppose the law which is […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, ACLU, API, AZ, African American, Asian Americans, China, Circuit Court, Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, India, Jason Cruz, Maricopa County, Miriam Yeung, NAACP, National Asian Pacific American Women, Representative Steve Montenegro, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

Columbia City teen reportedly killed over shoes

December 10, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly A pair of Nike Air Jordans may have been the reason that 24-year-old Si Phu reportedly killed his 14-year-old niece Christy Phu. Si Phu was arrested by the Seattle Police Department on Tuesday after leaving the scene on Sunday. According to Christy Phu’s father, Si Phu’s brother, she texted […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Chief Sealth High School, Christy Phu, Columbia City, Jason Cruz, King County Jail, Nike Air Jordans, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Police Department, Si Phu, South Seattle, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18, West Seattle

A winning run! — Despite injury, Sophia Liu goes back-to-back for Seattle Marathon win

December 3, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Despite an injury, it could not stop Seattle’s Sophia Liu from winning her second straight Seattle Marathon women’s title.  She earned the win with a time of 2 hours 58 minutes and 39 seconds. Liu’s time is one minute slower than last year’s win.  Of course, she had to […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Sports Tagged With: 2009, 2015, China, Jason Cruz, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Center, Seattle Marathon, Seattle Running Club, Sophia Liu Photo, Thanksgiving, Vol 34 No 50 | December 5 - December 11

Zero tolerance? — Star soccer player’s racist slurs prompt fine, training

December 3, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly These were the words of Jamie Vardy, an English Premier League soccer player, to an Asian man at a casino in England: “Yo. Jap. Walk on.” Vardy, a player for the Thai-owned Leicester City of the Premiership, was not severely punished for this racist tirade despite a decree of […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2015, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, Asian Football Investments, East Asian, England Yo, English Premier League, James Pearson, Jamie Vardy, Jason Cruz, Jason Vardy, King Power Duty Free, Leicester City, Northwest Asian Weekly, Shino Okazaki, Thailand, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Vol 34 No 50 | December 5 - December 11

Squash, the sport, on the rise — World Championships held in Bellevue

November 25, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly An overlooked sport that is seeking to gain more popularity held the biggest event of its sports year in Bellevue last week. The men’s squash World Championships came to the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Wash., from Nov. 11-22. The world championships brought the best in men’s professional squash to […]

Filed Under: The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2015, Egypt, England, Gregory Caultier, Hong Kong, India, Meydenbauer Center, Mohamed El Shorbagy, Pakistan, Pro Sports Club, Qatar, Ramy Ashour, Seattle Athletic Club, Shabana Khan, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, Washington Athletic Club, World Championships

The Layup Drill — New haircut, new experiences, and a last fight

November 13, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill.  In this month’s edition, learn about the Huskies heading to China, the rebirth of Jeremy Lin in Charlotte, Ichiro returning for at least one more season, and Manny Pacquiao’s last fight. New team, new ’do for Lin Since it is November, […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2015, Alibaba, Although Ichiro, Charlotte Hornets, China Gary Locke, ESPN, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Jeremy Lin, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Clippers, Manny Pacquiao, NBA, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pac-12 Conference, Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki, Vol 34 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, World Series

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