By Jason Cruz NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, we look at the hellos and goodbyes in sports. Hello – Osaka wins U.S. Open Naomi Osaka defeated Serena Williams at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York in September. At the age of 20, she was the […]
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By Jason Cruz NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Welcome to another edition of the Layup Drill. In this edition, we take a look at the rising star of Washington football, Jordan Clarkson’s summer vacation, and a soccer star’s crucial game to determine his future. All-American Rapp leads Dawgs Secondary The University of Washington football team began its […]
The Layup Drill — Manny’s return, a tribute to fallen Thai Navy SEAL and Chloe Kim’s trifecta
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly In this month’s Layup Drill, we look at Manny’s return, the dramatic rescue of a Thai youth soccer team, and Chloe Kim singing. Manny in Malaysia is magnificent Manny Pacquiao returned to the boxing ring after over a year’s absence and returned to the form that made him a […]
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By Jason Cruz NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In this edition, Asian countries make an impression in the World Cup and a Taiwanese American tennis player gets a spot in Wimbledon. Japan and South Korea leave impact on World Cup The World Cup featured just two Asian countries, but […]
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By Jason Cruz NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This time, we take a look at a historic boxing match between two Filipino boxers, the amazing Chloe Kim is at it again, and we get a preview of the two Asian nations participating in the World Cup. Historical Filipino fight […]
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By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, we take a look at an outstanding performance in bad conditions, Ichiro’s announcement, and an NBA hopeful who stays in school. Kawauchi wins Boston Marathon Yuki Kawauchi of Japan won the Boston Marathon last month, as he overtook Kenya’s […]
The Layup Drill — Hair, slant eyes, and local tennis champs.
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Jeremy Lin’s dreadlocks cause stir and discussion about appropriation Since making it to the NBA from Harvard, Jeremy Lin has experimented with several types of hairstyles. Last year, he went with a faux hawk, the man bun, the slick back style, braids, cornrows, and the bowl cut. This season, […]
The Layup Drill — Asians in the NHL and NFL, and an up-and-coming Thai boxer
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In this month’s edition, we take a look at a new Asian boxer on the rise, and the possible future stars in the NHL. NHL features several Asian Americans Names like Suzuki and Yamamoto appear to be odd names on the […]
The layup drill: APIs in sports movin’ on up
Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, we look at two teens on their way up and a basketball numbers guy on the way to the Bay Area.
The Layup Drill — MMA visits Everett, a young tennis star, and a new Jeremy Lin
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. As the summer continues, we write about two up-and-coming athletes, as well as looking at a racial incident at a local event. Sports and racism Yushin Okami is an experienced mixed martial artist. Unfortunately, the rough and tumble world of combat […]
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