By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, a UFC fighter helps his home country, Nathan Chen dazzles, and The Filipino Flash wins a bantamweight title. UFC fighter helps home country of Laos after flood Ultimate Fighter Championship MMA fighter Andre Soukhamthath recently won his latest fight […]
The Layup Drill — The Fall Wrap-up
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Hines Ward: Ironman Thirteen hours, eight minutes and 15 seconds. That’s how long former NFL player/Dancing with the Stars/reality show competitor Hines Ward took to complete the grueling Ironman Triathlon in Kona, Hawaii, in October. Ward trained for eight months with the help of former Ironman champion Paula Newby […]
The Layup Drill — The Kings, the Hawks, cricket, and boxing
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. It would have been great to write about the return of the Supersonics, but that was not to be.
The Layup Drill: A column of fists and feet
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, we take a look at the push of
The top 10 Asian American sports stars of 2011
By Jason J. Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly It’s that time to reflect on the past year in Asian American sports. Our annual top 10 list includes many familiar names, as well as welcome additions.