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The Layup Drill: Olympic Games edition

August 12, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Tokyo Olympics, christened with “2020’” but held in mid-2021 after being interrupted for a year by the coronavirus, glided to their conclusion in a COVID-emptied stadium on the night of Aug. 8.

Filed Under: Sports, Feature stories, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2021, OLYMPICS 2021, THE LAYUP DRILL, VOL 40 NO 33 | AUGUST 14 - AUGUST 20

The Layup Drill — Hair, slant eyes, and local tennis champs.

November 10, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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, […]

Filed Under: Sports, Feature stories, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2017, THE LAYUP DRILL, VOL 36 NO 46 | NOVEMBER 11 - NOVEMBER 17

The Layup Drill — MMA visits Everett, a young tennis star, and a new Jeremy Lin

August 18, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 […]

Filed Under: Sports, Feature stories, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2017, CLAIRE LIU, Jeremy Lin, THE LAYUP DRILL, VOL 36 NO 34 | AUGUST 19 - AUGUST 25, YUSHIN OKAMI

The Layup Drill — Baseball returns and a Fil-Am woman becomes No. 1 in the world.

April 28, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In this edition, we take a look at the World Baseball Classic, an honor for a former major leaguer, and a new number one fencer in the world. But first, a little-known boxer from Thailand scored a huge upset.

Filed Under: Sports, Feature stories, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2017, THE LAYUP DRILL, VOL 36 NO 18 | APRIL 29 - MAY 5

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