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The Layup Drill

April 7, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In this edition, we take a look at the NCAA Tournament and March Madness.

Filed Under: Feature stories, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 15 | APRIL 9 - APRIL 15

The Layup Drill: Winter Olympic wins, plus why an MLB player must keep secrets from his family

March 10, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In this edition, we look at the Super Bowl, Winter Olympics, and Major League Baseball (MLB), which is in the midst of a strike.

Filed Under: Sports, Feature stories, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 11 | MARCH 12 - MARCH 18

The Layup Drill Best of 2021

January 8, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Welcome to the year-end edition of The Layup Drill. In this edition, we take a look at the top 10 Asian American athletes of 2021.

Filed Under: Feature stories, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 52 | DECEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 31

The Layup Drill

November 4, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A week after finishing third in the Skate America figure skating competition, three-time World Champion and Olympian Nathan Chen came back with a first-place performance at Skate Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia. Chen’s third-place finish was the first time he did not finish in first place in 14 straight events.

Filed Under: Feature stories, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 45 | NOVEMBER 6 - NOVEMBER 12

The Layup Drill

October 14, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, we take a look at the retirement of Manny Pacquiao from boxing, Shoehei Otani, and Suni Lee’s gold star performance on TV.

Filed Under: Feature stories, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 42 | OCTOBER 16 - OCTOBER 22

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

June 10, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Summer Olympics are scheduled to go forward next month. However, the COVID-19 pandemic casts a concerning cloud on how the events will take place. About 10,000 volunteers scheduled to work at the Tokyo Olympics have dropped out for various reasons, although many cite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Filed Under: Sports, Feature stories, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 24 | JUNE 12 - JUNE 18

The Layup Drill

April 8, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, we take a look at a college basketball player taking his team on a Cinderella run to the Final Four, a baseball manager speaking out against anti-Asian hate, and a former UW Husky football player supporting the AAPI community.

Filed Under: Sports, Feature stories, The Layup Drill

The Layup Drill

March 4, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In this edition, we take a look at some serious issues related to several athletes making news for unfortunate reasons.

Filed Under: Sports, Feature stories, The Layup Drill, This week's issue Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 10 | MARCH 6 - MARCH 12

The Layup Drill

January 14, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Jackson He became the first known Chinese-born football player to score a touchdown in a Football Subdivision (FBS) game when he plowed his way into the endzone against rival Arizona this past December.

Filed Under: Sports, Feature stories, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 3 | JANUARY 16 - JANUARY 22

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