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The Layup Drill: Snowboarder, Mariner, Sounder … and Yao!

March 24, 2016 By Jason Cruz

Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In this month’s edition we take a look at a snowboarding Phenom, a new Mariner, the Sounders lose a key player and Yao Ming moves closer to Hall of Fame.

Filed Under: Columns, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Beijing, Big Boy, China, Chinese Team, Former Houston Rockets, Jason Cruz, MVP, Major League Soccer, NBA, Northwest Asian Weekly, Obafemi Martins, Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, South Korean First Baseman, Spain, Summer Olympics, Vol 35 No 12 | March 19 - March 25, Wall Street Journal, Winter Olympics, Yao Ming, japan

Japan emotional after World Cup loss

July 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Anne M. Peterson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Japan clearly was not ready for Carli Lloyd. Lloyd scored a hat trick in the opening 16 minutes on Sunday to help give the United States a 5-2 victory over Japan for its record third Women’s World Cup title. The game Sunday night […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Abby Wambach, Ayumi Kaihori, Carli Lloyd, Golden Ball, Golden Boot, Homare Sowa, Julie Johnston, Kozue Ando, Laura Bassett, Lauren Holiday, MVP, Norio Sasaki, Tobin Heath, United States, Vol 34 No 29 | July 11 - July 17, World Cup Champions Germany, World Cups, Yuki Ogimi, japan

Seattle Mariners’ unlikely palace coup

May 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Rob Nishihara Northwest Asian Weekly The best pitcher in Seattle doesn’t wear a crown. He doesn’t have a regal nickname or inspire a loyal horde to wear yellow T-shirts and shake “K” cards whenever he’s on the mound. In fact, there’s little about Hisashi Iwakuma to indicate Major League star quality, except the box […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, American League Cy Young Award, Daisuke Matsuzaka, ERA, Fernando Rodney, Given Iwakuma, Hisashi Iwakuma, King Felix, MVP, Major League, Randy Johnson, Sawamura Award Japan, Vol 33 No 23 | May 31 - June 6, WBC, White Sox, Yu Darvish

Reign welcomes a Women’s World Cup veteran to the club

April 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Atop the roof of the Space Needle on April 2, the Seattle Reign FC unveiled its new “kits,” a soccer term for uniforms, for the 2014 season.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News, Sports Tagged With: 2014, Hope Solo, Jason Cruz, Laura Harvey, MVP, Nahomi Kawasumi, National Women, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Times, Soccer League, Space Needle, Sweden, Team Japan, Vol 33 No 16 | April 12 - April 18, World Cup Championship

Japanese fans celebrate Matsui’s MVP performance

November 12, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Japan nearly came to a standstill as millions watched Hideki Matsui, the man they know as Godzilla, ead the Yankees to the World Series title.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2009, Central League, Hanshin Tigers, Hideki Matsui, Hiroyuki Takeuchi, Ichiro Suzuki, Japan Series, MVP, Masanori Murakami, New York, Sadaharu Oh, San Francisco Giants, Vol 28 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, WBC, World Baseball Classic, World Series, Yomiuri Giants

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