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NBA’s 1st Chinese owner excited to start with Timberwolves

July 22, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By W. G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NBA’s first Chinese owner said July 13 that he hopes to use his ties in China to help the Minnesota Timberwolves become a global brand along the lines of the Los Angeles Lakers or New York Knicks. “Since I’ve been a fan of the […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2016, LIZHANG JIANG, NBA, VOL 35 NO 30 | JULY 23 - JULY 29

Seattle councilwomen speak out against arena vote backlash

May 25, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Writing in an op-ed in the Seattle Times last week, the five women on Seattle’s mostly female City Council responded to sexist attacks against them after a recent council vote sidetracked an arena proposal aimed at bringing the NBA back to the city.

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News, Sports Tagged With: Associated Press, Chris Hansen, City Council, Mayor Ed Murray, NBA, Oklahoma City, Port of Seattle, Seattle Times, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27, language, social media

EDITORIAL: Let’s retire “Chinaman”

April 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Yao Ming was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 6. The headline in the Washington Post now reads, “How Yao Ming subverted stereotypes and brought basketball to millions.”  But only because the original headline, “Hall of Famer Yao Ming redefined ‘Chinaman’…” generated a huge backlash on social media. In an attempt to […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2016, Asian Americans, China, Chinese Americans, NBA, Ni Hao, Perhaps Yao, Steve Kerr, TNT, TV, Tell Yao Ming, United States, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22, Washington Post, social media

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

March 24, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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

EDITORIAL: Make your voice heard regarding proposed SoDo Arena at public hearing March 15!

March 11, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Next Tuesday, March 15, there will be a public meeting at 5:30 at Seattle City Hall for citizens to chime in on how they feel about the proposed SoDo Arena, a stadium from San Francisco developer (but Rainier Valley-raised) Chris Hansen. The much-delayed stadium project, sometimes dubbed the “Sonics Arena” has been in the works […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2016, Chinatown, ID, International District, NBA, Oklahoma City, Port of Seattle, Rainier Valley-raised Chris Hansen, Safeco Field, San Francisco, Seattle Asian Americans, Seattle City Hall, Sonics Arena, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18, parking

Top 15 sports stories 2015 – Wins and losses

December 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly 2015 was a big year in sports.  Doug Baldwin and the Seattle Seahawks made it back to the Super Bowl and came one yard from making it back-to-back NFL titles.  Let’s quickly move on. May was a big month.  The NFL Draft was held this month and University of […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2015, British Open, Cleveland Browns, Doug Baldwin Baldwin, Filipino Australian, Floyd Mayweather, Hishashi Iwakuma Perhaps, Jason Day Day, Kei Tanuguchi Japanese, Lydia Ko, Manny Pacquiao Clearly, NBA, Philippines, Samoan American, Seahawks, Seattle Marathon, Seattle Seahawks, South Korea, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8

The Layup Drill — New haircut, new experiences, and a last fight

November 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill.  In this month’s edition, learn about the Huskies heading to China, the rebirth of Jeremy Lin in Charlotte, Ichiro returning for at least one more season, and Manny Pacquiao’s last fight. New team, new ’do for Lin Since it is November, […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2015, Alibaba, Although Ichiro, Charlotte Hornets, China Gary Locke, ESPN, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Jeremy Lin, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Clippers, Manny Pacquiao, NBA, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pac-12 Conference, Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki, Vol 34 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, World Series

The Layup Drill — Kuma’s no-hitter, Linsanity hits Seattle and Filipino b-ball to play at UCLA

August 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Kuma Os O’s Mariner’s pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma threw his first career no-hitter when he blanked the Baltimore Orioles at Safeco Field last Wednesday, Aug. 5th. Iwakuma became just the second Japanese major league baseball player to throw a no-hitter. The no-hitter also was the very first complete game of […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2015, American League, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Charlotte Bobcats, Filipino Kobe, Hideo Nomo, Hisashi Iwakuma, Jordan Clarkson, Key Arena, Kobe Paras, Los Angeles Dodgers, NBA, Northwest Asian Weekly, Philippines, Safeco Field, Seattle, Taiwan, UCLA, United States, Vol 34 No 35 | August 22 - August 28

The Layup Drill — Asian Americans tower in basketball this summer — Satnam Singh, Gursimran “Sim” Bhullar, Bobby Ray Parks, Jr., and more Jeremy Lin

July 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill.  Even though it’s the summer, we have a lot of hoops news. Your new favorite team for Asian Americans and Indian Americans?  The Dallas Mavericks. The Mark Cuban-owned franchise drafted 7-foot-2  Satnam Singh as the 52nd player chosen overall during June’s […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2015, Although Singh, Atlanta Hawks, Bobby Ray Parks, Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, Charlotte Hornets, Dallas Mavericks, Georgia Tech, Gursimran Sim Bhullar, Indian Americans, Isaiah Umipig, Jeremy Lin, Memphis State, NBA, National University, Philippine Basketball Association, Philippines Basketball Association, Sacramento Kings, Seattle Supersonics, Slovakia, Vol 34 No 30 | July 18 - July 24

First Indian-born player in the NBA draft

July 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Satnam Singh is the first player born in India to be selected in the NBA draft. He’s headed to Texas after the Dallas Mavericks took him with the 52nd pick.The 7-foot-2 Singh, who wears a size-22 basketball sneaker, has spent the last five seasons playing at IMG Academy in Florida. He came to the U.S. […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2015, Canada, Dallas Mavericks, First Indian-born, NBA, New Mexico State, Sim Bhullar, Texas Legends, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10

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