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 […]
NWAW’s October book recommendations
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Take Me Out to the Yakyu By Aaron Meshon Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2013 Although baseball may be America’s pastime, the sport’s appeal […]
EDITORIAL: In the passing of a Nintendo president, a visionary lost
The Asian community lost a powerful visionary on Sept. 19, when former Nintendo President and Mariners owner Hiroshi Yamauchi passed away. But while now he is gone, he leaves behind […]
Name in the News: JCCCW hosts Tomodachi Luncheon, honors Tsutakawa family and Mariners president
The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW) hosted their 5th annual Tomodachi Luncheon on Thursday, March 28, raising over $67,000 to help support JCCCW programs and underwrite the organization’s daily operations …
CACA team to present at National Social Studies Conference
The Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) will be making a presentation entitled “60 years of
APA Heritage Day with Mariners raises money for Nikkei Concerns and Kin On
The Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) is cosponsoring APA Heritage Day with the Mariners. As part of
From aliens to dragons, books on sports that score a home run
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Galaxy Games: The Challengers” By Greg R. Fishbone Lee & Low Books, 2011 When Tyler Sato turns 11, his cousins in Tokyo have a […]
Mariners release pitcher Kuo Hong-Chih
By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly On March 19, the Seattle Mariners announced that it was releasing Kuo Hong-Chih, 30, a left-handed Taiwanese relief pitcher. The reason cited was poor performance […]
Community distraught over Wakamatsu firing
Don Wakamatsu, who has been the manager of the Seattle Mariners since 2009, was fired on Aug. 9. He was the manager for the Mariners for more than halfway through the 2010 season.
“I would like to thank the city of Seattle and all the baseball fans here in the Northwest for the great support offered to me during my time as the Mariners’ manager …
Blog: Blessings during hardships
Beyond our wildest dreams, we broke a record this May by winning six awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, and also sweeping