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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

Storm front — Japanese rookie adapts to WNBA, Seattle

August 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly As the Seattle Storm finish out their season next month, they will do it with just the third Japanese player in WNBA history. Ramu Tokashiki has been a welcome addition to a young, rebuilding team. Tokashiki was signed by the WNBA’s Seattle Storm this spring. She was one of […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2015, China, Hishashi Iwakuma, Japan Basketball League, Jason Cruz, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ramu Tokashiki, Seattle Mariners, Seattle Storm, Sue Bird, Summer Olympics, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4, WNBA, attention

Vietnam withdraws, so Indonesia wants to host 2019 Asian Games

April 26, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Niniek Karmini Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesia has the will and the funds to stage the 2019 Asian Games, a government minister confirmed Sunday as regional organizers scrambled for a host to replace Vietnam.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2014, Asian Games, Associated Press, Indonesia Olympic Committee, Islamic Solidarity Games, JAKARTA, Rita Subowo, Roy Suryo, Southeast Asia Games, Summer Olympics, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 18 | April 26 - May 2, Youth Games

BLOG: Winter Olympics not for Asian nations

February 27, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Did you see there were few Asian countries participating in the Sochi Olympics? Well, most Asian countries are located in the tropics. They’d rather go for Summer Olympics — tropical sports. There were only 89 countries in the 2014 Winter Olympics, which was considered a record high, as opposed to over 200 […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2012, 2014, China, Former Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi, President Obama, Publisher's Blog, Russian President Putin, Sochi Olympics, South Korea, Summer Olympics, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7, Winter Olympics

Man accused of setting Chinese Consulate fire ‘heard voices’

January 11, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Scott Smith SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – After turning himself in to the police, a Chinese national told federal authorities that he started a blaze at the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco because he was hearing voices. Yan Feng, 39, of Daly City, said he unsuccessfully tried to use his passport to ignite gasoline he […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2014, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese Consulate, Daly City, FBI, New Year, San Francisco, Steven Kalar, Summer Olympics, Terry Collins, Vol 33 No 3 | January 11 - January 17, Wang Chuan, Western Addition, Yan Feng

Nationally ranked judo brothers succeed on the mat — Mercer Island pair achieve national rankings in the sport

October 17, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly “It was really cool.”

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Sports Tagged With: 2013, Budokan Judo, Calvin Terada, Fort Lauderdale, Gold Score Tournament, Highline Community College, Jason Cruz, Mark Yuasa, Mercer Island High School, Seattle, State Mat Classic, Summer Olympics, Taylan Yuasa, Teagan Yuasa, Vol 32 No 43 | October 19 - October 25, West Mercer Middle School, Yoshihiro Uchida, japan

The Layup Drill — A Year of Linsanity, catfishing, a swim legend in the making, and the death of a Judo legend

February 22, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, we take a look back (and forward) at Linsanity, revisit the Manti Te’o saga, and catch up on the odds and ends in sports. Remembering Linsanity Last February, Jeremy Lin burst on the scene and changed the landscape of […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2013, Charles Wang, China, Chris Tang Oak Hill Academy, Jeremy Lin, Keiko Fukuda, Lennay Kekua, Manti Te, NBA, NHL, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, Samoan American, Seattle, Summer Olympics, Tokyo, United States, Vol 32 No 9 | February 23 - March 1, social media

The Layup Drill — Year in Review: The Top 10 Asian American Sports Figures of 2012

January 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly 2012 Year in Review<!–more–> 2012 was a great year for Asian American athletes.  Despite a strike-shortened regular season, the NBA had major excitement, thanks to the rise of a Taiwanese American point guard from Harvard. The NBA championship series was won by the Miami Heat, coached by Filipino American […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Asian American, Benson Henderson, Chinese, Clarissa Chung, Filipino American Erik Spoelstra, Jeremy Lin, Kyla Ross, London Games, Manny Pacquiao, NBA, Nathan Adrian Day, New York Yankees, Olympic Women, Seattle Seahawks, Summer Olympics, Tamari Miyashiro, Tim Lincecum, Vol 32 No 2 | January 5 - January 11

Youthful voice: “A look into this year’s Olympics”

August 27, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Summer Olympic Games have been around since the 1896 Games in Athens, Greece. Since then, the United States have won a total of 929 gold medals, while China has only won a total of 163 gold medals. Though China received the most gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics, the total amount is still far from the amount of medals received by the United States …

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Greece, IOC, Karena Tien, London, Michael Phelps, Missy Franklin, Moscow, New York City, North Greenwich Arena, Olympic Games, Olympics, Paris, Ricoh Arena, SYLP, Summer Olympics, Though China, United States, Youth issue

API athletes represent U.S. at 2012 Olympics

August 19, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Evangeline Cafe Northwest Asian Weekly More than a dozen Asian and Pacific Islander American athletes will represent Team USA at the

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2012, API, Beijing Games, Chinese American, Filipino, Indonesian-born Gunawan, London Olympics, Long Beach State University, Pan American Games, Philippines, Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics, Table Tennis, United States, Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 - July 27

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