Category Archives: Sports

Young, Deaf, Samoan and Bballin’ Down the Court

After Number Two Son played in a basketball tournament that had a team from California School for the Deaf (CSD), I was immediately intrigued when I saw this video by Tama Irie from Silicon Valley De-Bug.  The video features Easter … Continue reading

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Asian American MMA Fighters go 2-2 in UFC on Fox 5

Asian American MMA fighters in UFC on FOX 5 won two out of four matches this past weekend.  Benson Henderson (pictured above with his mom after the match) dominated Nate Diaz to defend his lightweight belt.  Scott Jorgenson, who I … Continue reading

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ESPN Magazine: True or False with Houston Rockets’ Jeremy Lin and James Harden

ESPN Magazine recently did an interview with both Houston Rockets’ Jeremy Lin and recently acquired from the Oklahoma Thunder, James Harden and asked each of them questions about the other to see how well they knew their fellow teammate, in … Continue reading

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Asian American UFC Fighters On FOX 5

The fight card of UFC on FOX 5 seems to have an unusually large number of Asian American fighters.  Benson Henderson defends his lightweight title against Nate Diaz, with BJ Penn also on the main card.  On the preliminary card, … Continue reading

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Cung Le KOs Franklin in First Round

Completely ignoring my concerns that he had so much on his plate that it might affect his performance, Cung Le knocked out Rich Franklin in the first round of their match. Le called it a “lucky punch.” I was surprised … Continue reading

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Cung Le Trying To Hold It Together With Movie Release And Upcoming UFC Fight

Cung Le is a busy guy:  he has been simultaneously been promoting The Man with the Iron Fists and preparing for a headlining fight against Rich Franklin this weekend at UFC on FUEL 6 in Macao.  This video follows him … Continue reading

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Volvo’s “The Unexpected Ones” With Jeremy Lin

http://youtu.be/X9ebc-wKoZk Back in August, I had blogged about Jermey Lin and what he was doing during his off-season, which included filming a commercial for Volvo. Originally, Lin had signed a deal with Volvo to promote its brand and cars in … Continue reading

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Jeremy Lin Stars in KevJumba & PapaJumba YouTube Video

http://youtu.be/5haH4Pl1Idc I was looking for news about Taiwan’s National Day in the Taipei Times, when I came across an article from a few days ago regarding in Internet YouTube sensation Kevin Wu (better known as KevJumba) and Kevin’s dad with … Continue reading

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Help Fund STRIKE, Bill Fong’s Quest to Bowl a 900 Series, On Kickstarter

Oh Asians. It’s not good enough to score a perfect 300, the highest score you can get in a bowling game. But Bill Fong, a happy-go-lucky bowler on the Lucky 8 bowling team in Plano, Texas is trying to prepare … Continue reading

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No!!!!!!!! Michelle Kwan is Engaged!

As anyone who has followed me on this blog, you probably could tell that I have had a crush on figure skater Michelle Kwan for the longest time. I had the real great honor of seeing Kwan compete in the … Continue reading

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Why I Don’t Study “Traditional” Martial Arts In America

Overheard at a recent expat party, a young professional with that superficial “Hey, how are you, I think you’ll do great things in life, you’ve got a lot of talent and passion” schpiel he’d say in one way or another … Continue reading

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Jeremy Lin’s Late Night Escape In Taipei & 60 Minutes Profile Coming This Fall

As I have blogged earlier this summer, basketball sensation Jermey Lin traveled to Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and back to Taiwan to promote the NBA and himself as well as participate again in basketball training outreach to the youth in … Continue reading

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