Category Archives: Sports

Giveaway: 4-pack of Tickets to Formula Drift – Round 7, “Title Fight” in Irwindale, CA (L.A.)

UPDATE 9/30/11: Congrats to our winners Kuka & Chuck d! Here it is… it all comes down to the “TITLE FIGHT” for the Formula DRIFT Championship. The Toyota Speedway at Irwindale is known as the “House of Drift.” The legendary … Continue reading

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Wanderlei Silva Replaces Vitor Belfort Against Cung Le in UFC 139

Vitor Belfort has been replaced by Pride and UFC icon Wanderlei Silva in the UFC 139 fight against Cung Le.  An injury has caused Belfort to withdraw, and you can see Dana White mention the change in this interview.  Silva … Continue reading

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Actor and MMA Fighter Cung Le to fight Vitor Belfort at UFC 139

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrUKEeyWvg4 One day when I went to my gym’s mat room to stretch, a woman was already there hitting the heavy bag. Wearing clothes festooned with Cung Le gym logos, she was kicking the bag so hard the entire room … Continue reading

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Fox Sports Cancels The College Experiment After Racist Video

The backlash against Fox Sports’ offensive video about Asians on the USC campus continues, with Forbes reporting that the network will no longer air its show, The College Experiment: “Fox Sports Network spokesman Lou D’Ermilio said in a statement that … Continue reading

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Olivia Munn Golf Pictures Have LPGA Golfers’ Panties In A Bunch

Evidently, there’s a story from Yardbarker making the rounds that “LPGA golfers Natalie Gulbis and Paula Creamer are furious with the clothing choice made by Olivia Munn during her tour debut at the Canadian Women’s Open. ‘The tour has standards. … Continue reading

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Fox Sports Airs Racist USC Video, Then Apologizes

http://youtu.be/nHbcgo1ZkyI Fox Sports thought this video of reporter Bob Oschack visiting the USC campus for man on the street interviews with Asian college students would be hilarious. The Internet thought otherwise and last Saturday, Fox Sports issued an apology to … Continue reading

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Duke’s Coach Krzyzewski Honors Yao Ming

When I had first heard that the Chinese national basketball team had a brawl with an American college basketball team, I feared my alma mater for graduate school Duke was involved. Fortunately, not. The Duke men’s college basketball team is … Continue reading

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Georgetown-China Exhibition Match Ends in Brawl With No Winner

By now, videos of the intense brawl that cut short the international “friendly” game between Georgetown and China’s basketball teams have had thousands of views. In an ESPN article, Diamond Leung writes, on Thursday, August 18, “There was ugliness in the … Continue reading

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Asian Baller Dunks On LeBron James (Or Does He?)

This video, titled “Asian Baller Schools and Dunks on Lebron James,” has been making the rounds. Lebron James was playing on an NBA goodwill tour at a game in Taiwan when, as you can see at 0:15, one of the … Continue reading

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Japan’s Womens Soccer Team and the Power of Healing

“In New York City—the one place in the U.S. with a sizable contingency of faithful soccer followers—and I’m the only one cheering for Japan over the red, white and blue in the Women’s World Cup Final. The ‘short little ladies,’ … Continue reading

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