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Kobe Visits China where he’s a huge star. Seventh Summer in a row! (LA Times – Kobe in China)
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South Korea complains about the failures. Shouldn’t more countries do this? South Korea ended in fifth place in the medal count, and was definitely robbed in other events along with many others. (AFB – Olympics bad judging) Remember Shin A-Lam below?
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After medaling with his team, Park Jong-woo displayed a sign that proclaimed a disputed island belonged to South Korea. Fine message, wrong place. Olympics aren’t for that, if it were, killing and terrorism might as well be a sport too. (WSJ – Park Jong-woo)
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Maybe we’re adding more attention to something people want to forget about, but let’s face it, Korea vs Japan in anything, means more than just two teams playing a match. More than baseball which is saying lot, more than basketball which neither has much of a stake in, soccer is the largest arena of sports. Hopefully, the match happens, the best team wins without controversy, and they trade jerseys. Yes, ethnicity plays a role here. (Bleacher Report – Soccer)
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Just click the link, watch the video and see who wins. Granted, the match was overturned, but it’s obvious, boxing is just over. After Satoshi Shimizu knocked down Azerbaijan’s Magomed Abdulhamidov repeatedly, not one was called a knockdown. (Deadspin – Satoshi Shimizu)
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