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It may not seem like much, but an Asian American coaching a serious college football program is a rarity. He’ll be the head coach at University of Hawaii, the perfect fit since he’s a Chinese American from Hawaii. His claim to fame aside from being part of the BYU football program, mostly as a play caller and then his Offensive Coordinator position at USC during their national number one years in 2003 and 2004. He’s basically a coach and will be the perfect fit for the school. (Fox – Norm Chow)
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More Yu Darvish news continues. This time in the Atlantic. It’s serious if it gets in here. I do recall him saying that Japan is losing it’s heroes and he doesn’t want to ever leave Japan, but things are changing. In 2011 a 1.44 ERA is quite amazing. He’s a giant out there and this is a lengthy article. (Atlantic – Yu Darvish)
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Disabled Wrestling. We’ve featured this category in Japan and at times, it’s ridiculous but that’s what wrestling is. A blind man vs a deaf one? What easy prey for a headlining match. One who can’t hear a bell or a count, and the other who can’t see a thing, but is huge. Of course on some levels, this is all wrong, but at the same time, the article is going to prop up the pros vs the cons. It’s an expression, it’s a show of strength by the disabled community, but the fans? Why are some of them there? It’s double edged and some of the wrestlers aren’t disabled at all. We do wonder if they’re acting like they’re disabled. One thing that’s probably true, the handicapped parking will all be taken. (AFP – Disabled Wrestling) [youtube]AxSmnnh9ZT4[/youtube]
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Barely making a dent in the history of Major League Baseball, Dae-Sung Koo is now pitching at 42 years of age in the Australian Baseball League which is now in it’s second season. The most remarkable thing that you might want to remember about the guy? He was a righty as a kid, but then switched to being a lefty. Who does that? Other than that, this once star of Korean Baseball, Japanese Baseball and MBLer is now in yet another continent throwing and he’s good at 42. (smh – Dae-Sung Koo)
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At 100 Fauja Singh finishes a marathon in 8 hours! His running isn’t half bad for a a person who’s 100! (NY Daily News – Fauja Singh) It’s amazing that the video has some form of Indian music playing loudly with a huge crowd for him. Sometimes, news like this is just cool. [youtube]dTcjD47Ukmg[/youtube]
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