by STEVE HAN When the Korea Football Association (KFA) unveiled Uli Stielike from Germany as head coach of South Korea’s national team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the […]
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East West Players Celebrates 50th Anniversary With An Extended Season
East West Players, the nation’s longest-running and most esteemed Asian American theater company, will celebrate its highly anticipated 50th anniversary with an extended season, titled “Golden,” that will […]
Chan Ho Park Pays Visit to L.A. Exhibit That Celebrates Diversity in Baseball
story by STEVE HAN photographs by MARIO GERSHOM REYES / RAFU SHIMPO As Chan Ho Park strolled into the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo, with his […]
Pic of the Day: Angels’ Hank Conger Trips, Crashes and Burns
by JAMES S. KIM Who said baseball was a boring sport? The diehard fan? Never. But maybe if the MLB hired special effects teams or had Michael Bay direct baseball […]
Shin-Soo Choo To Have Elbow Surgery, Will Miss Remainder of Season
by JAMES S. KIM It’s been a tough year for Texas Rangers outfielder Shin-Soo Choo. After starting out red-hot for the first five weeks of the season, Choo joined […]
SKorea Wins Little League World Series Championship
by JAMES S. KIM It’s called Little League, but if the 2014 Little League World Series tournament showed us anything, it’s that there’s nothing small about the heart, hard work […]
So Yeon Ryu Wins Canadian Women’s Open, SKoreans Finish 1-2-3
by JAMES S. KIM Oh, the sweet smell of victory. “I smell like champagne right now, but I’m still so happy,” said a beaming So Yeon Ryu, who received the […]
SKorea Wins Little League World Series Int’l Championship Over Japan
by JAMES S. KIM Twice is just as nice for South Korea, as they defeated Japan 12-3 to secure the Little League World Series International Championship in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. […]
Japanese Wrestler-Turned-Politician To Host Pro-Wrestling Event In NKorea
by STEVE HAN Hoping to “ease tensions” between North Korea and Japan, wrestler-turned-politician Antonio Inoki is organizing an international pro-wrestling tournament at the end of the month in Pyongyang, […]
Former Basketball Player’s Powerful ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ Video Puts A Face On ALS
by MICHELLE WOO For those who haven’t checked their Facebook feeds all summer, the Ice Bucket Challenge involves dumping a bucket of ice water on one’s head and posting a […]
SKorea Beats Japan, Advances to Int’l Championship in Little League World Series
by JAMES S. KIM The South Korean Little League World Series team is headed to the International Championship game after edging out a very strong Japanese team 4-2 Wednesday […]
Michelle Wie Among Featured Golfers on Upper Deck’s Exclusive Trading Cards
by JAMES S. KIM There’s just something about sports memorabilia that tugs at our heart strings and wallets. Memorabilia producer Upper Deck has some of the best to offer, and last […]
Inbee Park Defends Her LPGA Championship Title
by STEVE HAN It was a perfect ending for Rochester’s very last LPGA Championship. The tournament lasted as long as it could, and in a two-player, sudden-death playoff, Inbee […]
The Kansas City Royals’ Biggest Fan Is From South Korea
by STEVE HAN When the Kansas City Royals invited their superfan Sung Woo Lee from South Korea, neither the team nor the man himself expected that his 10-day stay […]
In First Start, Darwin Barney Plays Key Role In Dodgers’ Win
Darwin Barney, Los Angeles Dodgers’ mid-season acquisition this summer, got off to a strong start this week, playing a vital role in his new team’s 4-2 win Wednesday over the […]
