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Matsui leads the Yankees to win the 2009 World Series by Andres Cerrato, 11/05/2009 #Sports: The Evil Empire New York Yankees are once again the World Series Champions. For their 27th title, the Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4 games to 2. In last night's Game 6, none came up... |
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Surfing with a tatami goes about as well as you'd expect by Brad Rice, 08/29/2009 #weird news: Surfing isn't the easiest thing in the world to do, so why go and make it harder by using a tatami mat for a board? I guess just so you could say it's been done.After waxing down the board, givin... |
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The little known story of Wat Misaka, the first non-white NBA player by Brad Rice, 08/11/2009 #TV and Film: Caught off of TokyoMango, there's a New York Times piece on Wat Misaka, the first non-white player in the NBA -- a Japanese-American that played for a short three games on the New York Knicks in ... |
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Sumo grand champ Asashoryu announces divorce by Brad Rice, 07/09/2009 #sumo: That's right: if you're a woman who happens to be a chubby-chaser, then you've got the chance to land yourself a jackpot of a man here. The sumo grand champion Asashoryu announced that he's getti... |
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Curious sumo stickers decorate Tokyo, signal E. Honda's invasion by Josh Tolentino, 07/06/2009 #weird news: To signal Edmond Honda's conquest of Glorious Nippon, the borders of his empire-to-be have been marked by a series of mysterious stickers. Over 87 of the seals have been found in Ginza district a... |
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Curse on the Hanshin Tigers exorcised, team will surely go on to win National Championship by Brad Rice, 06/29/2009 #weird news: Back in March, Japan finally dug out Colonel Sanders from the Dotonburi river, a relic from when Osaka's Hanshin Tigers won the National Championship for the first time back in 1985. Ever since t... |
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Japan wins the WBC, and Eri Yoshida makes her debut by Brad Rice, 03/30/2009 #Sports: If you're not much of a sports person, then you might have missed the news that Japan won the World Baseball Classic last week. Japan took its second victory in a row, third overall, after beatin... |
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Colonel Sanders rescued from Dotonbori river, Osaka curse to end? by Brad Rice, 03/13/2009 #YA HA!!!!: Back in 1985, the Hanshin Tigers won the national championship, and the city of Osaka went wild in celebration. One of the more famous incidents was that many denizens of the city lifted up and t... |
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Eri Yoshida breaks the gender barrier in Japanese Pro Baseball by Brad Rice, 01/14/2009 #Sports: Well, it's finally happened: Eri Yoshida, after entering the tryouts for Japanese pro baseball and wowing the scouts, has been drafted by the Kobe 9 Cruise -- a new team in the Kansai Independent... |
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I don't think the Hanshin Tigers allow people to use nunchucks in lieu of bats... by Brad Rice, 12/22/2008 #weird news: I'm honestly at a loss for words with this one. I don't understand how people in the batting cages next to him could keep their concentration, especially with his shouting. I know I'd burst out l... |
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Epic! One Piece to appear on Italian volleyball uniforms by God Len, 10/02/2008 #Sports: There are a lot of things out there that make me giddy, and this is definitely one of those things. Italy’s Pallavolo Modena Volleyball team is dressing two of its players with jerseys star... |
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Fun Friday AMVs: Jam Sports by God Len, 09/05/2008 #Sports: Atio -Jam SportsUploaded by atioThis AMV does not feature JAM Project as you might have originally guessed. No, this is an AMV about the wonder of sports and sports anime. In fact there is proba... |
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1920's baseball and Korean MMO getting anime adaptations by Brad Rice, 08/24/2008 #video games: Alright, who's ready for some baseball? And not the usual Major-type stuff, either. I'm talking full-out 1925-style rules here. The Taisho Yakyuu Musume novels (Taisho Baseball Girls) are going t... |
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