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		<title>Who was naughty and who was nice in 2011?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 3 | 1/14-1/20]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Layup Drill — a NEW monthly sports column about Asians By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly As we welcome in 2012 and recover from the holidays, The Layup Drill takes a look back at 2011. And, just like Santa Claus, The Layup Drill has compiled a list of the naughty and nice of 2011. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The top 10 Asian American sports stars of 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason J. Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly It’s that time to reflect on the past year in Asian American sports. Our annual top 10 list includes many familiar names, as well as welcome additions. Ironically, three notable accomplishments last year came to an abrupt end this year. Jeremy Lin became the first Taiwanese American to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marathon finish for Ohno; Yao Ming’s wine; Football in India?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 50 | 12/10-12/16]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Layup Drill — a NEW monthly sports column about APIs By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to the inaugural edition of my API sports column, The Layup Drill. The column will run down all the happenings in the world of sports in the Asian Pacific Islander community. Ohno runs through NYC in under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan basketball team hires first female head coach</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 49 | 12/3-12/9]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — A Japanese American woman became the first female head coach in the history of Japan’s professional men’s basketball league last Thursday, Nov. 24. Natalie Nakase, who has experience as a head coach of a women’s team in Germany, was hired by the Saitama Broncos. She replaces American coach Dean Murray, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glory days for soccer in tiny American Samoa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[APIA, Samoa (AP) — Two days after winning for the first time in its soccer history, American Samoa stretched its unbeaten run to two games. After Tuesday’s 2–1 victory over Tonga, American Samoa drew 1–1 with the Cook Islands on Thursday. Another win against rival Samoa on Saturday will put the U.S. protectorate into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand wins 12 golds at Southeast Asian Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) _ Thailand won 12 gold medals on Saturday to climb to second place in the medal standings behind host Indonesia at the 26th Southeast Asian Games. Thailand dominated the sailing events by winning four of the five gold medals on offer, and now has 81 total golds. Indonesia top the table with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tensions boiled as North Korea upsets Japan in World Cup qualifier</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 47 | 11/19-11/25]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jean H. Lee Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — There are no hot dogs, peanuts, or plastic cups of beer for sale when the North Korean soccer team takes the pitch. There are no noisemakers, and no one does the wave. Yet fans here are passionate in their own way, packing the stadium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manny Pacquiao shows off other talent — singing — on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 46 | 11/12-11/18]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) — Manny Pacquiao is taking a beating in the center of this ring. He barely knows a word of this Bee Gees song, which is a bit too high and complicated for his singing skills. He’s struggling to read the lyrics off the cue cards — probably because he’s wearing sunglasses in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan stars pay for overstepping the mark</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Simon Haydon The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The fixing scandal that saw three Pakistani cricket stars led away to prison Nov. 3 more than a year ago when one of the players literally overstepped the mark on a damp summer’s day in London. Just as it had to 11 years ago when South [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federer beats Nishikori, wins Swiss Indoors title</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Graham Dunbar The Associated Press BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Roger Federer ended his 10-month trophy drought on Sunday, Nov. 6, by outclassing Kei Nishikori 6–1, 6–3 in the Swiss Indoors final. Federer was emotional as he thanked his hometown fans after winning for the fifth time in six years at the event where he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rugby: the other football — The sport gains popularity in Seattle thanks to Fijian star</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly The sport of rugby is gaining local interest in the Seattle area thanks to an international rugby superstar. Waisale Serevi is rugby royalty as he has single-handedly put the tiny nation of Fiji on the map in the sport. As a player, Serevi helped Fiji win two championships in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secret to winning taekwondo? Try not to get kicked</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Maria Cheng The Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — For the Iranian competitors, simplicity rules. Whereas for the Taiwanese, it’s grace and accuracy. But for the Europeans, it’s strength and speed. At last weekend’s British Open in Manchester, regional interpretations of Korea’s oldest martial art are clashing in one of the key taekwondo competitions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UFC star Phan talks Viet pride</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Nam Phan grew up wanting to be a fighter. The 28-year-old Vietnamese American remembers watching and being mesmerized by Hong Kong movies as a youth. “In the Hong Kong movies, the good guys always beat up the bad guys and got the girl,” said Phan. Fighting turned out to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgetown, Chinese basketball teams brawl</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A wild brawl broke out between Georgetown and a Chinese men’s basketball team on Thursday, Aug. 18, putting an immediate end to a supposed goodwill game that coincided with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to the country ...]]></description>
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		<title>Danielle Kang is U.S. Women’s Amateur champ</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BARRINGTON, R.I. (AP) — Danielle Kang became the first player in 15 years to successfully defend the U.S. Women’s Amateur title, beating Thailand’s Moriya Jutanugarn 6 and 5 last Sunday, Aug. 14, in the 36-hole final in rainy and windy conditions at Rhode Island Country Club. Kang, the 18-year-old from Westlake Village, Calif., had a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sun Yang breaks oldest world record in swimming</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andrew Dampf The Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — The swimming world championships ended with a bang Sunday, July 31, when emerging Chinese standout Sun Yang broke the oldest world record in the sport — Australian great Grant Hackett’s 10-year-old mark in the 1,500 meters. Sun was just over two seconds off Hackett’s 2001 pace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan wins first World Cup title in penalty shootout</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nancy Armour THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Amid the sorrow that lingers throughout Japan, the determined women on its World Cup team may have brought a little joy. Japan beat the Americans for the title in a riveting final Sunday, 3-1 on penalties after rallying from behind twice in a 2-2 draw. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United States faces Japan in World Cup Final</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Homare Sawa made up for a huge error by scoring the go-ahead goal and Japan advanced to the World Cup final with a 3-1 victory over Sweden on Wednesday. Surprise call-up Nahomi Kawasumi had two goals for Japan, which will face the United States in Sunday’s championship. It’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man U’s South Korean soccer superstar coming to Seattle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Josephine H. Kim UW News Lab Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham. … These names definitely ring a bell with those that are the least bit familiar with soccer. What about Ji Sung Park? Is he considered a legend? “I want to push my way through [Manchester’s] star players and put my name on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCAA: No policy change on Indian sports nicknames</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NCAA won't budge on a policy that will penalize the University of North Dakota for keeping its Fighting Sioux athletics nickname, association vice president Bob Williams said Friday ... ]]></description>
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