By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. It would have been great to write about the return of the Supersonics, but that was not to be.
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The Layup Drill — The Kings, the Hawks, cricket, and boxing
Posted on 24 May 2013.
Posted in The Layup Drill, Vol 32 No 22 | 5/25-5/310 Comments
The Layup Drill — An Asian golf prodigy makes his debut at the Masters, a software tycoon tries to turn back Seattle’s NBA bid, and more…
Posted on 26 April 2013.
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, we take a look at the impressive Masters debut of Guan Tianlang, the man who is Vivek Ranadivé, and Yu Darvish’s nearly perfect performance.
Posted in Sports, The Layup Drill, Vol 32 No 18 | 4/27-5/30 Comments
The Layup Drill — March Madness
Posted on 22 March 2013.
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, we take a look at Dennis Rodman, Ichiro and the alligator, bad neighbors, and lots more.
Posted in Sports, The Layup Drill, Vol 32 No 13 | 3/23-3/291 Comment
The Layup Drill — A Year of Linsanity, catfishing, a swim legend in the making, and the death of a Judo legend
Posted on 22 February 2013.
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, we take a look back (and forward) at Linsanity, revisit the Manti Te’o saga, and catch up on the odds and ends in sports. Remembering Linsanity Last February, Jeremy Lin burst on the scene and changed the landscape of [...]
Posted in Sports, The Layup Drill, Vol 32 No 9 | 2/23-3/11 Comment
The Layup Drill — Please explain to me what happened with Manti Te’o
Posted on 25 January 2013.
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Happy New Year! Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. While we are going to look at a wide spectrum of sports this month, one late-breaking story required that I rewrite the column. Thank you, Manti Te’o.
Posted in Sports, The Layup Drill, Vol 32 No 5 | 1/26-2/11 Comment
The Layup Drill — Year in Review: The Top 10 Asian American Sports Figures of 2012
Posted on 03 January 2013.
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly 2012 Year in Review
Posted in Sports, The Layup Drill, Vol 32 No 2 | 1/5-1/114 Comments
The Layup Drill — Documenting Chinese street volleyball and the UFC visits Seattle
Posted on 07 December 2012.
By Jason J. Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Filmmaker documents unique outdoor game There’s a documentary featuring streetball players trash talking on the asphalt in New York’s Chinatown? No, it’s not basketball. “9-Man” is a special kind of volleyball that is played by Chinese Americans and Chinese Canadians. The documentary is the idea of Ursula Liang. [...]
Posted in Sports, The Layup Drill, Vol 31 No 50 | 12/8-12/141 Comment
The Layup Drill — Heisman talk, another young golfer gets a pro shot, UFC in China, and Jeremy Lin, the musical.
Posted on 22 November 2012.
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Te’o for the Heisman Can a Pacific Islander win the Heisman Trophy?
Posted in Sports, The Layup Drill, Vol 31 No 48 | 11/24-11/301 Comment
The Layup Drill: A column of fists and feet
Posted on 18 October 2012.
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, we take a look at the push of
Posted in Sports, The Layup Drill, Vol 31 No 43 | 10/20-10/260 Comments
The Layup Drill: The fall roundup
Posted on 15 September 2012.
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly As the summer days turn to fall, we look at what’s new in the world of sports.
Posted in The Layup Drill, Vol 31 No 38 | 9/15-9/211 Comment
The Layup Drill — Lin and Ichiro leave, fans say farewell, others say good riddance
Posted on 31 August 2012.
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Is Jeremy Lin stupid? I know I’ve written before that there were too many articles on Jeremy Lin and the Linsanity phenomenon, but this summer required another look. This time, Lin made a controversial career decision by leaving New York and heading to Houston.
Posted in The Layup Drill, Vol 31 No 36 | 9/1-9/70 Comments
The Layup Drill: the good and the bad of the London Games
Posted on 16 August 2012.
Welcome to the Olympic Wrap-up Edition of the Layup Drill. As we say farewell to another Summer Olympics, we look at some of the memorable performances, the good and the bad, of the Games in London …
Posted in Sports, The Layup Drill, Vol 31 No 34 | 8/18-8/241 Comment
