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Sat, Apr 14 2012

HORSE’S MOUTH: Different Views for Different Folks

Also tagged: camp, FISHING, gambling, george yoshinaga, humor, jacl, letters from readers, retirement, Vegas, WWII

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA So I’m sitting at my computer, chewing on my cigar and wondering, “What can I write about today?” The phone rings. It’s friend calling to see how I’m doing. “See you’re...

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Wed, Mar 28 2012

JANM to Host Film, Discussion on Santa Anita Assembly Center

Also tagged: Babe Karasawa, janm, Jose Morales, little tokyo, min tonai, Outside the Lines, santa anita assembly center, tateuchi democracy forum, Yas Aochi

Not a lot of people know that during World War II, Santa Anita Park housed approximately 20,000 Japanese Americans. Find out more about it from a short video produced by ESPN and some Japanese Americans...

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Mon, Mar 19 2012

DJs Solicit Racist Jokes; MANAA Praises DirecTV for Response

Also tagged: Anthony Fedreico, Artie Lange, Asian Pacific American Media Coalition, Carmelo Anthony, chink in the armor, Chris Long, Darris Gringeri, Derek Chang, DirecTV Sports Group, FoxSports.com, guy aoki, Jason Whitlock, Jeremy Lin, MANAA, Max Bretos, MIRIAM NAKAMURA-QUAN, New York Knicks, New York Post, Nick and Artie Show, Nick DiPaolo, Premiere Radoi Networks, Soon-Yi

Los Angeles-based Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) is praising DirecTV for disciplining two on-air staffers who, after discussing New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin, asked their listeners...

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Thu, Feb 23 2012

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: 20 Years On; Then and Now

Also tagged: 21 Jump Street, Akira, Alexander Payne, ALL AMERICAN GIRL, Amasian, Asian Pacific American Media Coalition, Bill Plaschke, Black Sash, Bruno Mars, Carrie Ann Inaba, Cashmere Mafia, chink in the armor, Chow Yun Fat, Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann, Deedee Magno, Dustin Nguyen, FAR EAST MOVEMENT, Fox Sports, Greg Kelly, guy aoki, Holly Robinson Peete, In Living Color, Jackie Chan, Jason Whitlock, Jay Leno, Jeremy Lin, Jet Li, los angeles times, Lucy Liu, M. Night Shyamalan, Maggie Q, MARGARET CHO, Martial Law, NIKITA, Rob King, Rob Schneider, Russell Wong, sammo hung, Stephen J. Cannell Productions, Steve Park, The Descendants, the Last Airbender, WNYW, Yellow Mamba

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Feb. 23, 2012.) === Hard to believe, but it was on Feb. 26, 1992 that “Into the Next Stage” first appeared in the pages of the Rafu Shimpo. Back...

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Wed, Feb 22 2012

JACL Urges Sports Media to Be Proactive

Also tagged: APSE, FLOYD MORI, jacl, Jeremy Lin, Michael Anastasi, New York Knicks

WASHINGTON — The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) has expressed grave concern that elements within the sports media continue to use subtle and blatant forms of negative racial slurs and insensitivity...

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Tue, Feb 21 2012

MANAA Praises ESPN for Firing Over Headline, Pushes for Better Oversight

Also tagged: Asian Pacific American Media Coalition, chink in the armor, Fox Sports, guy aoki, Jason Whitlock, Jeremy Lin, MANAA, Max Bretos, MIRIAM NAKAMURA-QUAN, New York Knicks, Rob King

Ted Chen of NBC4 interviews Guy Aoki of MANAA about the Jeremy Lin controversy. To see the video, click link at the end of this article. Los Angeles-based Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA)...

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Mon, Feb 20 2012

ESPN Apologizes, Dismisses Headline Writer

Also tagged: Anthony Federico, chink in the armor, Jeremy Lin, Max Bretos, my wife is asian, New Orleans Hornets, New York Knicks

ESPN posted the following apology on its website Feb. 19 following complaints about a headline regarding Jeremy Lin, “A Chink in the Armor,” that followed the New York Knicks’ loss to the New Orleans...

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Sun, Feb 19 2012

AAJA to ESPN: Headline About Lin Inexcusable

Also tagged: AAJA Mediawatch, Asian American Journalists Association, Bobby Caina Calvan, chink in the armor, Doris Truong, ESPN MediaZone, Jam Sardar, Jeremy Lin, Kevin Ota, Leadership in Diversity Award, New York Knicks

The Asian American Journalists Association sent the following letter to ESPN on Feb. 18. — New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin had a bad night Friday. Regrettably, so did ESPN. Using “a chink in the...

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Mon, Jul 26 2010

Revival of the Fittest

Also tagged: Annie Thorisdottir, BowFlex, carson, CrossFit Games, Greg Glassman, home depot center, JAO Hoops, Japanese American Community, Kristan Clever, LA Marathons, Mike Latch, rafu shimpo, Randy Mulkey, Rebecca Voigt, SFVJACC, southern california women's athletic union, Valerie MacKenzie Voboril, Valley CrossFit

Kristan Clever completes a squat snatch in the first women’s singles event of the 2010 CrossFit Games at the Home Depot Center in Carson on July 16. (JORDAN IKEDA/Rafu Shimpo) By JORDAN IKEDA Rafu Sports...

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Thu, May 27 2010

The Art of Not Gambling

Also tagged: 9/11, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Cliff Yamagawa, Corona, David "Devilfish" Elliott, Derek Kadota, hawaii, japanese american, Joe Hachem, King Kamehameha, Omaha, Only the Brave, Phil Helmouth, Phil Ivey, rafu shimpo, Texas Hold'Em, Waikiki, World Poker Challenge, World Series of Poker, WSOP

Derek, center, plays every friday night with a group of friends, a few of which are sponsoring him in this year’s World Series of Poker $10,000 Omaha high/low tournament set for June 12. (Photos by...

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Tag Archives: ESPN

HORSE’S MOUTH: Different Views for Different Folks

JANM to Host Film, Discussion on Santa Anita Assembly Center

DJs Solicit Racist Jokes; MANAA Praises DirecTV for Response

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: 20 Years On; Then and Now

JACL Urges Sports Media to Be Proactive

MANAA Praises ESPN for Firing Over Headline, Pushes for Better Oversight

ESPN Apologizes, Dismisses Headline Writer

AAJA to ESPN: Headline About Lin Inexcusable

Revival of the Fittest

The Art of Not Gambling

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