The Jeremy Lin Effect: Breaking Asian Stereotypes in the South
By Guest Contributor: Noah de la Rosa “You’re out!” The umpire exclaims. I think to myself, “Geez Christian, calm down…
Category: Sports
Tired of Ryan Lochte? Let’s Celebrate Olympian Amini Fonua Instead!
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) If you’re like most people, you are probably fed up by increasingly ridiculous and…
Manny Pacquiao Slated to Announce Retirement Fight for April 9 Against Terence Crawford
Once Ring Magazine‘s pound-for-pound top fighter, Manny Pacquiao is expected to formally announce his retirement from the sport of boxing with…
“9-Man” is Premiering on a Television Near You on May 5th!
Last year, I reviewed a truly outstanding documentary called “9-Man” by filmmaker and friend of this blog, Ursula Liang. “9-Man”…
#MayPac: your comprehensive break-down of the fight of the century
This fight has been nearly a decade in the making. On May 2nd, Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. will square off…
Here is the Power Ballad Pac-Man Recorded for #MayweatherPacquiao. You Have To Hear It.
What more does the fight of the century need? An epic, 80’s style power ballad sung in Tagalog by a…
Faces of Asian America: Being A Roller Derby Rockstar | #APAHM2014
Thu Ngo is a former roller derbyist who goes by the name Viva Glam. Since the writing of this post, she…
Review: “9-Man” documentary is a complex, thought-provoking challenge to Asian American stereotypes
Opening to a Boston theatre crammed to capacity with an audience that included current and former players of 9-Man and…
Pacquiao-Bradley 2: Will tonight mark the end of Pacquiao’s career?
Tonight is going to be, as far as I’m concerned, the biggest night in boxing for 2014. Manny Pacquiao, one-time Ring…
9-Man: A bad-ass 80-year-old Chinese American version of volleyball!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YumoQVJdK4U You’ve probably never heard of Nine-Man. I know I never have. But Ursula Liang, a sports journalist turned filmmaker,…
There’s gonna be a Manny Pacquiao biopic, y’all
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqi_DVcSMPY Shut up.
Manny Pacquiao is Back (Kind Of)
Manny Pacquiao had a bad year in 2012. As the first and only boxer to earn a title belt in…