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Oct. 12 - Oct. 18, 2001
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Alex Gong — The Ultimate Kickboxer and Businessman
By Ethen LieserOn the top floor of the Fairtex Muay Thai training center in San Francisco, Alex Gong sits in front of his computer. He is dressed like any casual businessman, articulately answering questions about … well … kickboxing. Actually, he is more blunt, articulately answering questions about … well … bone-bruising some guy’s tail. But the way he describes his technique is scarier than Jason from Friday the 13th axing down your bedroom door. His premeditated execution of an opponent is an exact science, like Einstein’s theory of relativity or the Pythagorean theorem. |
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Also In Sports
Menk Batere — one of three basketball stars known as China’s “Walking Great Wall” — has left for the United States and a shot at being the second Chinese player in the National Basketball Association, a Colorado newspaper said on Oct. 2. The 6-foot-11 center of the Beijing Ducks left on Oct. 1 for Denver, where he is to play in eight preseason games for the Nuggets, the Beijing Morning Post reported. Hit ’n’ Run:
Tall Order
Chinese basketball star heads to Denver for shot at the NBA
By Associated Press
All the Way:
Golfer Dorothy Delasin wins the Sumsung Open.
Ichiro Suzuki, Lance Armstrong, Shane Battier, Barry Bonds, Jennifer Capriati, Ray Borque, Shaquille O’Neal, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Wade Boggs, Tuffy Rhodes, Sadaharu Oh, Randy Bass, Dorothy Delasin, Se Ri Pak and Karrie Webb.
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