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	The Art of Self-Recruiting Above: Brian Kim, one of the few Asian Pacific Americans playing Division I basketball. Photos Courtesy of the University of Portland. U of Portland player shows heart By Jon Chang | Special to AsianWeek It has been estimated that the average high school basketball player in America has a 1 in 7,600 chance of making it to the NBA. For Asian Pacific American players, the odds might seem even more daunting, given that there have been very few APAs who have played at the Division I or NBA level. Currently, there are three APA/Asian Pacific Canadians playing Men’s Division I basketball. Brian Kim is a rising star amongst them. COMPLETE STORY...		In Search of Symmetry (Feature) Thousands Across the Nation Protest INS Special Registration (in National News) First Annual Independent Press Convention To Be Held in San Francisco (in Bay Area News) The Art of Self-Recruiting (in Sports) History in the Making (in A&E) Emil Amok: Shaq's Taunt - Prelude to Hate Crimes? (in Opinion)

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O’Neal Apologizes, but Says He Wasn’t Being Racist By Ken Peters | The Associated Press The Lakers’ Shaquille O’Neal said he was joking, not being a racist, when he used a mock Chinese accent while talking about Houston center Yao Ming. A columnist for AsianWeek complained in the newspaper that O’Neal made several derogatory comments recently about Yao, with the Lakers’ center saying, “Tell Yao Ming, ‘Ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.’ ”

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