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SF Giants Go To Bat for SF Hep B Free
SAN FRANCISCO — Streets, schools, and theatres aren’t the only places you’ll find APA Heritage Month celebrations this year. Thanks to the Giants, celebrations are now happening around one of America’s greatest treasures — the baseball diamond.
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Speed Skaters: Asian Americans take on Roller Derby
“C’mon guys! Pick up the pace - if you wanna skate slow, go to an ice skating rink!” scoffs a rowdy member of the San Francisco Bay Bombers to his roller derby teammates.
Clad in white jerseys with orange and black stripes and kneepads, the squad of approximately 10 increased their speed, resembling a pack of […] -
The Making of a Fighter
Girls in the ring, in the mainstream
Think you got the talent to fight it out in Thailand? Master Toddy of the hit Oxygen network reality TV series Fight Girls is bringing muay thai back into the mainstream and calling all girls to the ring for spring training in its upcoming third season.
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Chicago’s Wrigley Field Installs ‘Dome’
It took a century, but the Cubs may finally be on the right track.
After previously ignoring the overseas free agent market, Chicago’s lovable losers finally got hip to what Japan has to offer in terms of major league-ready talent and aggressively pursued Kosuke Fukudome, signing the dangerously skilled outfielder to a long-term, $48 million.
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Top 10 Returning Stars
1 Ichiro Suzuki Outfield, SEA Mariners
2007 G AB R H HR RBI SB AVG.
SEA 161 678 111 238 6 68 37 .351
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A ‘Giant’ Impact on The Asian American Community
SAN FRANCISCO — There will always be a special place for the San Francisco Giants in the hearts of Asian American Major League Baseball fans, no matter what team they root for (yes, even the Dodgers). In 1964, the Giants drafted Japanese pitcher Masanori Murakami, who became the first
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Nagasu Becomes Youngest Asian Am. to Win Women’s Skating Title
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Fourteen-year-old Mirai Nagasu delighted the crowd — and herself — with a refreshing and entertaining show at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Jan. 26, becoming the second-youngest woman and the youngest Asian American woman to win the U.S. title.
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Norm Chow Joins Coaching Staff at UCLA
LOS ANGELES — Norm Chow, who tutored a pair of Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks at Southern California, is returning as offensive coordinator at cross-town rival UCLA.
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Day by Day – Figure Skating Sensation Mirai Nagasu
After four years of competing regionally, 14-year-old Japanese American figure skater Mirai Nagasu in 2007 propelled herself to first place finishes in numerous national competitions, as well as placing second in the
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Hmmm, awarthur: As a professional in the field of "education," how can you continue in sweeping generalizations like "most Asian Americans of NE Asian descent .
Frank Eng on Are You Ready for McCain/Jindal?
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THIS REALITY OF LIVE IS HEART RENDERINGLY TOUCHING AND SO TRUE OF THE COLORLESS SOCIETY THAT THIS WORLD MAY BECOME IN UTOPIA.
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Please include this link to yourlist above: http://www.ncc512.org This is a organization by over 50 Organizations in SF bay area.
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Umm, most Asian Americans of NE asian descent barely consider south Asians to even be Asian (heck, even Filipinos are usually invisible) , certainly most African Americans don't consider them to be black.
awarthurhu on Are You Ready for McCain/Jindal?
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I would bet that Asian Americans could resist Jindal. It would definitely show that race is secondary to ideology.
Emil Guillermo on Are You Ready for McCain/Jindal?
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Folks: On this "APA" town-hall online venue, may I make the "motion" that most, if not all, of "us" simply consign one "Anh Tran" to "Coventry"? As in shunning, or not even bothering to scan his er, ah "contribs"? A swiftboater with an "Asian" and not quite yet "Caucasian" surname is still just one more swiftboater in our midst, spreading division and scorn and hatred AND mischief all around.
Frank Eng on Is the backlash here yet?: Chinese Americans — and all Asian Americans — Should Be Ready
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On Tuseday May 20 we will be having a gathering at the Mall in Orange to remember the sacrifice of the yellow animal leahora wong.
James on Daily Dose: 05/14/08
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Whe push comes to shove, Asians won't be able to resist the temptation to vote for a potentially first Asian-American President in history.
In-Chul Sohn on Are You Ready for McCain/Jindal?
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jabba wockeez roCkS!!
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Unfortuantely, Asian "interest groups" have taken a cue from the Sharpton/Jackon clique. Everyone wants a grubby hand in the racial spoils trough.
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