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• LPGA golfer Chun In-gee finally back in action
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• US men’s soccer misses 2nd straight Olympics
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All posts tagged "Sports"

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  Pirates’ Kang Jung-ho gets no love for ROTY in ESPN’s mock vote

  By Brian Han ESPN recently held a mock vote among a panel of 14 journalists for end of season awards including the Cy Young, Most Valuable Player (MVP), Manager of the Year and the Rookie of the...

  • Posted September 4, 2015
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  Despite loss to Wawrinka, Chung may be S. Korea’s best tennis player ever

  By Brian Han South Korea’s Chung Hyeon made sure world No. 5 and reigning French Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka had to earn his way past the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday. The two competitors...

  • Posted September 3, 2015
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  Son Heung-min registers hat-trick as South Korea wallops Laos 8-0

  HWASEONG, South Korea (Yonhap) — The newest Tottenham Hotspur Son Heung-min scored his first international hat trick, as merciless South Korea beat up on Laos 8-0 in their World Cup qualifier at home Thursday for their second...

  • Posted September 3, 2015
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  5 more Koreans earn PGA Tour card for next season

  By Brian Han Five golfers of Korean heritage received their PGA Tour cards for the 2015-2016 season by finishing in the Web.com Tour’s top-25 in earnings. The results were finalized on Sunday after the final event of...

  • Posted September 2, 2015
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  S. Korean sensations taking LPGA rookie award battle to wire

  SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) — The battle for the 2015 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year will come down to the wire between two South Korean sensations. Up through last week’s Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic, Kim Sei-young...

  • Posted September 2, 2015
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  [NY Times] Bat flipping draws shrugs in S. Korea, scorn in America

  DAEGU, South Korea — Hwang Jae-gyun, a third baseman for the Lotte Giants in South Korea’s top baseball league, received some curious text messages from his American teammates one morning in July. His name,...

  • Posted September 2, 2015
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  Chung Hyeon earns grand slam singles victory; first for S. Korean in 7 yrs

  (Yonhap) — Chung Hyeon became the first South Korean tennis player in seven years to win a grand slam singles match on Tuesday in New York. In the first round of the U.S. Open, the world No....

  • Posted September 2, 2015
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