All posts tagged "Sports"

  • Michelle Wie reacts after sinking a birdie putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the KEB Hana Bank Championship golf tournament at Sky72 Golf Club in Incheon, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Michelle Wie limps into her next major

    (AP) — Michelle Wie has quite the entourage these days. The doctor at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio who has worked on her hip. The doctor in Los Angeles who has been there for her ankle injuries....

    • Posted July 30, 2015
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    King Kang hits home runs in back-to-back at-bats

    By Brian Han Pittsburgh Pirates’ Korean infielder Kang Jung-ho is starting to generate some serious power. He blasted a game-winning home run off the facing of the second deck Tuesday night and then another in his next at-bat early...

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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  • Denis Ten, from Kazakhstan, Sochi 2014 Bronze medalist in the men's singles figure skating, speaks at a news conference during the 2022 Winter Olympics Candidate City Briefing for IOC Members at the Olympic Museum, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 9, 2015. With the vote less than two months away, leaders of the Almaty and Beijing bids made presentations at a "technical briefing" at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. The meeting was attended by 85 of the International Olympic Committee's 101 members. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
    Kazakh-Korean figure skater dreams of Olympics at home

    KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (Yonhap) — Denis Ten has been the most accomplished figure skater to come out of Kazakhstan, having bagged an Olympic bronze and a world championships silver. Now the 22-year-old is trying to duplicate...

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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    Sepp Blatter deserves the Nobel Prize, Vladimir Putin says

    MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin and Sepp Blatter just can’t stop praising each other. The Russian president, speaking with Swiss TV on Monday, said the embattled head of FIFA deserves a Nobel Prize for his work. Two...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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  • Tiger Woods
    Tiger Woods running out of chances to salvage season

    GAINESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Tiger Woods knows he’s played poorly over the past two years. Now, he’s facing the prospect of an early end to his season. Normally, the Quicken Loans National would be the beginning of...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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  • dancing batter
    How he doesn’t get drilled, American baseball fans will never know

    By Brian Han It’s becoming more and more apparent that baseball culture in Asian countries tends to be slightly more theatrical especially when it comes to batters. But a new video that surfaced on Thursday shows a...

    • Posted July 23, 2015
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    PGA golfer Bae Sang-moon to join military after losing legal battle

    DAEGU/SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) — South Korean PGA Tour pro Bae Sang-moon, mired in a row over his conscription, said Wednesday he will soon join the armed forces, hours after losing his legal battle against the local...

    • Posted July 22, 2015
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