DALLAS — There’s a new fan favorite in town. Yi Jianlian made his home debut for the Dallas Mavericks midway through the fourth quarter of Friday’s rout of
The New York Yankees made a major push to bolster their starting rotation Friday, agreeing to terms with former Dodgers right-hander Hiroki Kuroda on a $10-million, one-year contract
The 2012 Major League Soccer (MLS) Draft was held today. Defender Andrew Wenger of Duke was the 1st pick overall. Although, no asians were drafted this year, there
After a short stint in the doghouse, Minnesota winger Devin Setoguchi emerged to make amends with his teammates. “There’s no excuse,” Setoguchi said after being made a healthy
UFC 142′s six-bout preliminary card will air live on FX from the January 14 event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the UFC confirmed today. The UFC 142 prelims
What began as something his parents forced him to do has transformed into an Olympic dream for one Valley resident. At the age of 5, Johnny Nguyen‘s parents
Yi Jianlian joined his new teammates for the first time Tuesday for the Dallas Mavericks’ morning shootaround in preparation for tonight’s game against the Detroit Pistons. Afterward, coach
The Orioles have agreed to terms on a multiyear deal with left-hander Wei-Yin Chen, according to a baseball source. Chen is expected to take a physical before the
Japanese infielder Munenori Kawasaki says he’s been invited to spring training by the Seattle Mariners. The 30-year-old free agent says “I’ll be going to Arizona in February to
Yi Jianlian is showing the Mavericks that he’s healed and ready for the NBA. In his second game with the Texas Legends of the D-league, Yi Jianlian put
Tim Tebow‘s stunning 80-yard touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas on the first play of overtime gave Denver the 29-23 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers and in effect ends
LINCOLN CITY, OR – After defeating Vivian Villarreal by a convincing 7-2 score in the semifinals of the WPBA Tour Championships, #1 ranked Ga Young Kim defeated Hall of FamerAllison
With no golf action ongoing, there were very few changes in this week’s women’s world rankings. Yani Tseng begins 2012 still as the No. 1 player, followed by
Auckland, New Zealand – Second-seeded Chinese Peng Shuai and former top-five star Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia advanced, while defending champion Greta Arn of Hungary exited the season-opening ASB
NEW YORK (Kyodo) — The New York Yankees said Thursday that their negotiations with Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima have ended without a contract. “We unfortunately could not come to
The Dallas Mavericks today assigned Yi Jianlian and Sean Williams to the Texas Legends, the Mavericks’ NBA D-League affiliate. The assignments mark the 19th and 20th time an
Chinese basketball star Yi Jianlian is looking to continue China’s decade-long legacy of keeping players in the National Basketball Association. The 6-foot-10 forward is set to sign a one-year contract
The Seattle Mariners have signed free agent pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma to a one-year contract. Iwakuma’s agent, Paul Cobbe, told ESPN.com the deal is worth $1.5 million guaranteed, but
Texas A&M tackling legend Dat Nguyen said Thursday that there is “no chance” he’ll be a part of A&M’s new staff, and already has cleaned out his locker
The PGA Tour will kick off on Friday in Hawaii with 28 winners from last season competing in the curtain-raising Hyundai Tournament of Champions. A record-high number of
Olympic Gold medalist speed skater AND Dancing with the Stars champ, Apolo Anton Ohno and Pamela Anderson appeared on the TV show “I Get That Alot” tonight. Other
The Tri-City Americans finished the first half of their season with a 4-1 victory over Spokane on New Year’s Eve. Up front, Adam Hughesman leads the team with
The Mavericks were happy to see Yi Jianlian hanging around the team offices at American Airlines Center tonight. ‘He’s another big boy we’re getting,” Dirk Nowitzki said. The
Outside Linebacker Chris GoCong had a good season for the Cleveland Browns. GoCong started all 16 games and recorded 70 tackles and 3.5 sacks. Haruki Nakamura had an
For the past month, all three asians in the NHL (Devin Setoguchi, Brandon Yip, Richard Park) had been out of action due to injuries. The Wild has activated
Jeremy Lin’s 18-month ride through the N.B.A. could best be described as exhilarating, emotional, stressful, agonizing and sobering, more or less in that order. Jeremy Lin, the first
All of the hype surrounding Yu Darvish posting and presumably signing with the Texas Rangers reminded me of similar hype four years ago about a Japanese outfielder who
The results of the Fedor Emelianenko vs Satoshi Ishii had many long-time mixed martial arts (MMA) fans breathe a collective sigh of relief. Fedor “the Last Emperor” Emelianenko,
Lee Nguyen’s last match stateside was arguably the biggest of his career — an appearance for the United States in a 2007 friendly against China in San Jose.
PERTH — As Li Na would tell it, making history can be pretty exhausting. After becoming the first Asian Grand Slam finalist at the 2011 Australian Open in
MANILA, Philippines – Japeth Aguilar will showcase his talent in Europe after he was invited to play with the Sta. Barbara Breakers in the Groninger Basketball Week in