Harlem Globetrotters vs DPRK Practice Game

The Harlem Globetrotters shake hands with the North Koreans.

Just released earlier today by KCNA and URI Tours, here is exclusive footage of a recent scrimmage game between some members of the Harlem Globetrotters and a North Korean professional team. This took place when Dennis Rodman visited BFF Kim Jong Un back in March. This one hour and twenty minute plus game starts out somewhat tense but as play goes on the players relax more and just play a friendly practice game. The Harlem Globetrotters' players were Bull Bullard, Buckets Blakes and rookie sensation Moose Weekes. The Globetrotters were split amongst the North Korean players. So get some popcorn, sit back and enjoy the game which starts around 9:30:



If they game starts to drag on somewhat, check out this recently released short Korean TV News video of Dennis Rodman and Harlem Globetrotters Sightseeing in North Korea:



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NKBA Kim Jong Un & Dennis Rodman Video Game

Unless you've been living in a North Korean concentration camp, within this past week or so you've probably seen many photos of Dennis Rodman and his new BFF Kim Jong Un. The two were brought together in Best Korea for an exhibition basketball game with two Americans playing on each team alongside the North Koreans which ended in a 110-110 tie.

Well now the official NKBA North Korean Basketball Association has put together a preview of the upcoming Kim Jong Un & Dennis Rodman North Korean Basketball Video Game entitled "Supreme Hoops". Check it out:



And here are the permanent winners:



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Ichiro Suzuki Begins Spring Training

Via The Washington Post January 15, 2013

Not wasting any time, Ichiro Suzuki has started this new year off with early spring training in Kobe, Japan. Last year he was traded to the New York Yankees and batted .322 with five homers, 27 RBIs and 14 steals. Prior to being traded he was batting .261 with the Seattle Mariners. This jump in performance helped earn him a new $13 million, two-year contract with the Yankees.

“Signing with the Yankees has given me a new sense of determination,” the 39-year-old outfielder said Tuesday after a workout in Kobe. “This is a unique team, a team that can have a player like Alex Rodriguez as a pinch hitter is special and to be part of that is exciting.”

This season could be another All-Star performance for the 10-time Golden Glove outfielder.



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Ichiro Suzuki's Baseball Throwing Demo Videos

Ichiro Suzuki's Baseball Throwing Demo Videos

If you know anything about baseball, then for sure you know that superstar Ichiro Suzuki is one of the very best players ever in the history of the sport. He may also be the very best outfielder to ever play the game as his ten consecutive Gold Glove awards are a strong testament to his excellent play in the outfield.

Ichiro may also have the most accurate throwing ability as well. Recently Sato Pharmaceutical Co., the makers of a popular health tonic or "Genki Drink" called "Yunker", made some cool TV commercials from a series of his amazing baseball throwing demo videos:



The below video shows some incredible highlights of the making of the above TV commercial:



Be sure to check out more videos like these here.

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Taiwan's Kaohsiung Stadium 100% Solar Powered

Here are some cool photos of Taiwan's 100% solar-powered coliseum Kaohsiung National Stadium. Opened in 2009 and with a capacity of 55,000, this super solar bowl was host to the 2009 World Games. It has some 8,844 solar panels that power 3,300 lights to illuminate the track and field. Apparently it only takes six minutes for the entire lighting system to activate. The architect for this sun-powered stadium is Toyo Ito. For more information, please visit the stadium's official website.





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New Photo of Supermodel Li Ying Zhi #2

Released the other day, here is a beautiful new photo of Chinese supermodel Li Ying Zhi modeling some new sports fashion.

Be sure to see more photos of this model on her personal blog.

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NMA TV on NBA's World Peace Violence

Recently Metta World Peace aka. "Ron Artest" of the LA Lakers reverted back to his violent ways and now is in trouble once again with the NBA. His latest eruption happened in Sunday's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. World Peace started celebrating a slam dunk by pounding his chest and then suddenly he viciously elbowed James Harden's head and knocked him to the floorboards. This earned Artest a flagrant foul and a game ejection but, of course, he claimed it was unintentional:

"It was unfortunate that James had to get hit with an unintentional elbow," World Peace said. "I hope he's OK."

However the NBA thinks otherwise and is now deciding on the length of Artest's upcoming suspension. This event is quite controversial with some fans claiming it was an accident and others saying that Artest should be banned from the NBA altogether. Either way this foul/accident is very disappointing for the NBA as this current season has seen an increase in violence on the court overall.

Not missing a beat, Taiwan's News Media Animation TV just weighed in on this whole mess with a very funny 3D animation news video:



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Taiwan's Take on NHL Playoff Violence

If you have been following the NHL playoffs then you know about the recent rise of illegal hits, fights, violence, suspensions etc. And right on time, Taiwan's NMA TV has just published their funny 3D animation news clip about the many recent incidents in the NHL:



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Is Jeremy Lin Really Ask A Ninja?

No doubt by now you've heard all about basketball sensation Jeremy Lin. And his popularity keeps soaring with so much Linsanity going on! So far he has made the cover of Sports Illustrated TWICE (2x)! He's been on the cover of Time Asia magazine and the cover of Time magazine with the headline story "It’s Official: Linsanity Is for Real." He's an Evangelical Christian and was a leader in Harvard's Asian American Christian Fellowship. He wants to become a priest and has talked about helping out underprivileged kids in inter-city communities after his basketball career. It really seems as though Jeremy Lin just cannot do anything wrong.

Or can he?

Today we discovered the below video which has raised some serious questions about Lin and the world-renowned comedian Ask A Ninja. And, most likely, this is the most serious one: Is Jeremy Lin actually the funny, black-comic guy known as THE NINJA? Also is his real name actually "Jeremy Linja?" Watch this video closely and let us know what you think:




Other questions: Did you notice in the above thumbnail pictures that Lin's Knicks jersey is the exact same color as the background for The Ninja? Did you ever notice that The "Ask A Ninja" Ninja and Jeremy Lin have never been photographed together?

Well, Mark Twain said it best with “Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”

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WTF UFC 144 Japanese Anime Commercial

In case you missed it, UFC 144 Edgar vs Henderson will be held this Saturday at Japan's Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Featured on the card will be Frankie "The Answer" Edgar vs Smooth Ben Henderson in a Lightweight Championship bout. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will fight Ryan "Darth" Bader in a Lightweight matchup. In the Heavyweight division Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt will go against Cheick "Kingo" Kongo. This should be a very exciting fight night in Japan!

Below is the recently released Japanese UFC 144 Anime TV commercial which is so full of 'WTF' and 'Only in Japan' it now unofficially ranks as the ultimate UFC promo ever seen! Listen closely for these lyrics at 0:15 : "Hey Hey Let's Go Kickassu, Taisetsuna mono protect my balls!" or "Hey Hey Let's go kick ass but most important is to protect my balls!" Also in the chorus they repeat "Let's Fighting Love!" You gotta love it! Check it out:



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Yu Darvish Dating A Japanese Porn Star?

Via NMA TV/Apple Action News

Texas Ranger's new 60 million dollar man, Yu Darvish, has been reported to be dating a Japanese porn star with a G-cup sized bustline and an "electric tongue." It is suspected that this could be the one and only Kirara Asuka (NSFW). If this report is true it should not bother Darvish at all as he himself has posed nude in some Japanese women's magazines. Here is a news report from Taiwan on this latest development:

Note: Click on the CC button to turn on the English closed captions.




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Taiwan's Take on Tim Tebow

Most likely if you follow sports, you have already heard about Tim Tebow and his remarkable overtime winning touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas to lead the Denver Broncos over the Pittsburg Steelers 29-23 on Sunday. And unless you live in North Korea, you also heard about the strange connections to The Bible verse John 3:16 in that game:

"OK, so we're not quite done yet. As our brilliant commenters point out below, Tebow completed 10 passes. That means he averaged 31.6 yards per pass. His final pass was to Thomas who just happens to have been born on Christmas Day."

"Oh and this: the Steelers-Broncos game was the most-watched wild-card game since 1988. In the final quarter-hour, the overnight rating was 31.6. Weird stuff man, weird stuff."

"As it turns out, the lone interception thrown in the game on Sunday night came from Ben Roethlisberger. What down and distance were involved when he threw it? Third and 16. Of course."

But you may not have heard of or seen Taiwan's Take on Tim Tebow via the world's funniest news organization Next Media Animation TV:



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China's Operation Yao Ming

Ever wondered why China's basketball superstar Yao Ming became so tall? According to Time magazine, he was the result of a decades-long experiment that matched up athletes of extraordinary dimensions and abilities. Ming's father was 2.08 meters or about 6'9" tall and his mother was 1.88 (6'2") which is about a foot taller than the average Chinese man. When 'little' Ming was born he weighed over 5 Kg. (11 pounds) and was twice as large as the average male infant. Here's more on this story:



Continued...

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North Korea Wins World Champion Title!

After all, it is now true what they say and North Korea is Best Korea as the DPRK defeated Japan 1-0 in yesterday's 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers match in Pyongyang. Here are some of the game's highlights:



With this win, North Korea has also been awarded the Unofficial World Champion Football Title:

North Korea 1-0 Japan
15/11/2011, Pyongyang
Scorer: Nam Chol Pak
'Japan’s long reign as UFWC champions came to an end today in Pyongyang, as North Korea became the new unofficial football world champions. Midfielder Nam Chol Pak was the hero for the North Koreans, who fought hard for a deserved victory against an admittedly weakened Japan side. North Korea, ranked just 124th in the world by FIFA, become one of the most unlikely unofficial champions in UFWC history, proving that anything can happen over the course of 90 minutes." Continued...

So could that mean that this is true too?



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Japanese Are Superior in Jump Rope

Earlier this year, the Japanese proved their superiority to all other humans in Inflatable Water Sports!! And now a Japanse woman has done it once again by breaking the Guiness Book of World Records mark for completing the most jump ropes in 30 seconds:




162 jumps in 30 seconds is 5.4 jumps per second! Very impressive.

But did this athlete also break another world record?

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NMA TV: Chinese - Georgetown Basketbrawl News

Fortunately, Word War III did not begin today as the Chinese Aggressors and the Georgetown basketball team made amends for their Basketball brawl the day before. The coaches and team representatives met and exchanged souvenirs and shook hands at the Beijing airport. And as expected and right on time, Taiwan's NMA TV quickly weighed in on yesterday's fiasco between the Georgetown "Diplomat" Hoyas and the Bayi Military Rockets Thugs in another very funny news animation:




At the end of the video a rematch between Georgetown and Bayi is announced, however, according to Georgetown Hoyas Basketball: HoyaSaxa.com the Hoyas will instead play the Liaoning Panpan Dinosaurs on Sunday at the Nike Festival of Sports in Shanghai:

"A change to the schedule for the third game of the series in Shanghai: as might be expected, the return match with the Bayi Army Rockets will not be played. Instead, the Hoyas have scheduled the Liaoning Panpan Dinosaurs."

GO HOYAS!


More news at The Georgetown University Official Athletic Site

China vs Georgetown in "Basketbrawl"

Via The Washington Post August 19

Yesterday in Beijing, during the “China-U.S. Basketball Friendship Match”, a game between the Georgetown Hoyas and the Bayi Military Rockets suddenly exploded into a bench-clearing brawl after a Georgetown player was fouled. This melee included punches, tackles, and even some chair throwing by some of the players.

Also some Chinese spectators threw plastic water bottles at the Hoyas players and fans as the team quickly left the court. There reportedly was another spectator armed with a stanchion who also got involved in the chaos. The heavy-hitting game, which was held at the Olympic Sports Center Stadium court, was tied at 64 with just over nine minutes to go when this happened:




One Chinese doctoral student was quoted by Gene Wang as saying “I can tell the Chinese players provoked the conflict... The [Bayi] basketball players have got a bad habit of revenge on every small, unfair thing in the Chinese Basketball Association. It’s a hooligan’s habit.”

Here is the Chinese news video for last year's brawl between China and Brazil.

Also in today's other mini Beijing brawl, White House reporters covering Vice President Joe Biden were shoved out the exit of the Great Hall of the People by Chinese authorities...

O_O

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Yao Ming Retires from the NBA

The world's ambassador of basketball and China's best-known professional athlete Yao Ming has retired. At 7' 6" he was the tallest player ever in the NBA. In recent years he was the most productive center with a career average of 19 points per game. Here is a wacky tribute by Next Media Animation TV:



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Japanese TV Slam Dunk World Record Video

Below is a very funny Japanese TV clip of a trampoline athlete, who previously won a World Cup Trampoline Silver Medal, going for the the longest distance basketball slam dunk world record. The hoop is located over six meters in front of the trampoline! This is his third and final attempt to break the world record: