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Taiwanese-Born MLB Player Gets Hateful Anti-Asian Messages After Game-Losing Error
A Taiwan-born MLB baseball player received hateful messages on social media after committing an error during his team’s loss to the Chicago White Sox on Monday. Exercise your freedom of speech in a right way, I accept all comments, positive or negative but DEFINITELY NOT RACIST…
· Bryan Ke
MLB Exec’s Racist Attack on Kim Ng Resurfaces After Her Historic Achievement
A past racist attack against Kim Ng has resurfaced after she became the first woman and first Asian American general manager of the Miami Marlins last week. What happened: Ng, 51, was racially harassed by pitcher-turned-executive Bill Singer at a general managers’ meeting in…
· Editorial Staff
Kim Ng Becomes the First Woman, First Asian American GM in MLB
Kim Ng was named the new general manager of the Miami Marlins, becoming the first woman and first Asian American GM in the MLB. Started as an intern: Ng, now 51, has 30 years of experience in the MLB with the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, and the MLB…
· Ryan General
The MLB’s Best Pitcher is South Korean Hyun-Jin Ryu
Largely overlooked his entire Major League Baseball career, Los Angeles Dodgers’ Hyun-Jin Ryu is now starting to get attention as the league’s best starting pitcher this season. The 32-year-old baseball superstar, born in Incheon, South Korea, who became the first player from…
· Carl Samson
MLB Sparks Outrage After Racist Tweet About Two Japanese Players
The Major League Baseball has come under fire after tweeting a picture of two Japanese players while referring to a meme about alikeness. The tweet, which was immediately deleted, showed baseball stars Shohei Ohtani and Ichiro Suzuki shaking hands at Angel Stadium.
· Editorial Staff
Cuban MLB Player Targets Japanese Opponent With Racist Slant Eye Gesture
Meet Yuli Gurriel, 33. He is the first baseman for the Houston Astros and is from Cuba. During last night’s World Series game against the LA Dodgers, Gurriel hit a home run off starting pitcher Yu Darvish, who’s from Japan.
· Editorial Staff
MLB Player Declines $13 Million So That He Could Spend More Time With His Son
By deciding to retire, Chicago White Sox first baseman Adam LaRoche seems to be placing more importance on the time spent with his son than on the millions of dollars he will be leaving on the table. In a clubhouse meeting on Tuesday, LaRoche told his teammates he intends to…
· Jeana Nam
Sery Kim is a Lesson for Those Who Think Pandering to Whiteness Will Save Them from Anti-Asian Hate
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this piece are solely those of the authors. During a Republican forum last Wednesday, Texas congressional candidate and former Trump official Sery Kim made racist remarks about Chinese immigrants. “I don’t want them here at all,” she…
· Editorial Staff
‘They Give Us Coronavirus’: Korean American GOP Candidate Stands Ground On Anti-Chinese Remarks
A Korean American congressional candidate in Texas is facing a backlash for making anti-Chinese immigrant remarks in a forum last week. Sery Kim, who is Republican, was responding to a question about the U.S. immigration crisis when she said of potential Chinese immigrants, “I…
· Bryan Ke
Mike Huckabee Sparks Outrage After Tweeting He ‘Identifies’ as Chinese
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee drew massive criticism online for his controversial tweet that said he now identifies as “Chinese,” as hate crimes against Asian Americans surge. The 65-year-old Fox News contributor made the controversial post on his Twitter on April 3.
· Bryan Ke
LA Dodgers’ Black-Asian American Manager Pens Email on Surge in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
Dave Roberts, manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, has addressed the rising anti-Asian violence in an internal email sent to the organization. In the email obtained by The Athletic, Roberts, a son of a Black man and a Japanese woman, described the rising attacks against elderly…
· Bryan Ke
German Radio Station Sparks Outrage After Comparing BTS to a ‘Virus’ Over Coldplay Cover
A German radio station has issued a public apology after fans and artists called out a radio host for comparing BTS to the coronavirus. Bayern 3, a radio station in Bavaria state in southeast Germany, released the apology on Feb. 26 after its host, Matthias Matuschik, shared his…
· Bryan Ke
Former Assistant Coach Makes History as the First Indian American NFL Coordinator
The Chicago Bears made history after promoting its safeties coach, Sean Desai, as the team’s defensive coordinator, making him the first person of Indian descent to become a coordinator in the NFL. The historic announcement came on Jan. 22 when the Bears officially confirmed the…
· Ryan General
Nintendo ‘Laughed Their Asses Off’ at Microsoft’s Offer to Buy Them 20 Years Ago
Microsoft once tried to buy Nintendo and it didn’t go quite as planned, a recent Bloomberg feature on the creation of the original Xbox revealed. Not taken seriously: Microsoft’s former third-party relations director, Kevin Bachus, shared that the Japanese video game giant…
· Bryan Ke
Naomi Osaka Wears Breonna Taylor Mask Before Her US Open Match
Tennis star Naomi Osaka made a powerful statement on social justice after she walked into the U.S. Open wearing a mask with Breonna Taylor’s name on it. The details: The 22-year-old half Japanese, half Haitian American player walked into the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis…
· Ryan General
Yankees Starting Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka Returns to Japan Amid COVID-19 Spread in US
The starting pitcher for the New York Yankees, Masahiro Tanaka, has announced that he left the U.S. in March to bring his family back home to Japan after “a situation where I was in danger besides the coronavirus.” In a series of tweets, Tanaka revealed that his decision to…
· Bryan Ke
Shin-Soo Choo Donates $190,000 to Help Texas Rangers Minor League Players During Shutdown
Shin-soo Choo, Texas Rangers’ outfielder and designated hitter, is donating $1,000 to about 190 minor league players as the MLB shuts down games amid the COVID-19 pandemic. After hearing about the indefinite shut down of MLB about two weeks ago, the 37-year-old professional…
· Carl Samson
Nationals Catcher Kurt Suzuki Wears a MAGA Hat For White House Dinner
Washington Nationals catcher Kurt Suzuki is making headlines after wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat at the White House on Monday, much to the delight of President Donald Trump. The team visited the White House to celebrate their victory in the World Series last week, a…
· Bryan Ke
Marie Kondo Sparks Joy by Throwing First Pitch at LA Angels Game
Tidying expert and best-selling author Marie Kondo sparked joy during the ceremonial first pitch at the Los Angeles Angels vs. Baltimore Orioles game on Saturday. In celebration of #LAAJapanDay presented by Japan Airlines, the airline has invited Marie Kondo – famed tidying…
· Ryan General
Malaysian Programmer Creates Real-Time Translator to Understand Coworkers Speaking in Mandarin
A Malaysian programmer was inspired to devise his own real-time translator after he experienced trouble understanding his Mandarin-speaking colleagues during meetings. Twitter user Roshen Maghhan (@roshenmaghhan) recently shared his DIY project which took inspiration from Google…