The Chinese government is shutting down a major Beijing nightlife area in advance of the 2008 Olympics over security concerns. China Daily has the story:
Restaurants, bars and nightclubs in one of Beijing main nightlife centers and celebrity hangouts are to be closed to help ensure security at an Olympic football venue, said authorities.
“About six restaurants […]

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Here’s a nice piece written by a Korean sportswriter from the Sports Chosun who’s in Taiwan covering the Korean National Team’s preparations for the Olympic Qualifiers. Basically, he’s out looking for a story and ends up musing on the popularity of Wang Chien-ming relative to his own experiences watching the career of Park Chan-ho in Korea.
In the […]

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Occasional East Windup scribe (well, twice) David Chalk has a funny new series going at Bugs and Cranks where he previews every MLB team as they compare to his (he calls them “our”) Devil Rays. The series is called “Your Team Ain’t S#!T Compared to the Devil Rays.”
Here’s a highlight from his recent comparison of […]

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Brace youself. The first time I saw this I thought it was annoying, but once I got my mind around what this guy is trying to do I thought it was pretty clever.
This is Mr. Tyfoon, a Korean rapper doing a commerical for Pizza Etang. As far as Korean pizza goes Etang is one of the less-offensive […]

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I’d meant to post this when it was more current, but it got lost in the vacation shuffle. Sorry Ted.
‘Moneyball’ leading man apparently retires at 28

Soundtrack: Beach House “Gila”
(open in another window to play via Quicktime)

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