Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Times carried a very brief article on the sport of sumo.

Unfortunately, the LA Times' editors didn't associate the visit by the Japanese Sumo Association's top-ranking fighters with sport, and relegated mention of the June 7-8 tournament to its entertainment pages.

They also managed to squeeze a few howlers into the six-and-a-bit lines given to the first visit by Japan's national sport in almost three decades.