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BASKETBALL

BASKETBALL
Feb 4, 2013
Rizing hold off Cinq Reves
This season Rizing Fukuoka head coach Atsushi Kanazawa's message to his players has been consistent.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 21, 2013
Parker shines as West wins All-Star Game
Recognized as a dynamic playmaker since entering the bj-league in the 2007-08 season as a member of the run-and-gun Rizing Fukuoka, Michael Parker hauled in four straight regular-season scoring titles into the fledgling circuit's eighth season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 20, 2013
Veteran athletes, coaches adamant that corporal punishment has no place in sports
The tragic death of a 17-year-old Osaka high school student and basketball captain in December sheds light on a disturbing aspect of Japanese culture that has existed for decades: corporal punishment.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 18, 2013
Yokohama's Geary recalls getting to meet NBA legends
Like every midseason showcase, the 1997 NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland was a marquee event, not only for its collection of active players — Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, et al — but also for the much-planned celebration of the league's storied history.
EDITORIALS
Oct 11, 2007
Darfur deteriorates
After years of genocidal attacks, many thought the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan could not get worse. But a raid on African Union (AU) peacekeepers was proof that things could indeed deteriorate further. The bold attack threatens to derail international efforts to bring peace to the shattered...
COMMENTARY
Aug 29, 2007
Don't toy around with Sino-U.S. relations
LOS ANGELES — An effective foreign policy requires proportionate thinking. Hysteria and demagoguery can win a few elections, but they can lose wars and economic battles of enormous consequence. In the United States, foreign policy is particularly complex: Even if the president and the executive branch...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2007
Mirror images of arrogance
NEW YORK — This week's summit of the major Group of Eight nations will probably be the last such meeting for U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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