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Scandals Plague Japanese Sumo Culture
" The first scandal broke in August when police found a marijuana cigarette inside 20-year-old Russian wrestler Wakanoho's wallet. Wakanoho was born Gagloev Soslan Aleksandrovich in Russia's North Ossetia...Brian the fake sumo hits bank's credibility
HSBC - self-styled 'the world's local bank' scores an own goal with their culturally insensitive sumo wrestler ad. With all the money that the banks make despite the credit crunch one would think that their budget...My Close Encounter With Sumo Wrestling
Sumo - quivering mounds of flesh set into sudden motion that is at once jarring and engaging. It’s the sport of gods, literally. However, it took me some time to appreciate sumo. Long before I made my way over...Bulgaria's Kotooshu first European to win biggest sumo prize
Taking the sumo trophy out of it's homeland is Kaloyan Mahlyanov (Kotooshu) from Bulgaria! "Less than six years after his debut in sumo wrestling, Bulgarian wrestler Kotooshu became the first European to win...Sumo wrestler uses a ladle as weapon
Be careful of ladle wielding sumo wrestlers! It seems as if this blunt, almost-hollow cooking utensil has been favoured by Toyozakura, a vetran sumo wrestler who used it as a whipping stick on an 18 year old...Hazing Allegations in Sumo Death
It seems that nobody is denying the existence of hazing in sumo training, but only the extent of it." In scenes unprecedented in Japan's history, where wrestlers are seen as national heroes, the sumo stars were...15 inch Gigantor Digital Photo Frame
"Godzilla size frame ATTACK! When this 15″ Digital Photo Frame arrived at the ThinkGeek world headquarters of doom we thought to ourselves “That is one huge-ass photo frame”… and we’re thinking that you’re going to feel the exact same way when you’re viewing...comScore releases top Japanese Web rankings for August
"Mizuho Financial Group, which has continued to see increases over the past several months, was the second fastest growing site with a 30-percent increase to 2.3 million visitors, followed by OKWave.JP, which rose 28 percent to 2.5 million visitors. "Both baseball and soccer...Machines and their makers battle at robot 'Olympics'
As new sports seem to emerge annually, the upcoming robot Olympics is poised to be a new favourite – at least for robot enthusiasts. "Robots from around the world will compete for supremacy in soccer, combat,...NO HOLDS BARRED: Miguel Cotto-Zab Judah Preview
NO HOLDS BARRED: Cotto-Judah Preview with Miguel Cotto, Zab Judah, Bob Arum, Dan Rafael, Kristal Hart, and Ring Girls Tarah Rodgers and Jennifer Ohlsson On this special edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host...NO HOLDS BARRED: Rich Bender of USA Wrestling on 2007 World Team Trials and W...
On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Rich Bender, executive director of USA Wrestling, the national governing body for the sport of wrestling in the United States, and part of the...NO HOLDS BARRED: John Perretti on Rampage-Liddell 2, and UFC and Extreme Figh...
On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman once again speaks with a true pioneer and legend in mixed martial arts, and an old friend: John Perretti. We discuss this past Saturday's TKO victory...NO HOLDS BARRED: Is the Pay-Per-View TV Business Model Dead? Mark Taffet and ...
On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman discusses the future of the most important business model and source of revenue currently used in combat sports like boxing and mixed martial arts:...NO HOLDS BARRED: Wallid Ismail and the Mixed Martial Arts World League (MMAWL)
On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with mixed martial arts and jiu-jitsu legend Wallid Ismail. Wallid is the driving force behind the newly-formed Mixed Martial Arts World League...NO HOLDS BARRED: Richard Pound of WADA and the Battle Against Doping
On this special edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman focuses on the battle against doping in the combat sports. We spoke with the most powerful person in that battle, Richard Pound, the President of...
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