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The Weibo Adventures Of Stephon Marbury And JR Smith

November 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Basketball, Sports Media

Two men exchanged pleasantries via Weibo on Wednesday night, one complimenting the other on a job well done. So far, so normal, considering this is China’s leading social networking site, with over 25o million registered accounts. Yet the big difference was who was doing it; Stephon Marbury, two-time NBA All-Star, now with the Beijing Ducks, [...]

A Seven-Point Plan to Improving the China Basketball Association (Part 1)

October 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Basketball, Business, Sports, Sports Media

Aside from the Euroleague, the only other basketball anyone will possibly be watching this year is from the China Basketball Association as players and owners work feverishly to hammer out a deal to save the NBA season. With the start of the 2011-2012 season approaching there is a lot of anticipation an excitement. Defending champions, [...]

Choysum: A New Chinese Sports Site to Watch

October 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · American Football, Sports, Sports Media

How do Chinese sports fans keep track of their teams online? Aside from micro-blogging sites, most of them may go to portals like Sina, NetEase or Tencent. Recently, we learned that a Silicon Valley startup is coming to provide them with an alternative. The site is called Choysum, and it aims to provide weekly or daily news [...]

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Lu You v. Huang Jianxiang: A Libel Case

December 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Football, Government, Sports Media

It’s my third time meeting Lu You this Monday at the gate of Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court. The result of her second trial against Huang Jianxiang, her former colleague at CCTV, a football commentator, was to be announced that day. As the last two meetings with her, she seemed upbeat and spirited, like on [...]

Communists Go After Liverpool

August 7th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Business, Football, Government, Sports, Sports Media

An op-ed article looking at the recent news reports that the Chinese government’s “investment arm” is interested in purchasing a Premier League football club. It might be too early to call it “normal,” but since Chinese investors went after the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers basketball squad in 2009, the latest news that a Chinese investment group [...]

Foreign Investigations into the NBA

April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Basketball, Business, Government, Sports, Sports Media

A Russian billionaire is being challenged by an American politician over previous company investments. Is this cause to also go after a Chinese investment group that is finalizing a deal to purchase the Cleveland Cavaliers? A New Jersey congressman is demanding an official inquiry into Mikhail Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire who is about purchase the [...]

A Youth Soccer Tournament Visible from Outer Space Kicks Off in July

March 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Business, Football, Sports, Sports Media

Our friends at China Sports Tour are working on a great project. Before reaching out to the outer space, they’re bringing teams from around the planet to compete in a youth football tournament. Please see below their media release. The first international youth soccer tournament in Beijing reveals details today. The tournament, named The Great [...]

Football Reporters Should also be Investigated

February 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Football, Government, Sports, Sports Media

An article asking the question: Why have China’s football beat reporters been left out of the league-wide investigations? The China Football Association handed out another round of rulings this week, demoting Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Chengdu Sheffield United from the China Super League after evidence showed the teams had bribed opponents during the 2006 and 2007 [...]

Communist Quietly Comes to Cleveland

December 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Basketball, Business, Government, Sports, Sports Media

A look at the recent discussions concerning Hong Kong businessman Albert Hung, who is now purchasing a stake in the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. I dug through the news reports from Ohio to China, trudging through the same list of accolades and accomplishments of Albert Hung, one of the wealthiest businessmen in Hong Kong, who is [...]

If You Build it, They Won’t Come

December 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Basketball, Business, Football, Government, Racing, Sports, Sports Media, Track and Field

An op-ed on how despite the rise in sporting venues throughout China, the country’s sports stadiums remain empty once the lights fade and the games conclude. There is no question that large, global sporting events can help change the image of a city. Governments use the spectacles as a means to redevelop or invest further [...]