Sports & Leisure

Most SoCal Japanese Americans look at Sawtelle as a place of gathering to eat, shop for J-pop influenced items, enjoy West L.A. obon, and visit the local nursery. To me, Sawtelle symbolizes HOURS of hula competition practices and bonding with hula sisters over a sweet treat from Pinkberry.

I’m here to guide you through the unbearable and excruciating… I mean, FUN AND ACTION-PACKED opportunity of being dragged…BROUGHT to a bases of ball game.

It has been a dream year for Asian Americans in global sport.

He was there! Explore the experience of translating at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games has been riddled with controversy since the start of the global pandemic, and yet in the eyes of a number of governing bodies, the show must go on. So now what?

Fishing has always been popular in the Japanese American community and understanding our community's history, it makes sense.

Whether you learned to ride yesterday or have been riding for decades, own a beach cruiser, BMX, fixed gear, road or recumbent bike, are 10 or 60, I hope to inspire you to get out and ride.

The long awaited Little Tokyo Recreation Center, aka the Terasaki Budokan, is finally going to open. Read our interview with Director Ryan Lee to learn more.

LA Sports? more like LA shmorts. Read on to hear an interesting perspective on rooting for the true underdogs.

To all the workouts that I never loved.

Where did JA ball come from? More importantly, where is it going?

Different sports fit different personalities. Ready to see what sport you should play (or watch) based on your zodiac sign?

Japanese Americans suffered greatly during WWII, but sports was one outlet that they relied on to escape their circumstances.

With any Olympic Games comes community displacement, expansion of police militarization, environmental degradation, financial waste, and corruption. Learn about the Nolympics movement.

Though deciding which team to cheer for during the Olympics may seem like a no-brainer to some, it can be more complex if your family is tied to multiple countries. One mixed-race writer shares his story.

No traffic in Los Angeles during a time when the entire world converges on the city?! Explore a retrospective on the wonder and mystery of the 1984 Olympic Games hosted by the greatest city on earth.

The good, the bad, and the really not so great. Check out some of the best (and worst) Tokyo 2020 Olympic merchandise - let's see what the judges have to say!

You love watching them compete, and I just like watching them! Come check out my list of hot Olympians.

Congratulations! You're an Olympian! But your family and friends have to wake up at 3 a.m. to watch you compete.

Learn the background of the popular Olympic odori dance, Tokyo Gorin Ondo!