Despite the horrible year Michelle Wie had in 2007 that featured her being blown out in a number of tournaments and being criticized by fellow female golfer Annika Sorenstam, she was still able to rack in the second most amount of money of all female sports athletes. Wie made $19 million dollars last year […]

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Well if any of you ROK Drop readers in the San Francisco Bay area had any plans of wooing Michelle Wie, I have bad news for you, she is taken:
From a recent Sports Illustrated article, via Sports by Brooks:
Robin is dating Stanford’s current most famous female coed, golf phenom Michelle Wie, although both have tried […]

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This was the first blow to Korean baseball fans and now it appears a second major blow in less then a year may be hitting Korean baseball.  Can it get any worse?
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The Boston Red Sox are playing their season opener against the Oakland A’s this week in Japan’s Tokyo Dome.  With Major League Baseball expanding regular season games to Japan I have to wonder what the odds are that Major League Baseball will play a game in Korea one day as well?
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The World Cup qualifying game that was originally to be played between North and South Korea in Pyongyang has been officially moved to Shanghai after North Korea refused to allow the South Korean anthem to be played in Pyongyang.  This is a perfect example of what ten years of the leftist Sunshine Policy has accomplished.
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This is outrageous and I hope that the South Korean government doesn’t give in to these ridiculous demands:

North Korea has balked at South Korea playing its national anthem or raising its flag at a World Cup soccer qualifier in Pyongyang next month, claiming a neutral flag and traditional folk song should be used.
To promote unity […]

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Well it looks like the Party Pooper’s fortune telling abilities were correct yet again:

This wasn’t the kind of performance Choi Kyoung-ju had hoped for.
After coming into the week with aspirations of contending for the Buick Invitational title, South Korea’s top-rated men’s golfer didn’t even make the cut.
Choi shot a combined score of 5-over-par 149 […]

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You have to respect how Hines Ward has continued his support of Amerasian even long after his famous return to Korea following him winning the Super Bowl MVP award two years ago:

Eight Amerasian children from South Korea spent a week in America at the invitation of Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward.
Ward paid for the […]

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For someone who cannot win anything, she sure does get paid well to lose:
Korean-American golf star Michelle Wie took the 4th spot on Forbes magazine’s 20 Under 25 list of Top-Earning Young Superstars, which includes both athletes and entertainers.
Despite her poor showing this year, the 18-year-old golfer banked US$19 million thanks to activities and endorsements […]

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This is a bit embarrassing for the Korean soccer team though I doubt anyone in Korea is going to care:

South Korea captain Lee Woon-jae delivered a tearful apology after admitting to a late-night drinking session with team mates during the Asian Cup in Jakarta.
Goalkeeper Lee, Lee Dong-guk, Kim Sang-sik and Woo Sung-yong left the team […]

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This must be killing Korean baseball fans. 
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This is probably at least a moral victory for North Korea:

Blood streaming from a gash on the top of her head, Abby Wambach came off the field. For 10 minutes, the United States played short-handed while she got stitches.
North Korea didn’t waste its chance.
The United States allowed a pair of goals while Wambach was off […]

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