San Hermann (7-14), which includes Alize, and San Juan (8-7), which includes Sullinger, faced off in the 19th round of the BSN regular league held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the 20th (Korea time). It was of interest to KBL fans as it was a showdown between players who performed well in KBL. Alize…
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This Akmun DB Reinforces Back-up to 1.3 Billion, Kim Si-rae, Kang Sang-jae, and Kim Jong-kyu
Lee Sun-Bano’s backup, which was a weakness in professional basketball’s Wonju DB, was supplemented by veteran guard Kim Si-rae. The goal of the DB, which invested 1.3 billion won in existing big men Kang Sang-jae and Kim Jong-kyu, is to win the championship game. DB announced on Tuesday that it signed a one-year contract with…
Fire bowler reinforcements are coming to Samsung in July
Samsung Lions right-hander Kim Yoon-soo is currently serving in the Korean Armed Forces Sports Unit (Sangju Sangmu) baseball team. He will return to the team after being discharged from the military in July. He will support his team’s starting lineup. Kim was drafted 52 times in the second round of the sixth round in 2018…
S. Korea’s GKL casino sales rise 15 pct in November
Grand Korea Leisure (GKL), a South Korean casino operator, said Friday that it posted solid sales in November. Grand Korea Leisure said its casino sales rose 14.5 percent year-on-year to about 41.58 billion won this month. On a month-over-month basis, casino sales rose 15.2% in November compared with October. The year-on-year increase in casino sales…
Former CEO Kangwon Land sentenced to three years in prison
The former chief executive of Kangwon Land, the only casino operator in South Korea that allowed gambling to locals, has been sentenced to three years in prison for unfair hiring of employees, Yonhap reported. Choi Heung-jip, who is known to have led a state-run company from mid-2011 to early 2014, was found guilty of recruiting…
Why is DOYOUNG only paid that much
The second uncle of KIA’s “Jjin Pan,” who met at his grandmother’s big house on May 8th, asked about Kim Do-young’s annual salary and resented, “My Do-young is so good at baseball, why is his annual salary that only works?” Come to think of it, Kim Do-young, who recorded ’10 homers-10 steals per month’ for…
I gave up broadcasting Ohtani and the hot Japanese archipelago
Darvish started the 2024 Major League Atlanta Braves away match at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia on the 20th (Korea time) and pitched well with 99 pitches, two hits, one walk and nine strikeouts in seven innings. Darvish’s appearance on the day was a hot topic of conversation in Japan. That’s why Darvish was set…
HK’s Devan Tangbags US$1.2 ml at Jeju Triton Poker
Hong Kong’s Devan Tang, a poker player, beat Canada-based Peter Jetten to secure a prize of 9.7 million Hong Kong dollars (about $1.24 million) in the Jeju Triton Poker Series Short Deck competition. Organizers of the Triton Poker Series announced Monday that Mr. Tang was taking part in the second leg of the ongoing six-sport…
Korea’s Paradise City Indoor Theme Park Opens at the End of March
“Wonderbox,” a new non-game facility for Paradise City Casino Resort in Korea, will open on March 31, Paradise Inc., one of the venue’s promoters, confirmed to GGRAsia in an email. Wonderbox describes the resort as an “indoor family amusement park” with the theme of “night fair.” It is said to include carnival-style games and several…
Incheon Water Bottle Crisis Cheering Seat All Closed
The professional soccer K League 1 Incheon United has taken strong preemptive measures in connection with the water bottle incident. Incheon said on the club’s official channel on the 13th, “There was a safety accident in which a water bottle was thrown into the stadium immediately after the end of the home game against FC…