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Dat Winning Short Docs: Coach Cho 

In May 2015, Marshall Cho was hired as the head basketball coach at Lake Oswego High School in Portland, OR. The school's prestigious program is perhaps most famously known for its 2006 state championship led by Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love.

Cho, the former Director of Basketball Operations at University of Portland and assistant basketball coach at powerhouse DeMatha High School in Maryland, is the first Asian American head basketball coach in Lake Oswego's 65-year history.

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Dat Winning Short Docs: The Chinatown 3-on-3

Every summer, Asian-Americans from all over the Tri-State area congregate on the asphalt playgrounds of New York's Chinatown for the annual Asian 3-on-3 Basketball Championships. Now in its 21st year, the "Chinatown 3-on-3" has become a highly anticipated cultural event. It is the neighborhood's largest and longest running basketball tournament. http://www.datwinning.com/

Apply for the Dat Winning Sports Writing Fellowship

We don’t cover sports much here on the NOC, but that’s what our sister site Dat Winning is for! And I’m pleased to announce that the site, The Dynasty Project, and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop have teamed up to announce the Dat Winning Fellowship that seeks “seeks aspiring Asian American writers with an interest in covering the world of sports.”

The application deadline is December 19.…

The NBA: Where Fanboys are (Big) Fundamental

Also posted at Dat Winning

Over the summer, 5-time NBA champion Tim Duncan sent made waves across the internet when it was revealed that he was going to be immortalized on the cover of a Marvel comic book. Not only were comics fans surprised to have such a legendary sports figure in their mists, NBA fans were surprised that Duncan had a personality!

It all started when, during the Spurs’ most…