Sanders the all-star
Jonathan Sanders will be the first foreign player to participate in the Super Basketball League (SBL) All-Star game on Feb. 25, the Chinese-language United Evening News reported yesterday. Players for the tournament were selected through a combination of fan and coach votes, the results of which were released on Thursday. The "red" team will be made up of players from the Yulon Dinos, Bank of Taiwan, ETTV Antelopes and Azio Eagles, and the "white" team of players from the Videoland Hunters, Dacin Tigers and Taiwan Beer.
Sanders will serve as a reserve on the white team, and says he is excited to participate in the All-Star game during just his first year playing in Taiwan.
All five starters for the red team will come from the Yulon Dinos, which has dominated the league since its founding in 2003 by winning the championship each year.
The SBL is currently on break for the Lunar New Year.
Wang impresses Japanese
With Yankees pitchers and catchers having reported to spring training, Taiwan is gearing up for another season of Wang Chien-ming (王建民) mania. While no one is sure how the right hander will fare in his third major league season, the United Evening News reported yesterday that one thing is already sure: Wang is very attractive.
According to the story, the informal consensus among all the Taiwanese and Japanese media at the Yankees spring training camp in Florida is that Wang is better looking than his Japanese teammate, lefty starter Kei Igawa. The Japanese press were apparently quite struck by Wang's chiseled physique when he arrived at camp in short shorts and a t-shirt, leading one Japanese reporter to remark, "I still don't know whether Igawa or Wang will be better on the field. But I'm certain of one thing: their personalities are very similar, but Wang has a nicer face."
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