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brokeneckdog · 02-06-2009, 12:11 AM

More insanity at work!
All the buzz: Pot scandal jolts Japan's sumo world

By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press Writer Eric Talmadge, Associated Press Writer – Thu Feb 5, 2:46 pm ET

TOKYO – Sumo wrestlers with pot bellies, yes. Sumo wrestlers with pot? Now that's harder to grapple with.
In the past six months, four wrestlers have been kicked out of the ancient sport for allegedly smoking marijuana, creating the biggest drugs-in-sports scandal that Japan has ever seen.
Although three of the wrestlers who have been expelled from the sport were from Russia, the arrest last week of a 25-year-old Japanese athlete who goes by the ring name of Wakakirin for possession of marijuana has raised concern that use of the drug may be more widespread than originally thought.
In Japan, sumo wrestlers are not seen as athletes in the way that baseball or tennis players are. A photo of U.S. swimming star Michael Phelps with a marijuana pipe got wide play in the media here, but nowhere near the consternation of the sumo scandal.

Read the entire article here...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_...Y7cKFx7RXWn414

***mkylky*** · 02-06-2009, 01:25 AM

crazy!

at one point in my life i wanted to train to be a sumo wrestling master of ninjitsu. basically sumo wrestling ninja!! so much for that endeavor.

oldschoolpinball · 03-28-2009, 08:06 PM

more ramen for all!

02-06-2009, 12:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
brokeneckdog High, I'm Aging! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lassen Co. Co-Op: NO Vendor: NO Patient: YES Posts: 288 Rep Power: 27230	Not the Sumo Wrestlers, too!!!!! More insanity at work! All the buzz: Pot scandal jolts Japan's sumo world By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press Writer Eric Talmadge, Associated Press Writer – Thu Feb 5, 2:46 pm ET TOKYO – Sumo wrestlers with pot bellies, yes. Sumo wrestlers with pot? Now that's harder to grapple with. In the past six months, four wrestlers have been kicked out of the ancient sport for allegedly smoking marijuana, creating the biggest drugs-in-sports scandal that Japan has ever seen. Although three of the wrestlers who have been expelled from the sport were from Russia, the arrest last week of a 25-year-old Japanese athlete who goes by the ring name of Wakakirin for possession of marijuana has raised concern that use of the drug may be more widespread than originally thought. In Japan, sumo wrestlers are not seen as athletes in the way that baseball or tennis players are. A photo of U.S. swimming star Michael Phelps with a marijuana pipe got wide play in the media here, but nowhere near the consternation of the sumo scandal. Read the entire article here... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_...Y7cKFx7RXWn414

02-06-2009, 01:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
*mkylky* ~so blessed with the fire it gives me chills~ Join Date: Dec 2007 Co-Op: yes Vendor: no Patient: yes Posts: 1,139 Rep Power: 8731	Re: Not the Sumo Wrestlers, too!!!!! crazy! at one point in my life i wanted to train to be a sumo wrestling master of ninjitsu. basically sumo wrestling ninja!! so much for that endeavor. mkylky says.. I happily volunteer my time at Starlight 420 Center "find a place to rest deep in their minds, cause times are changing but really not, it's just the same old plot, just rearranging."

03-28-2009, 08:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
oldschoolpinball 81 in dog years Join Date: Mar 2009 Co-Op: no Vendor: yes Patient: yes Posts: 32 Rep Power: 46	Re: Not the Sumo Wrestlers, too!!!!! more ramen for all!

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