Saturday, January 28, 2006

Hope he's half as good and twice as durable

Sponichi Annex sports and smut du jour and Nikkan Sports are both reporting that the younger brother of Urawa MF and constant subject of media attention and adulation Shinji Ono had a tryout with Tokyo Verdy under the supervision of Rui himself. My first inclination is to be cynical and think, "Wow, Rui hasn't been in the news for about two days........what better way than to link to the Ono name?" but maybe the kid has some skills. Besides, they'll need the bodies for the sattlelite league.

FOLLOW UP: It seems as though the Kazuki Hiramoto apology has been pulled from the website. I don't know if it's common to do that after one day or if litigation is involved and they are trying to protect the player. Might just be a technical glitch but it does seem a bit strange to pull an apology that quickly.

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