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"...THE world of sumo is reeling after a scandal has again shown the ancient code of dignity is at risk of becoming little more than a fig leaf. The scandal involves wrestlers gambling on baseball with gangsters. The latest controversy erupted this week when the highly ranked wrestler Kotomitsuki outed himself for gambling on baseball with yakuza gangsters. In the end, the 34-year-old ozeki (the second-highest rank, below yokozuna) had little choice: after a run of winning wagers the yakuza told him that not only would he not be paid, but they wanted hush money to keep his gambling out of the press. Betting on all but a handful of sports is illegal in Japan, and Kotomitsuki has been suspended for at least the next tournament while a penalty is decided. Kotomitsuki is likely to be the tip of the iceberg, with a Japan Sumo Association investigation finding that up to 65 wrestlers or coaches had admitted to gambling on baseball, golf, mahjong or cards. Reports yesterday said the stablemasters Tokitsukaze and Otake and wrestlers Goeido and Toyohibiki had admitted to baseball gambling. The standing of sumo — Japan’s 2000-year-old national sport -- is perhaps more under siege than ever, with a spate of scandals emerging at a time when foreign wrestlers dominate its upper ranks and football and baseball are luring away younger fans. Murray Johnson, an Australian who has been a sumo commentator in Japan since 1996 for public broadcaster NHK, said the betting affair would be ...
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Video Length: 74
Date Found: June 22, 2010
Date Produced: June 22, 2010
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July 17, 2011
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July 15, 2011
Down to their final minute, the United States clawed back to advance to the semifinals with a penalty kick shootout win over Brazil
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July 15, 2011
Juan Antonio Flecha gets hit by a French TV car causing him to wreck and sending Johnny Hoogerland flipping into a barbwire fence!!! Unbelievable!!!
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July 15, 2011
A VICE exclusive - Our good buddy Danny McBride aka Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down) became CEO of K-Swiss, enlisted the help of Michael Bay, Matt Cassel, Jillian Michaels, MMA Champion Jon "Bones" Jones, and made this video.
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