Just discovered he has his own blog! I love this guy: Al once posed the great pub question, who is the best sportsperson you've ever seen compete in person, for me it's Hakuho and his great rival Asashoryu, back in 2009. A niche sport, obviously, but they are both regarded as the most dominant champions for a long time.
The most recent entry is very sad, he took some flack for skipping the most recent post-tournament press conference (he won his 29th title, the record is 32, held by Taiho, the Japanese equivalent of Babe Ruth, who died last year) but it turns out his wife had lost their fourth child on Day 13 of a 15-day tournament. Here he is winning on Day 15 - the crowd all want him to lose so that there will be a playoff against a Japanese wrestler:
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