[sumo] Asashoryu-Hakuho fun

[Jeanne Hedge]

At 08:08 PM 5/26/08, Marc Auslander wrote:
 >This has probably been said before - but the asa - haka behavior sure
 >looks steroid fueled to me.
 >
 >But you see it in US professional football - which in theory has drug
 >testing.  Athletes who can't control their aggression, even to the
 >detriment of their teams and themselves.  So maybe some athletes are
 >naturally so testosterone high that they are out of control.

I was trying to remember - wasn't there some sort of rivalry between 
their families back in Mongolia, going back before the boys went to 
do sumo in Japan?


Jeanne