There are plenty of reasons to enjoy the weather and culture of American Samoa. The warm trade winds and South Pacific waters are more than enough to attract many foreign visitors. Over the next week, however, twelve boats from Australia, New Zealand, and Samoa have an additional reason to enjoy the clear South Pacific waters around American Samoa. The 11th annual Steinlager International I’a Lapo’a Fishing Tournament will be going on through Saturday featuring these twelve out of town boats as well as eight more local boats. The event begins on Wednesday, May 19th with a 7:05 am shotgun...
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CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT FOR ENHANCED VERSION Not so long ago, Peyton Siva was in the midst of choosing a NCAA Division 1 school to go to. He had numerous offers from the top schools in the country including Arizona, USC, etc…But it was here at the McDonalds Classic that Siva’s stock shot up the charts as he amazed with his high flying dunks, and THIS…the infamous 360 layup!!!! Samoan athletes are incredible, and not just on the gridiron ...
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Excerpt from ESPN Outside the Lines:  “Miles Apart” Justin Vae’ena reads pass, seven-step drop. The Valley Center Jaguars live by the pass. That’s how they’ve hung in with Oceanside through three quarters. The undefeated Pirates’ starters are on the field this late for the first time in eight games, going back to their season opener. Their Valley League games haven’t even been close. But it’s a lot tougher tonight. Scrambling one step ahead of tacklers, VC quarterback Tyler Bernard has thrown for a couple of touchdowns and run for another...
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ESPN-Outside the Line presents: An inspirational story for the ages! BOULDER, Colo. — Every Sunday, after church, the 7-year-old boy would escape to Grandpa’s basement. He’d never seen such a room — trophies and game balls and jerseys and photos and videotapes, all at his disposal. He’d heard about a place called heaven, a magical place they raved about in Bible school, and he decided this had to be it. It had to be. Because his father was here.One of those trophies … his daddy won. One of those game balls … his daddy earned. One of those jerseys … his...
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If you’re not up on game with the MMA/UFC circuit then you probably haven’t seen the two samoan crushers go at it.  But lucky for all of us there’s YouTube.  Check out the footage of these two go at it as their fight was deemed and promoted quite heavily in the K1 circuit because of the tremendous skill they both possess as well as the iron chin they both were born with.  Take your pick and watch who gives who a punishing.  Don’t mind the foreign language commentary, they don’t fight in the United States MMA but they fight in Japan.  Either way, the fight...
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