Maya's 53 overshadowed by fight w/refs

[Man-Man]

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2013-01/30/content_16188523.htm

 

[Cassius Klaiber]

You have to like the nickname "Invincible Queen".

 

[JimGunther]

Perhaps some of our linguists might explain her new moniker?

Usually the Amurican name "sounds-like" something in Chinese and that translates back to English. We all know Maya was the Queen or - according to Geno?<G>, the Princess.

 

[SallyH]

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2013-01/30/content_16188523.htm

I liked the "fairy" ending. I guess they left out "tale"

 

[CL82]

You have to like the nickname "Invincible Queen".

...and Maya looks good in red.

 

[EricLA]

Based on the subject title, i thought perhaps Maya got into a fight with the refs, which obviously would never happen. When i saw the pictures, all i could think was that it seems women's hoops in China is almost as insane as men's soccer in Europe.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Maya would be the last person to fight with refs.

She wore red in the Olympics. Yep, that's her--airborne near the rim with knee pads and big Nike high tops.

 

[VAMike23]

She does look good in the red, as she did for Team USA, but I always liked her in the road Blue the best, even better than home white unis....

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Based on the subject title, i thought perhaps Maya got into a fight with the refs, which obviously would never happen. When i saw the pictures, all i could think was that it seems women's hoops in China is almost as insane as men's soccer in Europe.

I have this theory about heirarchical societies. The citizenry has only their hobbies/sports to vent a lot of energy...good and bad. Here our big outbursts at sports events are the occasional streaker or an NBA renegade going into the stands. I like it this way. I wonder if the Chinese appease the masses with T shirts shot out of air guns????

 

[Brad Palmer]

Interesting that outside of the 2 photos of "fans attacking the refs", there was no mention of this in the game story!

 

[Fiftyish]

Interesting that outside of the 2 photos of "fans attacking the refs", there was no mention of this in the game story!

The authorities probably don't want to give too much ink to rowdy behavior. Don't want to encourage it with headlines.

 

[Brad Palmer]

Then why publish 2 pictures?

 

[Wonkster]

Perhaps some of our linguists might explain her new moniker?

Usually the Amurican name "sounds-like" something in Chinese and that translates back to English. We all know Maya was the Queen or - according to Geno?<G>, the Princess.

Forget Maya's moniker. The Chinese players have some amusing names from an English and Russian point of view. Yu Dong in English is practically the same as Ma Xueya in Russian, except for the direction the finger would be pointing.

LMFAO!

 

[Kitaman]

Welsh is having multiple orgasms.

 

[msf22b]

My Chinese experience tells me that the editors (think gov'ment censors) were interested in acknowledging the roudiness caused almost certainly by Liz C. (thanks Ice) fouling out. If they would have ignored it, the net would have picked it up,

But the other side of the picture is that public disorder is to be discouraged at all costs, therefore no explanation,

 

[arty155]

...I wonder if the Chinese appease the masses with T shirts shot out of air guns????

T-shirts would be nice.

 

[pinotbear]

..I'm still trying to figure out how to get Bonita Spence assigned to China..and, June Corteau..

 

[MilfordHusky]

You have to like the nickname "Invincible Queen".

Didn't Katharine Hepburn star in the movie of that name?

 

[Fiftyish]

Then why publish 2 pictures?

Yeah.....what msf22b said. " But the other side of the picture is that public disorder is to be discouraged at all costs, therefore no explanation,"

 

[meyers7]

Didn't Katharine Hepburn star in the movie of that name?

African, but close enough.

 

[Zorro]

Forget Maya's moniker. The Chinese players have some amusing names from an English and Russian point of view. Yu Dong in English is practically the same as Ma Xueya in Russian, except for the direction the finger would be pointing.

LMFAO!

Remember also that in Spanish Tina = bathtub and Diana = "morning call" (reveille).