THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM

Hawaiian Sumo wrestlers Akebono and Konishiki had taken the top two rankings in a sport that had never seen a non-Japanese champion. Akebono was the first to reach Yokozuna, the highest rank. Konishiki, nicknamed “The Dump Truck,” is Ozeki, the second-highest rank. Both men wrestled their titles from the status quo. While the hierarchy of Sumo wrestling may not have broad in fluence in a global sense, the namesakes of these two champions would change the world .