March 18, 2023 News and Notes

• The brutality of the sumo tournament system:  Six days ago, Ozeki Takakeisho was actually beginning a run which would have a very real chance, had he won this tournament, to become the next Yokozuna.
• He has torn his left meniscus, and, after a 3-3 start, withdrew before Day 7 starts today.
• Because that will make him kadoban (an injury absence counts, for promotion/relegation, as a loss in every match missed), he now will lose Ozeki status in May unless he can somehow recover from the knee injury by then and get a winning record.  He can regain Ozeki status, failing that, in July with a 10-5 record -- but that might mean, if Terunofuji does not come back, the Sumo Association may be in a shocking position (no Yokozuna, no Ozeki!!).
• Three top-division 6-0's entering today's Day Seven:  Komusubi Daieisho, and Maegashiras Takayasu and Midorifuji -- the latter two face off today.
• Asanoyama is 5-1 in Juryo (second division), he gets another 5-1 in Shonanoumi (Asa is rank 1, Shona is rank 3).  The one to beat Asanoyama, Ichinojo, leads at 6-0.  He has a 5-1 in Gonoyama. Hakuyozan and Ochiai are also 5-1.
• From the latest news:  It appears that Trump has been told he will be arrested Tuesday -- and word is already brewing it could be well ON at that point.  Stay tuned.