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    A Texas Native Competes For Japan At The Tokyo Olympics

    How did a kid from Corsicana, Texas end up playing under the Japanese flag at the Olympics. It was an athlete's journey to a chosen home.
    by Leila Fadel Jul 28, 2021 3 minutes
    Ira Brown of Team Japan looks on during the Men's Pool Round match between Latvia and Japan on Sunday at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. "It's an honor to be Japanese," he said.

    TOKYO — They call him downtown Ira Brown.

    His three pointers got him the nickname. For years he's played professional basketball in Japan. But he never dreamed he'd get to the Olympic stage.

    "Not in a million years," he said, shaking his head and laughing.

    Let alone playing for his adopted country, in a sport that debuted at the Olympics for the first time in Tokyo. Three-on-three basketball is a ten-minute game. Three players on each

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