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Tokyo Skytree will celebrate its first anniversary Wednesday but has not yet completed its prime mission of reliably broadcasting to households in the capital and its suburbs. Since December, the world’s tallest free-standing tower, at 634 meters high, has been making test broadcasts to ...
If you work in an office, you probably spend a fair part of your time sitting at a desk, which, of course, isn’t very healthy. To combat that the Pomodoro technique recommends that you work in intervals with regular breaks — for example, 25 ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
"Outsider art" is relatively new in Japan and, as a genre, works made by self-taught Japanese artists are still not very well known on the category-delineating, label-loving international art scene.
After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the two tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from start to finish to win 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title. “Rafa was just ...
Yankees manager Joe Girardi has proved to be quite adept at lineup juggling and position shuffling during an injury-plagued first two months. Still, there’s one player he thinks he would be unable to do without: Robinson Cano. The All-Star second baseman hit a pair of two-run homers to back a ...
Miguel Cabrera’s first two home runs of the game put Detroit in control. His third wasn’t enough to rally the ...
In a revolving-door season, Joe Girardi is grateful he has to spend little time worrying about Hiroki Kuroda. There are ...
Justin Upton was still the main man for Atlanta, even when the Braves finally had all their sluggers together. Upton gave Atlanta the lead with a sixth-inning grand slam and the Braves finally unveiled their full-strength lineup, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 on ...
The Oakland Athletics have promoted left-hander Hideki Okajima from Triple-A Sacramento and designated right-hander Chris Resop for assignment. Oakland announced the moves before Friday’s game against the Kansas City Royals. The 37-year-old Okajima was 0-1 with a 2.16 ERA in 14 games with the ...
Reid Ryan has been introduced as the new president of the Houston Astros. Ryan, the eldest son of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan, was the CEO of Ryan-Sanders Baseball, which owns the Triple-A Round Rock Express and Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks. The 41-year-old ...
Banished to the dugout after his shortest outing in nearly three years, Justin Verlander wandered around like he didn’t know who or where he was. Maybe it’s because his pitching was unrecognizable. Geovany Soto knocked out the Detroit ace with a three-run homer that ...
This time around, Shelby Miller battled for outs. The St. Louis Cardinals rookie right-hander had trouble controlling his fastball, and finishing off hitters. A pitch count headed for triple digits in the sixth inning was the only battle he lost. The 22-year-old Miller followed ...
Red Sox first baseman Mike Napoli made no excuses for a key defensive miscue. Napoli misplayed a popup at first base during a five-run fourth inning for Tampa Bay, and the Rays rallied to beat the Red Sox 5-3 on Tuesday night. Red Sox ...
Norichika Aoki had three hits and three RBIs with a pair of stolen bases Monday to spearhead the Milwaukee Brewers’ 5-1 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Aoki, who also scored twice, helped the Brewers end a four-game slide by driving in the go-ahead run ...
The Chicago White Sox needed a big start from ace Chris Sale, and he nearly gave them something historic. Sale took a perfect game into the seventh inning before finishing with a one-hitter, and Chicago beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-0 on Sunday night ...
There’s something about the sixth inning in the last week for Nelson Cruz. He’s hit game-tying home runs in the frame in three games in a week for the Texas Rangers. The latest one came on Saturday night when Cruz, Adrian Beltre and Lance ...
Shelby Miller gave up a single to start the game then nothing else. Not a walk or a hit batter. No one even reached on an error. The St. Louis Cardinals rookie was perfect after that leadoff single by Eric Young Jr., retiring 27 ...
Chicago Cubs right-handed reliever Kyuji Fujikawa was activated from the 15-day disabled list before Friday night’s game against the Washington Nationals. Fujikawa was on the DL since April 13 because of a strained right forearm. “I let the team down. . . . I ...
Major League Baseball suspended umpire Fieldin Culbreth for two games on Friday because he was in charge of the crew that allowed Astros manager Bo Porter to improperly switch relievers in the middle of an inning. Culbreth and the rest of his crew — ...