In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .500 Magnum pistol and a civilian version of a military assault rifle.
When it comes to gender equality, Japan has never failed to disappoint.
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SELLING WOMEN: Prostitution, Markets and the Household in Early Modern Japan, by Amy Stanley. University of California Press, 2012, 282 pp., $49.95 (hardcover) In the vast cultural landscape, Japan fascinates the mainstream with manga and anime, the martial arts, Zen and kimono. Of course, ...
Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa is back with a bang, becoming the first Asian player to score a hat trick in the English Premier League.
The Chicago Blackhawks extended their NHL-record, season-opening point streak to 21 games. It wasn’t easy at home against the team with the fewest points in the league. Brent Seabrook finished off a 2-on-1 rush at 3:23 of overtime to give the Blackhawks a 4-3 win over the banged-up Columbus Blue ...
Joe Flacco is staying in Baltimore. The Super Bowl MVP quarterback agreed Friday to a new contact with the Ravens, ...
The podium at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships is turning into American territory. Samantha Cesario and Courtney Hicks finished ...
Tomas Berdych saved three match points before beating defending champion Roger Federer 3-6, 7-6 (10-8), 6-4 Friday to set up a Dubai Championships final against Novak Djokovic. In a back-and-forth tiebreaker, Berdych led 4-2 before needing to save two match points — the second ...
Rory McIlroy left before his round was even over. Tiger Woods had to rally just to stick around. And with all that drama Friday in the Honda Classic, hardly anyone noticed that Luke Guthrie showed off his potential in a big way with a ...
The planned renovation of Roland Garros is on hold after a Paris tribunal on Friday sided with local residents who complained the development could harm the environment. The home of the French Open is undergoing an expansion that was scheduled to be completed in ...
California has announced the details of new football coach Sonny Dykes’ contract: a $9.7 million, five-year deal that lasts through the 2017 season. The terms released by the university Friday contain several performance and academic bonuses. Dykes also received a $594,000 signing bonus, which ...
The wins keep coming for the Chicago Blackhawks. Still, goalie Ray Emery is taking a realistic approach to their record-setting start. “I know we’re not going to go unbeaten,” he said. The way the Blackhawks are going, Emery may be selling his team short. ...
Hideki Matsuyama is headed to his first British Open after finishing second in the international qualifying competition Friday. The 21-year-old two-time Asian amateur champion qualified after shooting a 69 in the second round for a two-day total of 135, four shots off the pace ...
Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic remained unbeaten this year by routing Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-0, 6-3 as the top four seeds powered into the semifinals of the Dubai Championships on Thursday. Defending champion Roger Federer defeated Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 6-2. Djokovic will play ...
Alex Smith quietly stayed behind the scenes after losing his job and watched from the sideline as San Francisco returned to the Super Bowl for the first time in 18 years. Yet the No. 1 overall draft pick from 2005 did make one thing ...
