Rookie Seishu Hatake allowed a run in eight innings as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Yokohama BayStars 6-1 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. The win before 44,625 at Tokyo Dome pushed the fourth-place Giants to within two games of the BayStars, who occupy ...
Vissel Kobe managed to halt their losing streak at three games but failed to hand Takayuki Yoshida his first coaching win in a 0-0 draw with Yokohama F. Marinos in the J. League on Sunday. Vissel dismissed Nelsinho on Wednesday after suffering their third defeat ...
Tom Brady threw a touchdown pass in his first game since winning the Super Bowl on the same field and the New England Patriots fell to the Houston Texans 27-23 in a preseason game on Saturday night. Brady, who sat out last week, was 6 ...
Japan international Shinji Okazaki struck again on Saturday, pacing Leicester City to its first win of the Premier League season, a 2-0 victory over Brighton. Not a minute had gone by at King Power Stadium when Okazaki pounced on a loose ball in front of ...
CC Sabathia thought about retiring after a knee injury put the 37-year-old left-hander out of commission earlier this month. He didn't, and his return to the New York Yankees' rotation was perfect timing for a team fighting to stay in the AL East race. Tyler Austin ...
The Boston Celtics will retire Paul Pierce's No. 34 during their Feb. 11 game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The longtime Celtics forward will be the 22nd player so honored — the first since 2003. Pierce was drafted by Boston in 1998 and played 15 seasons for ...
Kisenosato on Thursday joined sumo's summer regional tour that began in late July, taking part in the promotional event that makes stops in various parts of Japan for the first time since being promoted to yokozuna in January. Kisenosato, who had missed the July 30 ...
Two-time figure skating world champion and 2014 Sochi Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu performed an exhibition program Wednesday at a rink where he has special memories. After skating to Japanese pop song "Hana ni Nare" at the Bank of Yokohama Ice Arena, Hanyu offered free ...
Garbine Muguruza reached her first Western and Southern Open final with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over defending champion Karolina Pliskova on Saturday. Muguraza, the Wimbledon champion, will meet Simona Halep, who defeated Sloane Stephens 6-2, 6-1 in the later semifinal. Grigor Dimitrov will also be playing ...
By 2028, a new stadium being built for the Rams and the Chargers will have been beaten up by nearly a decade of NFL games. The seemingly intractable problems of Southern California — traffic and homelessness — might get better or grow worse. So much ...
