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Japanese athletes under fire after Asian Games scandal
When four members of Japan's national basketball team were sent home from the Asian Games last month for patronizing prostitutes, the resulting scandal capped almost a year's worth of bad publicity for sports in Japan. Over this time we've had allegations of "power harassment" ...
Japan Basketball Association officials apologize to Diet members for scandal
Officials from the Japan Basketball Association apologized to an all-party parliamentary group for the recent scandal involving members of the men's national team. Four players received a one-year suspension after they were found to have purchased the services of a sex worker in Jakarta during ...
North and South Korea agreed Monday to form unified teams for some sports at the upcoming Asian Games — a move that highlights the rapprochement on the peninsula that began with the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics earlier this year. At their historic summit in April, North ...
The challenges of coaching basketball in Japan keep Samir St. Clair on a winning streak
The Japan Times is holding a contest for readers to win ebook copies of former Sunrockers and Brex forward Tyler Smith's new autobiography, "Called for Traveling: My Adventures Playing Pro Basketball Overseas." Sports Publishing released the funny, insightful look at the now-retired Smith's 11-year pro ...
Dennis Rodman figures Trump and North Korea's Kim 'pretty much the same — they love control'
Former basketball star Dennis Rodman is perhaps the only person in the world to call both U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "friend. The ex-Chicago Bulls power forward — who has swigged vodka with Kim and been fired by Trump ...
New coach Lamas wants Japan to play fast-breaking style
At long last, the Japan men's national team can legitimately begin its developmental project as its skipper has finally stepped onto the boat. Julio Lamas, who was announced in April as the new coach for the Akatsuki Five, arrived in Japan to get to work ...
Playoff MVP Ravenel to join Israel's Maccabi Haifa
After being named playoff MVP in May and helping the Ryukyu Golden Kings secure their fourth championship in the bj-league's 11th and final season, Evan Ravenel is taking his hoop talents to Israel. Instead of remaining with Ryukyu during the inaugural B. League campaign, the ...
Famed Globetrotters 'clown prince' Meadowlark Lemon dies at 83
Meadowlark Lemon, the "clown prince" of basketball's barnstorming Harlem Globetrotters, whose blend of hook shots and humor brought joy to millions of fans around the world, has died. He was 83. Lemon's wife and daughter confirmed to the team that he died Sunday in Scottsdale, ...
Kajikawa using power of sport to improve society
In the increasingly cynical world we live in it seems like true believers are becoming a dying breed. The cold, hard reality of everyday life having taken a toll on optimism and enthusiasm. Good news, these days, sometimes appears as elusive as finding the Holy ...
Baye McNeil: 'Always endeavor to do ... what you love to do'
Do what you have to do if you truly have to do it, of course, but always endeavor to be yourself and do what you love to do. That way, you'll come to the realization sooner that the life you're living is actually the ...
If corporal punishment works, where are all the champions?
In the final scenes of Aaron Sorkin's powerfully written film "A Few Good Men," one of the U.S. Marines on trial for the murder of a fellow serviceman is bewildered as to why he has not been cleared of all charges after his commanding ...
