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EAGLES

BASKETBALL
Mar 23, 2014
Tokyo Excellence triumph in NBDL championship game
In the National Basketball Development League's title game on Sunday, the Tokyo Excellence defeated the Toyota Tsusho Fighting Eagles 93-77.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 13, 2014
Matsui to be in Eagles' season-opening rotation
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino announced Thursday that his team's first draft pick last season, 18-year-old pitcher Yuki Matsui, will be in the starting rotation from opening day.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 6, 2014
Eagles pitcher Kamata to miss season
Yoshinao Kamata, who went 7-4 two years ago in his first year out of high school for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles has undergone ligament reconstruction surgery and will be out for a year, the Pacific League club announced Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 9, 2014
Pitcher Tanaka leaves for New York
High-priced right-hander Masahiro Tanaka departed on Sunday for New York to begin his major league career.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 1, 2014
NPB squads start spring training
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, who last season won their first Japan Series in the franchise's ninth year of existence, started spring training Saturday in Kumejima, Okinawa Prefecture, in preparation for the start of the regular season on March 28.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 30, 2014
Tanaka says goodbye to former Rakuten teammates
Masahiro Tanaka bid farewell to his former Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles teammates on Thursday ahead of the club's departure for spring training in Okinawa.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 21, 2014
Tanaka keeps quiet about contract negotiations
With the deadline for him to sign a deal with a major league club looming, Masahiro Tanaka worked out in the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' indoor practice facility on Tuesday and said nothing about his potential destination.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Dec 30, 2013
Eagles' future largely forgotten amidst race to land Tanaka
Watching the flow of a news cycle can be interesting at times.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Dec 28, 2013
The Batting Stance Guy waxes poetic on Youkilis, NPB
Kevin Youkilis' batting stance is, shall we say, a little different than most.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 26, 2013
Tanaka says he must 'make an impact' in the major leagues
Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka said Thursday he intends to make an impact in the big leagues
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Dec 25, 2013
Tanaka given chance to pursue dream in majors
Major League Baseball fans and executives finally found what they were looking for under the Christmas tree.
Japan Times
SPORTS / YEAR IN REVIEW 2013
Dec 25, 2013
A look back at the year's top 10 Japan sports stories
Japan Times editors selected these domestic sports stories as the most important of 2013.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Dec 17, 2013
Tanaka informs Eagles he wants to pitch in majors in 2014
The man at the center of the posting system drama finally broke his silence, and it was music to the ears of MLB fans and executives.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Dec 14, 2013
New posting system puts Rakuten in unfavorable position
While the relevant parties have given their blessings to a new posting agreement between Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball, there is still no resolution to Masahiro Tanaka's situation.
BASEBALL
Dec 11, 2013
Tanaka, Eagles president Tachibana plan meeting to discuss future
The fate of sought-after right-hander Masahiro Tanaka could be clarified as early as next week, the president of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles said Wednesday.
Rugby
Dec 8, 2013
Brave Lupus hold off plucky Eagles
Toshiba Brave Lupus survived a scare in the Top League as man-of-the-match Takahiro Ogawa kicked 16 points in a 26-24 win over Group A rivals Canon Eagles on Sunday.
BASEBALL
Dec 3, 2013
Eagles' McGehee granted release
Infielder Casey McGehee, who contributed in leading the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to their first Japan Series championship this season, has been granted a release, the commissioner's office said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 23, 2013
Eagles ace Tanaka recognized by Guinness World Records
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles right-hander Masahiro Tanaka received a certificate of recognition Saturday by Guinness World Records for his record-breaking season.
BASEBALL
Nov 19, 2013
Eagles eliminated in Asia Series semifinals
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles became the first Japanese team to fail to reach the Asia Series final after losing to the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 4-1 on Tuesday.
BASEBALL
Nov 17, 2013
Eagles win Pool B in Asia Series
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles topped Group B of the Asia Series with a 6-3 win against the Canberra Cavalry on Sunday.

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