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Dec 23, 2021
Improving Lions hoping to continue recent progress
'Things are coming together the way you want them to and now we've got to keep getting better,' Detroit coach Dan Campbell said. 'You'd like to think we can continue down this road.'
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Dec 6, 2021
Lions end weeks of agony with last-second triumph over Vikings
The Detroit Lions are winless no more after beating the Minnesota Vikings 29-27 on Sunday to end weeks of agony and ridicule.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 5, 2021
Ichiro Suzuki surprises at Daisuke Matsuzaka's retirement ceremony
The pair squared off in Japan for two seasons, and then again in the majors after Matsuzaka joined the Boston Red Sox in 2007.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 24, 2021
Retiring greats get deserved curtain calls as NPB season wraps up
The tradition of giving Japanese veterans hanging up their gloves one last chance to stand in front of a cheering crowd is one that should be cherished.
Japan Times
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Oct 23, 2021
Jared Goff to face former teammates when Lions meet Rams
Goff will face his former team for the first time since the Rams engineered a trade last offseason for strong-armed quarterback Matthew Stafford
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2021
Daisuke Matsuzaka walks away from baseball with love for game
In his final appearance before retiring, 'Dice-K' took to the mound wearing No. 18, the 'ace number' he wore in 1999 when he turned pro straight out of Yokohama High School.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 18, 2021
Lions rookie Yutaro Watanabe outduels Eagles' Masahiro Tanaka
The 21-year-old Watanabe fanned five, allowing four hits and four walks.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2021
Lions win draft rights for top pitching prospect Chihiro Sumida
An ecstatic Seibu general manager Hisanobu Watanabe said Sumida can make an 'immediate impact' for the club.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jul 7, 2021
Lions veteran Daisuke Matsuzaka to retire following injury struggles
The 40-year-old right-hander, whose name is synonymous with an entire generation of Japanese players, has 114 career wins in NPB and another 56 in the major leagues.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jul 5, 2021
Punishment does not always fit crime with NPB's dangerous pitch rule
There is intent and there is common sense.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 29, 2021
Wataru Matsumoto earns win, Kaima Taira ties NPB record for Lions
The Seibu reliever pitched his 38th game without giving up a run during Monday's outing against the Hawks.
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Rugby
Jun 27, 2021
Brave Blossoms cherish historic Lions test despite defeat
Jamie Joseph's Brave Blossoms were able to take away a number of positives from the Edinburgh encounter ahead of their upcoming test against Ireland.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Jun 21, 2021
Justin Smoak's departure puts family issues in spotlight in NPB
Family was the dominant theme in NPB last week.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2021
Carp stop Lions to put Central League on top in interleague
The result ensured that the CL would beat the rival Pacific League in the annual interleague standings for the first time since 2009.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 6, 2021
Lions overpower Swallows in three-homer ninth inning
Takeya Nakamura, Hotaka Yamakawa and Wu Nien-ting went deep in the ninth inning to help the PL side to an interleague victory.
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Rugby
May 24, 2021
Japan names squad for European rugby tour
Japan head coach Jamie Joseph on Monday named captain Michael Leitch, fullback/wing Kotaro Matsushima and No. 8 Kazuki Himeno among 36 players for a two-match European tour in June and July.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
May 23, 2021
Dominant Lions ace Kona Takahashi has no plans to visit barber
The 24-year-old, unbeaten in nine starts this season, has said he won't cut his hair until he suffers his first defeat on the mound.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 21, 2021
Lions' Zach Neal holds off Hawks
Zach Neal delivered a vintage performance, allowing one run over six innings.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 2, 2021
Fighters-Marines series called off due to COVID-19 infections
Nippon Professional Baseball announced the postponement Sunday of the three-game Pacific League series between the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, scheduled to start the following day at Chiba's Zozo Marine Stadium, after 10 Fighters players and staff tested positive for the coronavirus.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 25, 2021
Masahiro Tanaka earns 100th Japan win in Sendai homecoming
Returning to Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi for the first time since 2013, the former Yankee star allowed just three hits in a victory over the Lions.

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