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MAN ABOUT SPORTS

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Apr 10, 2013
NFL combine, pro days pointless
It's time once more for NFL personnel honchos to play "Pin the Tail on the Donkey."
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Mar 27, 2013
Dodgers gone, but memories remain
The Dodgers MLB franchise sure has a way of breaking the hearts of towns that love them.
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Mar 13, 2013
Collins reflects on time with Buffaloes
Terry Collins' second year as skipper of the New York Mets promises to go a lot smoother than his soph season at the helm of the Orix Buffaloes back in 2008.
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Feb 27, 2013
Time for Jordan to get on with life
The American media recently made a big to-do over Michael Jordan turning 50. Among noted outlets, Sports Illustrated devoted the greater part of an issue to His Airness. And ESPN the Magazine likewise allocated huge space to the beginning of Mike's sixth decade on earth.
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Feb 13, 2013
Baseball needs to rethink Hall of Fame voting
Mike Piazza, the former Los Angeles Dodger and New York Met great, hit more home runs (427) than any other catcher in MLB history.
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Jan 30, 2013
Kaepernick, Wilson usher in new era
Howie Long, NFL analyst on Fox TV, said it best: The second weekend of this season's playoffs will go down as a landmark in pro football history.
BASEBALL / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jan 16, 2013
Plenty to keep the hot stove cooking
Back when all the MLB teams could be found east of the Mississippi River and north of Virginia, baseball junkies used to get their offseason fixes by sitting around yakking about downtime big league happenings — recent trades, news items, gossip and the like.
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jan 3, 2013
Pacquiao being dragged down by shameless entourage of freeloaders
To all those who say Manny Pacquiao is finished because of his recent knockout loss, MAS says "Hogwash!" Manny hasn't lost "it".
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Dec 19, 2012
Bobcats try to put lost season behind
MAS felt quite guilty seated on press row at a recent Charlotte-Portland NBA contest, courtesy of the home team Bobcats.
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Dec 5, 2012
Irish bring fresh air to BCS title game
Notre Dame's "luck of the Irish" this football season has in turn brought good fortune to all non-partisan college grid fans.
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Nov 7, 2012
Celebration routines out of control
Former longtime Japan resident Dave Wiggins, who was a sports columnist and television analyst in Tokyo, is now a sports writer based in Vero Beach, Florida. He will be contributing a bi-monthly column on the North American sports scene to The Japan Times beginning today. Wiggins, who was a TV sportscaster in Hawaii for several years prior to his time in Japan, is known for his keen observations and acerbic wit. In 2006, he was honored with the Foreign Sportswriters Association of Japan's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.

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