Sasaki made the surprising jump from playing high school ball in Japan to attending an American college, forgoing Japan's ...

Rintaro Sasaki is a teenage phenomenon who aspires to play Major League Baseball. He is a trailblazer embarking upon an unconventional path for a Japanese ball player.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani is set to be sentenced for bank and tax fraud ...

Scenes featuring a Japanese comedian in a program to be aired by Nippon Television Network Corp have been cut following a media report alleging he grabbed a woman by the arm to force her to go to a ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Scenes featuring a Japanese comedian in a program to be aired by Nippon Television Network Corp. have been cut following a media report alleging he grabbed a woman by the arm to ...

Spring training for Major League Baseball begins soon with pitchers and catchers reporting in two weeks. However, if you can’t wait to see baseball games on TV, MLB Network has you covered. It will ...

This applies nicely to Dante’s “Divine Comedy.” Its garden is the poem’s otherworld—based on the ancient geocentric cosmos and Christian eschatology—and its toads are Dante’s ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- The Dodgers bolstered their starting rotation on Wednesday with the addition of right-hander Roki Sasaki, who will join fellow Japanese pitchers Shohei Ohtani and ...

PROVIDENCE − Comedian Matt Rife, who bought a house last year in North Smithfield, is among four comedians who have been added to the lineup of Lil Rhody Laugh Riot, a four-day comedy festival ...

Global baseball’s hit king Ichiro ... becoming the first Japanese position player, as opposed to a pitcher, to play in the US major leagues. He won both American League Most Valuable Player ...