Carp teammates Tanaka, Fukui deliver dynamic performances against Giants

Kosuke Tanaka went deep twice and Yuya Fukui threw seven shutout innings as the Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp defeated the Yomiuri Giants 4-0 on Thursday. Tanaka homered twice off Yomiuri ace Tomoyuki Sugano (6-5), first with two outs in the third over the right-field wall and then in the sixth with one out for his […]

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NBA head calls nixing Charlotte event business decision but GOP rep hits league for China hypocrisy

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says the basketball league made a business decision that North Carolina’s law limiting anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people makes holding its 2017 All-Star Game in Charlotte untenable. “The NBA recognizes that it cannot choose the law in every country, state, and city in which it does business. We can, however, make […]

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