Former Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura is eyeing a move from Yokohama F. Marinos to Jubilo Iwata and has entered negotiations with the Shizuoka club. Nakamura, 38, has been offered a contract extension by Marinos, but the former Celtic man holds a deep sense of distrust of French manager Erick Mombaerts and the club’s player reinforcement […]
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As he prepares himself to manage a team in South Korean pro ball, Trey Hillman intends to take a slower approach than he did when he first showed up in Japan 14 years ago. Hillman, a longtime minor league manager in the United States, managed the Pacific League’s Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters for five seasons […]
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Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam killed himself after struggling with depression, an autopsy report confirmed Thursday, but investigators will never know whether the one-time running back suffered chronic head trauma from playing football because his family did not consent to those tests. Salaam was found dead Dec. 5 in a park near the University of […]
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Court and spark: Serena Williams is tying the knot. The tennis great announced her engagement to Alexis Ohanian on Thursday, posting a poem on Reddit that she accepted the proposal of the social news website’s co-founder. Williams’ agent, Jill Smoller, confirmed the engagement in an email to AP. Ohanian wrote on his Facebook page, “She […]
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A brilliant all-around performance by Mitchell Starc propelled Australia to series-clinching victory over Pakistan by an innings and 18 runs in the second test as the visitors crumbled under pressure on the fifth day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. The rain-interrupted test had long seemed destined for a draw, with only 18 wickets […]
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Before LaVell Edwards was promoted to head coach, Brigham Young University ran a slogging run-first offense that yielded mediocre or worse records. Under Edwards, dizzying passing numbers became the norm, and college football fans stayed in front of their TVs late Saturday nights from the 1970s to ’90s to see just how many points the […]
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The San-en NeoPhoenix didn’t have a banner performance on offense. They struggled to put points on the board. But San-en defenders limited the host Shiga Lakestars to 29.9 percent shooting, and that proved pivotal in a 62-58 victory on Friday night in the B. League. The NeoPhoenix (15-13) took a 28-23 lead into the locker […]
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WBO super flyweight champion and Japanese phenom Naoya Inoue had no problem safely extending his title defense streak to four, defeating ex-WBA champ and compatriot Kohei Kono with a sixth-round technical knockout in a year-end boxing show at Ariake Colosseum on Friday. The 36-year-old Kono, who lost his title to Luis Concepcion of Panama in […]
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