Paul Millsap made the decisive basket in a four-overtime game that lasted almost four hours and proclaimed it to be great fun that he never wants to experience again. Millsap had a season-high 37 points, including the go-ahead layup with 27 seconds remaining in the fourth OT, as the Atlanta Hawks overcame Carmelo Anthony’s season-high […]
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Throwing a baseball isn’t rocket science. Unless, apparently, that ball is the official baseball of the World Baseball Classic and is being thrown by a member of Samurai Japan. For all the preparation the Japanese baseball apparatus has put into March’s 2017 World Baseball Classic — that would be years of prep work for a […]
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Roger Federer always believed he had more Grand Slam titles left in him. He just didn’t think it would happen like this, playing in his first tournament following a six-month injury layoff. Or against his biggest rival in the game, Rafael Nadal. “I said that also before the finals: if I were to win against […]
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The Top League will undergo yet another change next season, as the Japan Rugby Football Union tries to give Super Rugby side the Sunwolves more preparation time amid concerns for the welfare of the nation’s top players. The 2017-18 season, which is set to start on Aug. 18 and finish on Jan. 14, sees the […]
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Matt Giteau on Monday announced his departure from Toulon at the end of the French Top 14 season to embark on a new chapter in his career in Japan. “Taking this decision was the most difficult of my rugby career but it’s the best for my family to be closer to Australia,” the Wallaby playmaker […]
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Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold medalists Kosuke Hagino and Rie Kaneto shared the top prize for their achievements in 2016 from the Japan Swimming Federation at the annual Japan Aquatic Awards on Monday evening. Hagino captured the gold medal in the men’s 400-meter individual medley and added a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley […]
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