Munetaka Murakami picked an ideal time to break out of his World Baseball Classic funk. The Japanese triple crown winner delivered a walk-off double in a 6-5 thriller against Mexico on March 20 ...
Continue reading for highlights from Tuesday’s final. 11:19 PM: With epic ending, Shohei Ohtani’s Japan reclaims World Baseball Classic crown MIAMI — Shohei Ohtani did not jog in from the ...
Cheers erupted across Japan as the Samurai Japan’s victory over Team USA in the World Baseball Classic final in Miami sent fans in homes, ballparks and public viewing locales into ecstasy. The ...
Shohei Ohtani rarely shows emotion on the baseball field. But when he roped a double to the right center field gap in the bottom of the ninth on Monday night, Ohtani swung his arms up, yelling at ...
Jason Moloney's desperate attempts for a final-second knockout fall short, the Australian losing his WBO bantamweight world boxing title to Japanese upstart Yoshiki Takei in Tokyo.
Ahead of what has been called the biggest event in the history of Japanese boxing, International Boxing Hall of Fame ...
Japan's undisputed super-bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue said an early scare got him "fired up" after he stopped ...
The Australian lost his WBO bantamweight belt to Japan’s Yoshiki Takei in a stunning upset at a packed Tokyo Dome as the co-main event of undisputed super-bantamweight world champion Naoya “Monster” ...
The fifth installment of the World Baseball Classic is in the books and Japan, led by the singular Shohei Ohtani, is this year's champion. Japan defeated USA in Tuesday night's championship game ...
Shohei Ohtani told Japanese reporters Sunday that he would be available only to pitch out of the bullpen in the World Baseball Classic final Tuesday should Japan beat Mexico in the semifinals.
Naoya Inoue bolstered his claim as the world’s best pound-for-pound boxer with a TKO of Luis Nery. Bryan Graham was watching ...