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Fukushi Shooting for the Marathon in London
Fukushi at 26 miles in Chicago. Photo (c) 2011 Dr. Helmut Winter The pre-race athletes’ press conference for the Jan. 29 Osaka International Women’s Marathon Olympic selection race took place more »
Yu Darvish Officially Arrives in Texas
Yu Darvish and the Texas Rangers made it official on Friday, announcing that the Japanese Phenom will be wearing number 11 on opening day. Darvish spoke through an interpreter joking more »
Yu Darvish leaves Japan for Dallas…wearing an interesting shirt
Yu Darvish is now a member of the Texas Rangers, who will be paying him quite a hefty sum in hopes that he can recreate his mound magic here in more »
AA Offers Yu Darvish-Themed Flight Pricing
FOX 4 News DALLAS – In celebration of the Texas Rangers signing Japanese pitching sensation Yu Darvish, American Airlines is offering a special one-day sale on flights from Dallas-Fort Worth more »
Yankees might bring back Hideki Matsui
By Matt Snyder In an interesting twist of fate, the Yankees are going to limit spending. Yes, when it comes to grabbing a designated hitter — to put in the more »
Japan’s former ‘Batman’ captain retires
TOKYO — Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Japan’s captain at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, announced his retirement Monday to take up a course to become a sports executive, in a bid more »
Rangers Win Yu Darvish Bidding for $51.7 Million
by Justin Bopp on Dec 19, 2011 11:10 PM EST in MLB Breaking News The Nippon Ham Fighters are accepting a bid for $51.7 million from the Texas Rangers for more »
Darvish Reaction
The suspense is finally over, and we know that the rights to negotiate with Yu Darvish are the exclusive property of the Texas Rangers, at least for the next 30 days. I’m more »
Bat-Ochir and Kawauchi Battle to End of Hofu Yomiuri Marathon
by Brett Larner Mongolia’s Serod Bat-Ochir successfully defended his title at the Dec. 18 Hofu Yomiuri Marathon, dropping Japanese amateur Yuki Kawauchi in the final kilometers to win in 2:11:56, more »
Is Yu Darvish coaxing the Jays back to big-time paydays?
By ‘Duk After years of speculation and intense coveting, it appears that Yu Darvish may not be coming to America after all. Rather, if a report from the New York more »
