Baseball Big Boss Determined to Do Things His Way The season may have started off slowly but flamboyant manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo is living the dream in Hokkaido. Jim ArmstrongApril 12, 2022
Baseball [NPB NOTEBOOK] Big Boss Has Big Plans Tsuyoshi Shinjo made a grand entrance at the Fighters spring camp, and since then, he’s raised a few eyebrows with his unorthodox training methods,... Jim ArmstrongMarch 5, 2022
Features [JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Nebraska’s Keisei Tominaga Raises Profile with Strong Performances Early in the Season The sophomore guard scored a season-high 23 points, including 5 of 6 from 3-point range, against South Dakota on November 27. Ed OdevenDecember 5, 2021
Olympics and Paralympics BASEBALL | Samurai Japan beats U.S. 2-0 to Capture Its First Gold Medal in Olympic Baseball Stellar pitching from starter Masato Morishita and relievers keep the Americans off the scoreboard Jim ArmstrongAugust 8, 2021
Olympics and Paralympics BASEBALL | Takuya Kai's Clutch Hit Sends Japan to Semifinals Against South Korea Ryoji Kuribayashi holds the U.S. in the 10th to pick up the win. Jim ArmstrongAugust 3, 2021
Olympics and Paralympics BASEBALL | Tetsuto Yamada Powers Samurai Japan to 7-4 Win over Mexico Japan will face the U.S. on Monday for a chance to reach the semifinals. Jim ArmstrongJuly 31, 2021
Baseball BASEBALL | Buffaloes Ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto Expected to Start Samurai Japan’s Olympic Opener Against Dominicans That Yamamoto started the first of two tuneup games is a fairly strong indication that Inaba plans to have him start the opening game... Jim ArmstrongJuly 27, 2021