Munenori Kawasaki is your new favorite Blue Jay. (Frank Gunn, AP/The Canadian Press) Do you know who Munenori Kawasaki is? If you didn’t before Sunday, you do now
05/16/13: Norfolk’s Travis Ishikawa hits two home runs in the Tides’ 8-6 win over Lehigh Valley. Ishikawa is currently on a minor league deal with the Baltimore Orioles.
Defending champion Roger Federer became the second high-profile casualty at the Madrid Open when he was beaten 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 by Japanese 14th seed Kei Nishikori in the
The new UFC 360 magazine is coming out…and in a truly strange move to try and sell copies (will it work on a young, predominantly-male demographic?!?!?), the editors
Hiroyuki Nakajima (hamstring) is expected to be added to the major league roster when his 20-day rehab window expires on Wednesday. Nakajima is batting just .250 with a
To be clear, Son Yeon-jae, the photo-friendly rhythmic gymnast, has always been uber-popular, evidenced by her ubiquitous presence in television commercials and print ads. But that had more
WBA bantamweight champion Koki Kameda will face third-ranked challenger John Mark Apolinario of the Philippines in his seventh defense of the title on July 23 at Tokyo Big
He grabs rebounds and blocks shots inside, he sprints as fast as anyone else and he hits jumpers with a silky shooting touch. That’s what 18-year-old Yuta Watanabe
PITTSBURGH – Norichika Aoki had three hits and three RBIs with a pair of stolen bases Monday to spearhead the Milwaukee Brewers’ 5-1 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
NEW YORK (AP) — Hiroki Kuroda pitched two-hit ball for eight dominant innings and the New York Yankees again beat Mark Buehrle and the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-0
Posted by Bob Condotta The rookie mini-camp concluded Sunday. As it did, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll walked off with one of the 38 players here getting a tryout — running
Norichika Aoki finished 3-for-5 with two doubles, three RBI and two steals against the Pirates on Monday. Aoki filled the boxscore tonight with his seventh multihit game in
Kurt Suzuki will catch blistering right-hander Jordan Zimmermann for the seventh consecutive start tonight. That, Nationals Manager Davey Johnson said, is coincidence. It has more to do with
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu is looking pretty good in his first MLB season, after being imported from South Korea for more than $60 million. While he’s
Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Choo Shin-soo of the Cincinnati Reds both make cameo performances in Kim Yong-hwa’s film soon-to-be-released “Mr. Go.” The two came
It’s tough to get much attention when AL ERA leader Felix Hernandez is your teammate, but Hisashi Iwakuma is quietly emerging as a formidable sidekick at the top
Former pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, seeking to get his mojo back after being knocked out cold by rival Juan Manuel Marquez in December, will return to action to
With a chance to even the match Thursday, New England’s Saer Sene and Jerry Bengston both fought for the chance to take a stoppage-time penalty kick against Real
SINGAPORE — Asian fans from Singapore to Shanghai on Thursday praised Alex Fergusons role in bringing Premier League football to the regions masses, after his shock retirement as
After a series of marathon exit interviews with everything from the Rockets coaches to trainers, front office decision-makers to directors of strength and conditioning, Jeremy Lin was asked
The Wild needed to do something different after falling behind two games to none to the Chicago Blackhawks in their best-of-seven Stanley Cup playoff series. They became more
The Minnesota Wild recalled defenseman Matt Dumba and forward Carson McMillan from the American Hockey League team in Houston on Monday, May 6. Dumba, 18, was the Wild’s
I t’s a well-worn concept, one that Devin Setoguchi has heard and repeated dozens of times in his NHL career. In the playoffs, every shift can be the one
You probably didn’t need FHM to tell you how attractive UFC octagon girls Brittney Palmer and Arianny Celeste are, but they went ahead and did it anyway in
Kim Yuna surprised everyone by shooting her latest CF and pictorial with a new look! Kim Yuna, who is famous for her beautiful mono-eyelid eyes, underwent a transformation
Hisashi Iwakuma cruised to an easy victory against the Blue Jays on Saturday, surrendering just one run on five hits over his seven innings of work. Iwakuma walked
Orioles rehabbing starter Tsuyoshi Wada went six innings in an extended spring training start Saturday, MLB.com reports. Wada was only expected to go five innings, but kept his pitch count
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The idea of deploying Lee Nguyen and Kelyn Rowe in the center of the New England midfield floated around for a couple of weeks before
Rockets guard Jeremy Lin’s last-chance effort to play in Game 4 on Monday against the Thunder never came close. He knew it wouldn’t. The hope was that by
Cafe Lu 634 S. Harbor Blvd, Santa Ana, CA https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cafe-Lu/251637538189511 Jeremy Lin’s Presence In The NBA Playoffs Boosts Viewership And Merchandise Sales In China While the Houston
If the Wild has any chance to compete with the Chicago Blackhawks, it must get Devin Setoguchi going. When the Wild was riding high for much of February
FOXBOROUGH, Mass., April 28 (UPI) — Lee Nguyen scored one goal and assisted on another Saturday in the New England Revolution’s 2-0 victory over Philadelphia. Nguyen set up
Ichiro Suzuki is amazed at how quickly Munenori Kawasaki has been drawn to the bosom of the baseball fans in Toronto. “I thought he handed out free pizza
From Todd Frazier‘s three-run triple, to Joey Votto‘s third homer of the 2013 season, you’ll find no shortage of offensive heroes after the Cincinnati Reds‘ 10-6 (not as