The NBA teams were holding workouts in Tokyo the day before the first of their two preseason contests at Saitama Super Arena.
France outscored Japan 19-9 in the pivotal fourth quarter, including a 17-2 run that defined the overall play in the final period.
The ex-Dodgers GM called Nomo “a history maker and a history changer” related to the relationship between MLB and baseball in Japan.
The Swallows cleanup hitter, at the tender age of 22, matches legendary slugger Sadaharu Oh and sets his sights on the single-season home run record.
At its core, the threat to the Japanese players is a ploy by the PGA to prevent LIV Golf from making inroads in Japan.
One of the most popular wrestlers in the history of the sport is teaming up with other grapplers in Japan to help the people of Ukraine.
Japan’s most popular professional baseball team is in a malaise that has seen it drop as low as fifth in the Central League standings.
The hosts pulled away over the final 20 minutes in Okinawa, outscoring the Central Asian national squad by 25 points in that span.