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BASEBALL | MLB Wraps Up Regular Season, Prepares for Unusual 16-team Playoffs
The pandemic-shortened Major League Baseball season wrapped up on Sunday, September 27, and after two action-packed mo
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BASEBALL | Shohei Ohtani Not Expected to Pitch Again This Season Due to Arm Injury
Shohei Ohtani’s quest to be a two-way player appears finished for the rest of the truncated 2020 MLB season. […
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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Tennis Calendar Hit Hard by COVID-19 Pandemic
The Rakuten Japan Open, a men’s ATP Tour event, was canceled in June, and the Hana-Cupid Japan Women’s […]
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BASEBALL | Nomomania: An Inside Look at How the Dodgers Handled the Media Demands
Third in a series In decades past, the 162-game Major League Baseball season was a demanding workload for […]
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BASEBALL | Shohei Ohtani Endures Rough Start as MLB Copes with COVID-19
The delayed Major League Baseball season began with much fanfare on July 23, but the COVID-19 pandemic has already [&h
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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK ] Longtime Caddie Daisuke Shindo Pursues Other Opportunities Connected to the Sport
Throughout his adult life, the golf course has been Daisuke Shindo’s home away from home. A professional caddie [&he
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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] MLB Impasse, COVID-19 Pandemic Raise Doubts about 2020 Season
(Feature Photo: Baseball: the 2020 Nippon pro baseball season has started.) The clock is ticking. MLB […]
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2019 in JAPAN Forward Stories: Rugby World Cup and Other ‘Firsts’ in Japanese Sports
As 2019 comes to a close, we at JAPAN Forward are reflecting on the stories that moved Japan this […]
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NBA Draft Rui Hachimura Brings Back Basketball Fever in Japan
Interest in basketball has reached new, unimagined heights in Japan ever since Japanese basketball phenomenon Rui Hachim
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Shohei Ohtani: American League Rookie of the Year Back in Japan to Tell His Story
“Satisfying, fun, a great season on the whole.” This, so far, is the only definite thing you […]
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Shohei Ohtani: After 17 Years, Another Japanese Is American League Rookie of the Year
Shohei Ohtani, the 24-year-old Los Angeles Angels wonderkind baseball player, became the first Japanese player in
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Koshien Players as ‘Japanese Gods’: Why We’re Crazy About High School Baseball
Why is high school baseball so popular in Japan? Why does the nation stop to watch, […]