Forty-seven students between the ages of 13-17 arrived in Ibiuna, a town of nearly 80,000 in the southeast part of Sao Paulo, ...

The Cumberland County native has put together a stellar international basketball career, playing in Russia, Israel, Portugal, ...

Japanese baseball stars have almost exclusively come to MLB after playing in NPB. Morii is breaking precedent by signing with the A's.

MLB teams have coveted Roki Sasaki since he broke Shohei Ohtani's Japanese high school record by reaching 101 mph with his ...

Six principals from Saitama prefectural high schools completed an "ekiden" long distance relay race in this eastern Japan city Jan. ･･･ ...

Typically Japanese players are drafted or sign with teams in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball after high school, then later come to MLB as free agents or through the posting system (like Sasaki).

Sure, baseball is baseball, but the culture around the game ... a window with a 426-foot home run while teaching students batting techniques at a Japanese high school. Much of Ichiro’s early life is ...

A once-in-a-generation player who earned the admiration of baseball fans in North America -- the birthplace of the sport -- has now received the highe ...

Top Japanese players traditionally have signed first with Nippon Professional Baseball clubs and established ... joined the A’s directly from high school on the first day of the 2025 signing ...