Japan Obsessed Baseball

LSU baseball dedicates Missouri win to Sandy Bertman, late wife of LSU legend Skip Bertman

LSU legend Skip Bertman's wife, Sandy, sadly passed away Thursday night. LSU baseball dedicated its win over Missouri Friday to her memory.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Iowa baseball claims second Big Ten series with run-rule shutout vs. Michigan State

After splitting a Friday doubleheader vs. Michigan State, Iowa baseball wins the three-game Big Ten series on a 10-0 run-rule shutout of the Spartans.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

OU baseball vs South Carolina live score updates from Sooners-Gamecocks

OU baseball faces South Carolina in a series-clinching Game 3 at 12:30 p.m. CT from Founders Park in Columbia, South Carolina, on SEC Network+.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

High school baseball: Lake Weir's 6-foot-8 Lyric Hartley having a giant season on the mound

Stretching 6-foot-8, Lake Weir baseball pitcher Lyric Hartley has heard it all, but stays standing tall with his tall shadow protecting those who look up to him

Yahoo Sports - 2d

College baseball notebook: Vols' clear dominance makes them consensus No. 1 after sweep of Florida

Tennessee's dominance through the first month of the season has become so apparent that one of the most authoritative college baseball media outlets demoted an LSU team on a 15-game winning streak ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Country star Luke Combs opens up about living with 'wicked' OCD condition known as pure O

Country superstar Luke Combs opened up about his experience living with purely obsessional obsessive-compulsive disorder, informally known as pure O, in a recent interview with “60 Minutes Australia.”

NBC News - Mar. 10

Newcastle celebrations are not over the top – this is why it means so much

If you do not understand what winning the Carabao Cup final means to Newcastle United, if you cannot appreciate what this moment has unleashed in a football obsessed city, maybe this is not the ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Thomas Tuchel: perfectionist, workaholic, disciplinarian … winner

Those who have played under the England head coach describe an intense football obsessive who is never far from boiling point. With Thomas Tuchel, the devil is in the detail and it can often seem ...

The Guardian - 12h

Baseball/softball: Greenville Lions fall 2-0 to Melissa; Lady Lions lose to Anna

MELISSA — Melissa scored two unearned runs in the sixth inning to slip past the Greenville Lions 2-0 in District 9-5A baseball on Wednesday. The Lions dropped to 9-7 for the season with the loss in ...

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Survivors of Tokyo bombing 80 years ago want compensation

Japan is remembering the 105,000 people killed in a single night, 80 years ago Monday, in the U.S. firebombing of the Japanese capital

ABC News - Mar. 9

Police arrest man in fatal knife attack on a YouTuber during livestreaming on Tokyo street

Police in Japan say they have arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a YouTuber while she was livestreaming on a downtown Tokyo street

ABC News - 5d

WATCH: Millions get a glimpse at ‘blood moon’ lunar eclipse

The eclipse was visible throughout most of North and South America, as well as parts of Africa, Europe, Australia and Japan.

ABC News - 5d

Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers win exhibition game in Tokyo

Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers have Japan excited in the days leading up to their season opener next week.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

US allies in Asia must also rethink their defence

Trump’s foreign policy shake-up has profound implications for Japan and South Korea

Financial Times - 3d

Ohtani, Yamamoto lead Dodgers to Tokyo win

Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto led the Dodgers to a season-opening victory in their home country of Japan.

ESPN - 1d

Roundtable: Top takeaways from watching March baseball

Our fantasy experts discuss which players have stood out this spring, and what it could mean for the season ahead.

ESPN - 6d

Beshear compares Trump, Musk to 'Thelma & Louise'

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) compared President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk to "Thelma & Louise," saying that potential cuts to Medicaid will "decimate" rural health care. "Look at his ...

The Hill - 5d

Japan seeks tariff reprieve after Trump questions long-standing defence pact

Trade minister to pitch ‘win-win’ solutions in Washington as deadline looms for steel and aluminium duties

Financial Times - Mar. 9

Rising to the occasion, Shohei Ohtani hits 2-run HR in return to Japan against Yomiuri Giants

Japanese star Shohei Ohtani showed off some prodigious power in his return to the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Tokyo Series preview: Everything you need to know before the Dodgers and Cubs begin the 2025 MLB season in Japan

Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers will face the Cubs on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Tokyo Dome.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Rintaro Sasaki, aka Japan's home run king, absolutely crushed his first college home run

Buh-Bye: Rintaro Sasaki completely crushes his first college home run at Stanford.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Paul Sullivan: As the Cubs prepare for the season opener in Japan, a modest proposal to fix the Tokyo Series

CHICAGO — When the Chicago Cubs opened the 2000 season with a two-game series in Tokyo against the New York Mets, it was considered the start of a new era. “I don’t think this is going to be a ‘put ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Mookie Betts to miss Tokyo Series: Dodgers star will sit out season-opening Japan games with illness

Veteran infielder Miguel Rojas will likely start in Betts' place

CBS Sports - 2d

Shares in Japan's largest trading houses rally after Buffett’s Berkshire hikes stake

Shares in Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo were up at least 4% shortly after the open.

CNBC - 1d

Dodgers star Mookie Betts returns to US to recuperate from illness, will miss 2 games in Japan

Shortstop Mookie Betts has returned to Los Angeles to continue recovering from an illness that will cause him to miss the Dodgers’ first two games of the regular season at the Tokyo Dome

ABC News - 1d

Bank of Japan keeps rates steady as Trump tariffs cast a shadow over economic outlook

The BOJ's decision comes ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting, where the U.S. central bank is expected to keep its benchmark interest rate steady.

CNBC - 11h

Ohtani hits solo HR in return to Japan, leading Dodgers' powerful offense to 6-3 win over the Cubs

Shohei Ohtani hit a solo homer in his return to the Tokyo Dome, Roki Sasaki threw three eventful innings in his big-league debut and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 on Wednesday ...

Yahoo Sports - 7h

Ohtani hits solo HR in return to Japan, leading Dodgers' powerful offense to 6-3 win over the Cubs

Shohei Ohtani hit a solo homer in his return to the Tokyo Dome, Roki Sasaki threw three eventful innings in his big-league debut and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 to sweep the ...

ABC News - 6h

U.S. soccer is learning more from SheBelieves Cup loss than it would have from a win

A U.S. women's national team loss to a formidable Japan in the SheBelieves Cup final taught a American young squad some critical lessons.

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 11

Online Influencer Is Killed While Livestreaming in Tokyo

Police in Japan have charged a man with the murder, saying he was a follower who had tracked her location by the buildings behind her as she filmed herself.

The New York Times - Mar. 12

Shohei Ohtani is a $100-million man this year. Salary not included

Shohei Ohtani took over Japan during this week's Tokyo Series and Sportico reports he will receive the most endorsement money among MLB players.

Yahoo Sports - 3h

The most important .186 hitter in the majors? Why everybody loves Austin Hedges

Tim Kurkjian reveals why baseball's best backup catcher is a hit in the clubhouse.

ESPN - Mar. 11

Are any Twins hitters worth drafting?

Eric Karabell keeps tabs on the baseball world and tells you what is relevant.

ESPN - 2d

What time is Dodgers vs. Cubs? MLB schedule for Tokyo season opener, where to watch, TV channel, live stream

The 2025 Major League Baseball season gets started on Tuesday

CBS Sports - 1d

Holly Robinson Peete apologizes to Max Muncy after Rodney Peete snags foul ball in Tokyo

The former quarterback reminded everyone he was once as baseball star, too

Yahoo Sports - 5h

How to watch Dodgers vs Cubs MLB Tokyo Series 2025: TV/stream info, start times for season opener in Japan

Previewing the start of the 2025 MLB season as the Dodgers and Cubs square off in the Tokyo Series from March 18-19.

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 12

One Of The Best Baseball Players In The World Might Be Hitting The Fortnite Shop Soon

Shohei Ohtani will supposedly come to Fortnite as a cel-shaded skin in an upcoming update for the popular game. The Los Angeles Dodgers star would be the first MLB player ever for the battle-royale ...

GameSpot - Mar. 10