The Nippon Professional Baseball logo. OSAKA -- The association for players in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) has asked the organization not to impose penalties, such as suspensions ...

The Nippon Professional Baseball logo. OSAKA -- Some players from a professional baseball team have admitted to gambling on an online casino, following the revelation that Orix Buffaloes pitcher ...

Steps away from Shibuya Crossing, known as the busiest crosswalk in the world, the Topps logo is branded across the entrance to a building bracketed by images of baseball cards featuring some of the ...

World Series-winning Dodgers, with high-profile Japanese player Shohei Ohtani, are of particular interest to the Japanese ...

Takashi Murakami’s artwork has graced luxury goods from top fashion houses and album covers of superstar musicians.

The best sports logos are works of art. Picking the best sports ... The field was limited to the five professional sports leagues that operate out of the United States: the National Football League, ...

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball have signed right-hander Pedro Avila, according to multiple reports out of Japan. Avila elected free agency in January rather than ...

Suzuki, now in his fourth season with Chicago, played nine seasons with the Central League's Hiroshima Toyo Carp from 2013 to ...

Sasaki opted out of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league draft — he was the projected No. 1 pick — to play college ball in the United States. He considered Vanderbilt, California and ...

Seattle is the fourth franchise Fujinami has been with since coming over from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball in 2023. Fujinami has an incredibly strong arm with a fastball that touches 100 ...

Existing league-level sponsors Mastercard (an official sponsor since 1997), Google (since 2020) and Zoom (2023), join a roster of sponsors that includes presenting sponsor Guggenheim, whose founder ...

Sasaki set the Japanese high school record with 140 career home runs and opted out of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league draft to play college ball in the United States. Texas A&M ...