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SPORTS SCOPE

SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 4, 2002
Auction house strikes out with bogus Ichiro bat
A good friend of mine collects sports memorabilia and contacted me last month with an interesting tale.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 27, 2001
No Christmas cheer this year
Christmas, or more precisely ohshogatsu (the New Year), is a time when most people in Japan can take a vacation. But not for the top rugby players at high school, university and company level.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 20, 2001
Sports world fails to confront fear
It's very interesting to see how people react to crisis. Some embrace it and confront it. Some try to fight it and overheat. Others just run from it altogether.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 13, 2001
Mario, Mike and miscellaneous madness
Some recent observations from the world of sports:
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 6, 2001
Is FIFA manipulating its balls correctly?
With 13 pots to pick the balls out of, you can probably say one of two things about last Saturday's World Cup draw in Korea: it was either potty or a load of balls.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 29, 2001
Japanese fans headed for a World Cup headache
The crosstown trip from my office in central Tokyo to National Stadium is a breeze. On Tuesday night it took 35 minutes, and I arrived in time to see the Toyota Cup kick off.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 22, 2001
Dark clouds looming in the Sky
I wish Southampton would buy a Japanese player. Sky-Perfect TV would get all excited, send over an army of media and TV crews and, "presto," I would be watching Southampton games every weekend. Christmas would have come early for a frustrated Saints fan who hardly ever gets to see his team play, apart...
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 15, 2001
All together now, come on feel the noise
Having spent the last few years attending rugby games in Japan and noting how much the Japan Rugby Union, and the game's players and followers, need to learn from their counterparts overseas, I decided a change was as good as a rest.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 8, 2001
Baseball hits cricket for a home run
"Baseball is better than cricket."
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 1, 2001
Meet Bob: The man fish fear
Can it still be called "sport" if the object of the exercise is to kill -- quite literally -- your opponent?
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 25, 2001
And the AL MVP winner is . . .
Forget about the American League Rookie of the Year Award. Ichiro Suzuki bagged that puppy back in May with a 23-game hitting streak. The million-dollar question is: Who will win the AL MVP Award? Ichiro has a shot at becoming the first rookie since Fred Lynn in 1975 to garner the honor.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 19, 2001
2002 -- a big year for Busan
BUSAN, South Korea -- Jun Nayong and her friend Cho Sook Eun look at each other knowing they have a common answer to my question but are almost embarrassed to say it. Almost.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 11, 2001
Oh's treatment of Rhodes shameful
When it comes to sports, I have never been a big fan of sacred cows. The problem with them is, they just don't know when it's time to be put out to pasture.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 4, 2001
Diamonds are an athlete's best friend
The other day I had a phone call from an old friend, Joey Camilleri, who now works as a sportswriter with the Mediterranean Gazette. After letting me know how Sliema Wanderers and Xghajra Tornadoes were doing, Joey asked me the details behind a story that had come across his desk.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 27, 2001
Arsenal's Inamoto adapting to quicker pace
It's an uphill battle for Junichi Inamoto.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 20, 2001
Honoring victims never easy to do
It was a refreshing change to get back to covering sports again this week. You know the stuff: Mariners top White Sox, 'Niners stuff Pats, Habs ice Leafs, and so on.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 13, 2001
How many Rhodes must a man walk down before he gets some attention in the dailies?
I had the pleasure last week of meeting Tokyo's most talkative taxi driver. He picked me up in Shibuya and dropped me off in Roppongi some 15 minutes later. In that time we talked baseball nonstop with the Giants-Carp game humming in the background.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 6, 2001
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
It's a memory that still pains me to this day. It was a public humiliation -- and the very worst kind. There are those who can shrug off such insults. I am not one of those.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 30, 2001
Ichiro prefers to let his bat do the talking
He may be the ultimate Mariner, but when it comes to dealing with the media, baseball superstar Ichiro Suzuki can act more like a clam.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 23, 2001
Look, mum, what I got playing for my country
Maybe it was the passing of yet another birthday; maybe it was the fact that I had just become the proud father of a healthy son and heir but the last few weeks have seen me getting more and more nostalgic.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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