Japanese players attract big media following
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Games between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox have, for at least the last half-century, attracted a media mob fascinated with every scrap of information about the famous rivalry.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The media attention on Ichiro Suzuki&#39;s pursuit of George Sisler&#39;s season hit record has become frenetic.
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Akinori Iwamura stepped up to the podium, took a deep breath and smiled. The last time the five-time Japanese League All-Star remembered feeling so nervous, his country was facing the United States on the way to winning the inaugural World Baseball Classic last winter.
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Finally, fans in Zaire or New Zealand might be able to go online to see real-time game stats, radio calls or even Webcasts of, say, the Savannah (Ga.) Sand Gnats or Jupiter (Fla.) Hammerheads.
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As F.B.I. officials, the news media and fans pore over video footage of games refereed by Tim Donaghy, a game between the Bulls and the Warriors in February could attract attention.
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SEATTLE Oct. 2, 2004 - No. 258 for Ichiro Suzuki was like so many others, a little ground ball up the middle. Only this one made history, a hit cheered &#39;round the world.
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The sports world is giving New Yorkers more than their usual quotient of agita recently.
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Japanese midfielder Daisuke Matsui is proving a hit both on and off the field at French side Le Mans.
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Baseball fans across Japan Saturday honored Ichiro Suzuki, the Seattle Mariners&#39; Japanese player who broke major league baseball&#39;s record for a season&#39;s hits.
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BANGALORE, India The off-the-field drama in Indian cricket is turning out to be as riveting for the sport&#39;s fans as the action on it.
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In the world of sports, when a great feat is accomplished, sometimes it takes a while for everything to set in and for people to gain a full appreciation for what just transpired.
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YankeesÂ pitcher Chien-Ming WangÂs success has created a nation of Yankee fans halfway around the world.
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Fans are now captivated by the unscissored styles of athletes like Johnny Damon of the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit basketball champion Ben Wallace and his jumbo Afro.
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In Japan, that is. The game player's surprising pricing there may indicate what the U.S. market can expect.
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Japan is the world&#39;s second largest economic entity, after the United States. Its economic clout is felt worldwide. It is the second largest financial supporter of the United Nations.
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The atmosphere suits certain players. While others have to learn to deal with the unique situations that a New York crowd promote.
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Americans in general and American NBA fans in particular will never, ever understand the frenzy that drives the league's international players to play for their national teams in the offseason. As one NBA official put it last week, the ongoing European Championships in Spain are a bigger deal to many of the players in the tournament than the Olympics. And ...