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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The narrative of homegrown athletes triumphing over foreign opponents resonates with Russian sports fans, reaffirming their conviction that their country&#39;s athletes are no worse, and in many cases even better, than athletes abroad.
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Top stars make more than ever, but they raise the tide for the whole league.
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The sports world is giving New Yorkers more than their usual quotient of agita recently.
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TOKYO It leads the TV news, and everyone from schoolchildren to the prime minister is talking about it. The first baseball strike in Japanese history has gripped the nation and rekindled interest in what was
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Japan's baseball players meet fans in Tokyo to try to boost support for a strike - the first in the country's history.
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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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Many Japanese fans - including the prime minister - are proud to see Daisuke Matsuzaka don a Red Sox uniform.
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Newspapers and TV are giving a daily count-down, and Japanese from salarymen to politicians are holding their breath as Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki challenges
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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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Ichiro Suzuki's relentless assault on  Major League Baseball's (MLB) record books has given sport in  Japan a huge lift after a disappointing year.
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In Japan, cellphone novels have not only infiltrated the mainstream but have come to dominate it.
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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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Red Sox fans will have to set their alarms to catch the season-opening games in Japan.
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The city's dominance in football, baseball, and basketball has fans in a rare feel-good mood.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- It was a nice handoff, in a manner of speaking. As Jason Varitek walked into the clubhouse at the Red Sox minor league complex after his time with the media -- American and Japanese -- he took his right fist and playfully jammed it into the stomach of Daisuke Matsuzaka, as the pitcher headed outside to ...
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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.