Japan men's basketball team head coach Tom Hovasse speaks ... claiming it was "not player-first, but profit-first." He also said Akatsuki Japan was "not managed at the world level" under Hovasse ...

Japan's basketball team has already produced several players in the game who are known worldwide. With the power of unity, quick ball movement, and strategic gameplay, Japan is one of the emerging ...

Japan’s performance at the Basketball World Cup earned the team a berth at the Paris Olympics, sparking a national euphoria that sports officials hope has spread to a certain player in Los Angeles.

Also playing in Japan are former PBA players Ray Parks and Matthew Wright. The PBA, founded in 1975, holds the distinction of being the oldest professional basketball league in Asia. The PBA and ...

Mac McClung won an unprecedented third consecutive NBA Slam Dunk title with four perfect scores, and the Miami Heat's Tyler Herro won the 3-Point Contest at the NBA All-Star Saturday Night ...

DWIGHT Ramos is now homebound after this weekend’s action in the Japan B.League ... Another Gilas-bound player in AJ Edu didn't do any better as Nagasaki Velca dropped a pair of defeats to ...

Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo, sidelined by a left calf strain, will miss the NBA All-Star Game, and Bucks coach Doc Rivers said Sunday he is unlikely to play before that. The 30-year-old ...

While it didn't compete with the Juan Soto sweepstakes, Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki's decision on which team he was going to ...

Interestingly, the word Rui was given to the basketball player by his grandfather, who was a fan of baseball. Rui translates to "base" or fortress" in the Japanese language of Nihongo. Sasaki also ...

Suzuki was the first Japanese position player to enjoy that level of success. Read more: 'A Shohei economy': How Shohei Ohtani's first year transformed the Dodgers financially In his debut season ...

"I think the way the game is played now suits basketball players from Japan well -- speed, pace, space, shooting a three," Corey said at a press conference in Tokyo. "It's everything that Japan ...

While Suzuki will be the first Japanese player immortalized at Cooperstown, he almost certainly won’t be the last. It seems inevitable that Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani will be enshrined ...