Tag: Japan

Play ball! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdw4eeW_Sys&t=4s   It is the official opening day of the Major League Baseball season despite the fact that two regular season games have been played...

And Mike Trout got paid too!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jome0c_UKkI&t=11s   The Major League Baseball season begins with Seattle and Oakland playing in Tokyo, Japan and Manny Machado and Bryce...

A better path to the major leagues, maybe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aub8vlzK1QA&t=5s   A limited number of Cuban baseball players got an early Christmas gift from Major League Baseball and...

Indian rupees are appealing.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JlSb4XUKI4&t=5s   The National Basketball Association is going to India to play pre-season games in the fall of 2019. It is the first...

And they are off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5nytzv6U8   North Korea wants it, South Korea wants it. Indonesia wants it. They all want to host the 2032 Summer Olympics. For...

Calgary is gone.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idefpz3rUmg Unless members of the Calgary city council decide to ignore voters saying no, in a non-binding vote, to spending money on a...

Major League Baseball is in the middle of its All Star tour of Japan. Recently, National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league has plans to stage 2019 pre-season games in Germany and Switzerland with regular season games in Prague, the Czech Republic and Stockholm, Sweden.

The National Basketball Association season is underway but the Commissioner Adam Silver, his staff and the 30 owners are looking into the future and expanding the brand.

The race is on with Calgary, a joint Milan-Cortina bid and Stockholm vying for position to break the tape at the finish line and win the 2026 Winter Olympics bid.

The Olympics, whether it is the summer or winter version, is a hyped television show that lasts about two weeks which brings out the rah rah nationalism that is a major part of the presentation.