Thieves vs SoftBank HAWKS will be the first second elimination series in the League of Legends Worlds 2024 Play-in stage. The LCS 3rd seed and the PCS 2nd seed, respectively, had a very rough showing ...

YOKOHAMA—The Yokohama DeNA BayStars completed a remarkable playoff run by trouncing the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 11-2 on Nov. 3 to win their first Japan Series championship in 26 years. The title ...

Kawasaki originally signed with Seattle on a minor league contract after an 11-year stint in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. Kawasaki played 61 games for the ...

FUKUOKA--Dancing robot dogs named Spot and Pepper humanoid robots have been cheering on the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks baseball team in the absence of flesh and blood fans and cheerleaders. The ...

Nippon Ham Fighters manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo heads to a meeting of managers of the 12 Nippon Professional Baseball teams in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nippon Ham Fighters ...