1+ hour, 58+ min ago   (1194+ words) Pete Crow-Armstrong once again stole the show this weekend at Wrigley Field Isaac Wasserman / Getty Images CHICAGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong made them pay attention on the suite level of Wrigley Field, where some of the greatest players in franchise history mingled…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (767+ words) Munetaka Murakami is up to 22 homers on the season. Griffin Quinn / Getty Images For Chicago White Sox rookie slugger Munetaka Murakami, Sunday was a celebration of the most joyous kind. • At Rate Field, the White Sox gave away a bobblehead…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (687+ words) Kaoru Mitoma was on the crest of a wave when Brighton & Hove Albion reached Europe for the first time in 2023. But the Japan winger’s preparations for the club’s second European adventure in the upcoming season are contrastingly turbulent, with his…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (481+ words) Naomi Osaka extended her run of stunning Grand Slam outfits at Wimbledon. Robert Prange / Getty Images The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 Wimbledon Championships. Luckily for Naomi Osaka, the dress code says nothing about embroidered cranes or 3-dimensional cherry…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1691+ words) HOUSTON — In Japanese culture, young people are expected to greet their elders with a profound bow. No Houston Astros pitcher is older than Steven Okert, the 35-year-old left-handed reliever and source of levity for his entire clubhouse. After Okert became…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (711+ words) ARLINGTON, Texas — The phrase “Don’t mess with Texas” is well known ’round these parts, but few people realize it had nothing to do with toughness when it was first concocted. The tagline was originally, of all things, an anti-littering campaign…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (899+ words) Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs over six innings against the Brewers. Tim Warner / Getty Images HOUSTON — Every fifth or sixth day, thresholds are crossed, limits are tested and new wrinkles are unearthed. Each of Tatsuya Imai’s starts is instructive,…...

3+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (574+ words) Munetaka Murakami suffered a Grade 2 hamstring strain during Friday's game. Michael Reaves / Getty Images CHICAGO — Even before you factor in that he speaks to the media through an interpreter, Munetaka Murakami is a man of few words. Fortunately for the…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1139+ words) After Tatsuya Imai held the Rangers hitless through six innings, his recent struggles look behind him. Ron Jenkins / Getty Images The Astros have 18 no-hitters in franchise history; this one might have been the most surprising. Plus: Jacob Misiorowski could set…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1063+ words) Tatsuya Imai is in his first season in MLB after several seasons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Joe Nicholson / Imagn Images SUGAR LAND, Texas — Expectations have diminished during Tatsuya Imai’s first month of Major League Baseball. The Houston Astros projected…...