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U.S. Professional Softball Players Are Flocking to Japan to Get Paid

A teal bike with a basket for groceries is Kelly Maxwell’s new mode of transportation. Typically, the former Oklahoma softball star would prefer a car. But in Kariya, Japan—a small suburb of ...
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Players, coaches criticize IOC dropping softball as sexist

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP)As much as losing to Japan stung American softball players, the International Olympic Committee’s decision to drop the sport again for 2024 angered them even more. ”I think that it ...
Human Rights Watch

Protection of Athletes Advances in Japan

The Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) issued a Human Rights Policy and an Integrity Code of Conduct on August 26, 2025, ahead of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, which ...
Yahoo! Sports

How former Oklahoma State softball star Sam Show went from Stillwater to Japan to AUSL

Sam Show committed to the first college she visited. Show didn’t even know college softball was a path to her education, but when then-head coach Jo Evans offered her a full ride to Texas A&M, the ...
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5 of the Most Underrated Japanese Sports Cars From the 1990s

Apart from the mythical A80 Supra, R34 Skyline GT-R, or FD RX-7, Japanese manufacturers built several other memorable sports cars during the 1990s. Japanese manufacturers began developing great sports ...