NEW YORK — Tokyo native K.J. Matsui is the first Japanese to play Division I basketball in the United States. Now a senior, he is one of the top players for Columbia University in New York City. He is ...

For all the hype -- and the $6.7 million per season -- there should be at least a bit of doubt when it comes to Kazuo Matsui's future performance. Here's what Richard Lally sent me on this subject ...

K.J. Matsui will begin his pro hoop career with the JBL's Rera Kamuy Hokkaido. Matsui traveled from Tokyo to Hokkaido to meet with team officials this week and finalize his first contract, he told The ...

TAMPA – It’s not often that Derek Jeter gets played but that’s exactly what Hideki Matsui did to his friend and teammate by running off to New York City yesterday to get married. At the beginning of ...

NEW YORK They teach you in Little League that when a pitcher has just thrown eight straight balls and already walked four batters that inning it s good policy to take that first pitch. That s why it ...

TAMPA – Hideki Matsui moved his locker one cubicle over, so his spot on the far side of the clubhouse would be more visible to his new teammates. He actually went around yesterday with his translator ...