The Korea Herald

Nation's top baseball league suspends players implicated in match fixing

Mar 5, 2012

Two pitchers in the nation's top baseball league have been suspended indefinitely for their alleged roles in match fixing, officials said Monday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said Kim Seong...
MLB expands playoff format

Mar 4, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― With less than a month to go before opening day, baseball at last decided who’s in and who’s out come October. Now, even a third-place team can win the World Series. Major League Ba...
Second baseball pitcher partially admits to match-fixing allegations

Mar 4, 2012

Prosecutors investigating allegations of match fixing in baseball said Saturday that a second active professional baseball pitcher partially admitted, during questioning, his involvement in match fix...
Army stint helped cleanse Indians’ Choo

Mar 1, 2012

GOODYEAR, Arizona (AP) ― Choo Shin-soo found inner peace in a most unexpected place. While taking basic training during the offseason with the South Korean military, the Indians outfielder was requi...
Corruption batters Korean sports

Feb 29, 2012

Baseball hit by snowballing match-fixing scandal The country’s top baseball league has become the latest victim of a snowballing match-fixing scandal that came to light earlier last month. Kim Sung...
Twins pitcher arrested on suspicion of match-fixing

Feb 28, 2012

A pitcher from the LG Twins in the country’s top professional baseball league has been arrested on suspicion of match-fixing, prosecutors in Daegu said Tuesday. The Daegu District Prosecutors’ Offic...
Heat, Thunder in June forecast?

Feb 28, 2012

ORLANDO, Florida (AP) ― Kevin Durant says it’s too early to think about a potential Heat-Thunder NBA finals. It seems hard to ignore at the season’s midpoint. The teams share the league’s best reco...
Red Sox catcher Varitek to retire

Feb 28, 2012

The Boston Red Sox are saying goodbye to their captain. Catcher Jason Varitek has decided to retire after 15 seasons with the Red Sox, a person familiar with the decision told the Associated Press o...
Nats extend Zimmerman for 6 years, $100 million

Feb 27, 2012

Ever since he became the Washington Nationals’ very first draft pick, Ryan Zimmerman wanted to stay with the club for the long haul. Now he’ll get that wish. The Nationals took what they hope is an...
Red Sox ban alcohol in clubhouse

Feb 26, 2012

FORT MYERS, Florida (AP) ― There will be no drinking in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse this season. The team will ban alcohol in the clubhouse and on the last plane flight of road trips, new manager B...
Braun’s suspension overturned

Feb 24, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― National League MVP Ryan Braun’s 50-game suspension was overturned Thursday by baseball arbitrator Shyam Das, the first time a baseball player successfully challenged a drug-related p...
Key suspect under questioning in investigation on baseball fixing

Feb 24, 2012

DAEGU (Yonhap News) -- Prosecutors in Daegu said Friday they are questioning a key suspect in a widening investigation into match fixing in baseball. Prosecutors in this southeastern metropolitan ci...
Inspired Indians poised to contend in 2012

Feb 22, 2012

GOODYEAR, Arizona (AP) ― On a cinder-block wall adjacent to the front entrance of the Indians’ training complex, a large script “I” has been replaced this year by a block “C,” which, of course, stand...
Pujols starts anew with Angels

Feb 21, 2012

TEMPE, Arizona (AP) ― Decked out in Angels’ gear from head to toe, Albert Pujols looked like the same slugger whose swing in St. Louis became as symbolic as the Gateway Arch. With a halo-topped “A” ...
Angels prepare for Pujols

Feb 20, 2012

TEMPE, Arizona (AP) ― C.J. Wilson parked his car and laughed while signing autographs for faceless fans who handed bats, balls and cards to the pitcher from the other side of a brick wall. An early ...