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Sat, August 19, 2017 | 14:25

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Chaebol reduce investments in golfers

Female golfers were no exception during the nation-shocking scandal last year involving former President Park Geun-hye and her close friend Choi Soon-sil. Korean conglomerates have begun to reduce their investment in golfers, since their chairmen faced questioning by judicial authorities over allegations of bribing Park and Choi. The heads of the three largest sponsors of gol...

Golf | 2017-08-18 15:49

2 Big Leaguers' post-season status keeps KBO clubs busy

Amid the tough race for the pennant, word is spreading fast about the post-season free agent market even before it has begun, because of two Korean Big Leaguers who are reportedly mulling their return to the Korea Baseball Organization League.

Baseball | 2017-08-18 16:34

In farewell to 'Lion King' Lee Seung-yuop

Samsung Lions first basemen Lee Seung-yuop has been an icon of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) League for decades. Debuting in 1995, the veteran player earned his famous nickname “Lion King” after hitting the most home runs in the 1997 season and has set numerous KBO milestones in batting including the league’s all-time single season record with 56 home runs in 2003.

Baseball | 2017-08-17 17:33

Paradox of great baseball pitchers

What does it take to become a high-performance pitcher? According to baseball experts, a great win-loss record and a low ERA, among others. But in a baseball club, there’s one more important standard for effectiveness, particularly for starting pitchers - the number of innings pitched.

Baseball | 2017-08-17 15:48

Park's impeachment