Trey Hillman will leave the SK Wyverns better than he found it -- as the champions of South Korean baseball.The Wyverns won the 2018 Korean Series on Monday after beating the Doosan Bears 5-4 in 13 innings in Game 6. And during his two-year stint, the American manager transformed the Wyverns into the Korea Baseball Organization champions, their days of being an underachieving team already a distant memory. (Yonhap)But Hillman won't be around to take a crack at a second straight title. He announc

These are the words that have not been written, uttered or heard since 2010: The SK Wyverns are the champions of South Korean baseball.The Wyverns captured the 2018 Korean Series over the Doosan Bears, thanks to a 5-4 victory in 13 innings in Game 6 on Monday at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul.(Yonhap)Korean Series MVP Han Dong-min delivered the game-winning solo home run in the top of the 13th inning, and No. 1 starter Kim Kwang-hyun came on in the bottom 13th to close out the victory on two days' rest

INCHEON -- The South Korean national football team departed for Australia on Monday for two upcoming friendly matches.  South Korea, led by head coach Paulo Bento, will play against Australia on Saturday and take on Uzbekistan on Nov. 20. Both matches will be played in Brisbane, Australia. Bento announced his 26-man squad last week, but only 25 will be in Australia. Right back Kim Moon-hwan was excluded from the roster earlier Monday due to a left thigh injury. Twenty of the players took a fligh

With the 2018 Korean Series nearing the end, the Doosan Bears find themselves in a position that many pundits didn't think they'd be in -- trailing the SK Wyverns 3-2 and one loss away from their second straight runner-up finish.The Bears had the best record during the Korea Baseball Organization regular season at 93-51, tying their own record for most victories in a season and finishing 14.5 games ahead of the Wyverns. This is their fourth straight Korean Series appearance, but all of their reg

South Korean right back Kim Moon-hwan has been dropped from the national football team roster for upcoming friendly matches due to an injury, the national football governing body said Monday.The Korea Football Association said Kim will not represent South Korea in friendly matches against Australia and Uzbekistan following a left thigh injury that he sustained from a K League 2 contest on Sunday. This file photo taken on Oct. 16, 2018, shows South Korean football player Kim Moon-hwan (L) control

INCHEON - The Doosan Bears defeated the SK Wyverns 2-1 to knot the Korean Series at two games apiece on Friday.Jung Soo-bin launched a go-ahead, two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning at SK Happy Dream Park in Incheon, west of Seoul, and starter Josh Lindblom struck out 10 in seven dominant innings for the Bears. Doosan players (Yonhap)Game 5 of the best-of-seven Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) championship series is back at SK Happy Dream Park at 2 p.m. Saturday.The Bears are going

SEOGWIPO, Jeju Island -- A South Korean football player admitted that his vehicle crossed the center line in a fatal car crash on Jeju Island earlier this week, the police said Friday. Jeju United midfielder Lee Chang-min said that his car crossed the center line after making a sudden turn, according to Seogwipo Police Station. The police added that Lee said he isn't sure whether he was speeding at the time.The police didn't reveal what led Lee to make a sudden turn.  South Korea national footba

The South Korean professional baseball league has decided not to bring changes to its free agency this year, officials said Thursday.The Korea Baseball Organization said it will retain its current free agency system and shelve discussions on putting a cap on the length and value of free agent contracts, among other proposed changes.The KBO made some proposals to the Korea Professional Baseball Players Association in September. The KBO told the players' interest group that it would push forward w

South Korea's football governing body said Wednesday that it will roll out community service programs for players who are exempt from military service following a case of falsifying records.The Korea Football Association said it will help players who are required to do community service after their military exemption so that it can prevent wrongdoing regarding national duties.Able-bodied South Korean men are required to serve in the military for about two years. By law, all Olympic medal winners

The South Korean men's under-19 football team returned home from a regional competition on Tuesday, having clinched a spot at next year's FIFA U-20 World Cup.Coached by Chung Jung-yong, South Korea finished second to Saudi Arabia at the Asian Football Confederation U-19 Championship, which concluded in Indonesia on Sunday. (Yonhap)Despite losing to Saudi Arabia 2-1 in the final, South Korea qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland. The top four nations from the AFC event were granted

South Korea have included three new faces on their football roster for friendly matches against Australia and Uzbekistan later this month.Head coach Paulo Bento unveiled his 26-man squad Monday that will travel to Brisbane, Australia. The Taeguk Warriors are scheduled to face Australia on Nov. 17 and Uzbekistan three days later.The two friendlies are tune-ups for the 2019 Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates that kicks off two months later.This file photo taken on J

Doosan Bears' Seth Frankoff has been tapped to start Game 2 of the Korean Series -- the championship final in South Korean baseball -- against the SK Wyverns later Monday in what will be one of the biggest games of his career.But the 30-year-old won't put any added pressure on himself, saying it will be "just another game." (Yonhap)"Being in the Korean Series, there's more on the line. But you have to treat it like any other game and go about your business the same way," Frankoff told Yonhap New

Local favorite Nasa Hataoka shot a 5-under 67 on Sunday to win the Japan Classic for her second LPGA title of the season.Hataoka offset a pair of bogeys with seven birdies at the Seta Golf Club to finish at 14-under 202, two strokes ahead of compatriots Momoka Ueda, Saki Nagamine and Spain's Carlota Ciganda, who all shot 68. (AP-Yonhap)Hataoka, who also won the Arkansas Championship in June, started the final round four strokes behind second-round leader Minjee Lee. Lee quickly faded, playing th

The SK Wyverns defeated the Doosan Bears 7-3 on the road to open the Korean Series on Sunday, flexing their muscles with two home runs.Former Korean Series MVP Park Jung-kwon blasted a go-ahead two-run shot in the sixth inning at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, after Han Dong-min opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the first. The Wyverns' pitching survived after issuing nine free passes.Game 2 of the best-of-seven affair is back at Jamsil at 6:30 p.m. Monday.The team that won the first game has

Trey Hillman, American manager for the South Korean baseball club SK Wyverns, said Sunday he will relish the opportunity to play for the championship in the Korean Series.The Wyverns will face the Doosan Bears in the best-of-seven Korean Series starting later Sunday. Hillman is the first foreign skipper in Korea Baseball Organization history to manage in the Korean Series.He won the Japanese league title with Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in 2006 and has previously managed the Kansas City Royals.