After months of preparation, NCsoft, a South Korean online game company, launched a new professional baseball team on Thursday.At the Changwon Convention Center here, about 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul, NCsoft celebrated the first expansion in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) since 1991.You Young-koo, commissioner of the KBO, said, "A new history has been written" in South Korean basebal

Korea’s top-division volleyball team manager Cho Hye-jung said Wednesday she would resign from her post, citing an “inability” to lead the team.The former national team player was appointed by the GS Caltex volleyball team last year, becoming the first female manager in Korean professional sport.But Cho has decided to leave the team after just one year there, taking responsibility for the team’s p

KBO champions SK Wyverns to face strong challenge in their bid to repeatThe SK Wyverns, which have won three of the past four championships in South Korean baseball, are once again considered a strong favorite. Led by the disciplinarian of a manager, Kim Sung-keun, they are a team built on pitching, defense and just enough hitting to put runs on the board. Though they haven’t made much improvement

RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) ― Our time. Right now.That is the rallying cry Virginia Commonwealth University has adopted during its basketball team’s improbable nothing-to-lose, everything-to-gain run to the Final Four.The Rams are having blast and their confidence is growing with each win.“It comes from our personalities and coach (Shaka) Smart,” forward Bradford Burgess said. “He wants us to be out t

The American coach for South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu-na will fly in from the U.S. to join his pupil in Seoul this week to prepare for the upcoming world championships.All That Sports, Kim’s agency in Seoul, announced Tuesday that Peter Oppegard will arrive in Seoul from Los Angeles on Thursday.The agency said Oppegard and Kim will train in Seoul for the April 24-May 1 World Figure Skatin

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Barry Bonds’ former mistress testified Monday that he blamed a 1999 elbow injury on steroid use, and that the body and behavior of baseball’s home run king changed during their nine-year relationship.Called by prosecutors to the witness stand, Kimberly Bell choked up as she recalled Bonds once threatening “to cut my head off and leave me in a ditch,” an outburst prosecutors at

(The Herald Biz)Baseball, South Korea's most popular professional sport, will launch its 30th season this weekend, with all eight clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) in action across the nation.The 2011 KBO season starts Saturday with four games starting at 2 p.m. in four cities. The defending champion SK Wyverns will open at home against the Nexen Heroes in Incheon, west of Seoul. The

Sandra Gal holds off Shin on the 18th to capture Kia ClassicINDUSTRY, California (AP) ― Sandra Gal won the Kia Classic to become the second German winner in LPGA Tour history, beating second-ranked Shin Ji-yai with a 2-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday.The 25-year-old Gal made the winning putt after Shin’s 5-foot birdie attempt caught the right edge and spun out.“It was big pressure, she w

PyeongChang’s attempt to bring the Winter Olympics to Korea for the first time was backed by a group of local businesses on Monday.With 100 days to go until the International Olympic Committee decides the host of the 2018 Winter Games, the PyeongChang bid committee signed an agreement with 23 companies for its “Best of Korea” initiative. The scheme brings the country’s best entertainment and cultu

The beaches of Rio felt a million miles away from a freezing cold Seoul World Cup Stadium last Friday evening as South Korea thrashed Honduras 4-0 in a friendly. It was the first game of the long warm-up ahead of qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and it was the first match in Korea after Park Ji-sung left the international side. If the team continues playing like this, he may not be m