An additional 14 players across seven teams have admitted to wagering at illegal online casinos, the Nippon Professional ...

One study estimated that only 3 percent of sports gamblers are profitable long-term, and the consequences of gambling addiction are severe. Like all addictions, it changes the bettor’s brain chemistry ...

Two weeks ago, Ippei Mizuhara, the former personal translator and confidant of Major League Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani, ...

The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced Thursday to nearly five years in prison for bank and tax ...

Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. I guess I should make a Super Bowl pick, huh? I’ll go with the Chiefs, 31–27.In today’s SI:AM ...

Ippei Mizuhara, baseball player Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, has been sentenced for stealing almost $30 million (US$17m) from the Japanese star. Photo / Getty Images The former interpreter ...

Ippei Mizuhara, former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to 57 months in prison today. Per Sam Blum of The Athletic, there will be three years of supervised release and Mizuhara has ...

Ippei Mizuhara, who was supposed to bridge the gap between the Japanese athlete and his English-speaking teammates and fans, was sentenced in federal court in Santa Ana to four years and nine ...

Ippei Mizuhara received a 57-month prison sentence for a bank fraud conviction (Photo by PATRICK T. ... [+] FALLON/AFP via Getty Images). As Ippei Mizuhara learned his fate, he stood calmly before ...

Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, was sentenced to 57 months in jail for stealing $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar in order to fund his gambling habit and repay ...

After arriving in the major leagues in 2018, Shohei Ohtani’s ascent as an MLB star was nothing short of meteoric. And Ippei Mizuhara was there every step of the way. At the 2021 All-Star game, Ohtani ...

The most unsavory of those occasions occurred early in the campaign when Ippei Mizuhara, Ohtani's longtime friend and interpreter, was fired, arrested, and accused of stealing $17 million from ...