WASHINGTON (AP) ― Matt Howard made one free throw with 0.8 seconds left to cap a wild final sequence, and Butler added another amazing victory to its list of NCAA tournament upsets, eliminating top-seeded Pittsburgh 71-70 Saturday.Each team had a chance to win it from the foul line in the last 2 seconds. After Butler’s Shelvin Mack inexplicably fouled Gilbert Brown near midcourt with 1.4 seconds l

It’s business as usual for many Korean companies as foreign firms flee JapanIt looks like Korean firms will be holding the fort in Japan as a growing number of foreign companies appear to be withdrawing employees and their families over the nuclear radiation scare.Most Korean firms have decided to stick with Japan based on research and testimonies from their Japanese offices that the situation is

Exhibitions“Philosopher’s Tree”: Michael Kenna’s black and white tree photographs entice visitors to go find their own tall trees to lie beneath. Kenna is referred to as a “landscape photographer,” especially known for his serene photos of trees delicately highlighted with natural light. The Brit received numerous awards including the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from the Culture Min

Korea’s first Ironman ready for new challengeHe is probably one of the fittest men in the world. Park Byung-Hoon, 40, is an Ironman athlete. An Ironman race is an extended version of triathlon sport. The athletes swims 3.8 kilometers, cycle 180 kilometers and then run a full marathon of 42.195 kilometers, without any break.As one can imagine, it is a very demanding sport, so not everyone can pull

One of the most popular resolutions is to quit smoking, but according to a research result, those in their 40s are most unlikely to stick to their pledge while those over 60s tend to keep their promises. According to the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs’ study of 800 adult male smokers registered at smokers’ clinics nationwide between 2006 and 2008, 18.4 percent have succeeded in quit

INDIAN WELLS, California (AP) ― Rafael Nadal survived his strongest challenge yet at the BNP Paribas Open, beating qualifier Somdev Devvarman 7-5, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals.The world’s top-ranked player dominated his first two matches, dropping just six games while winning in straight sets. But he was challenged from the start by Devvarman, the first Indian ever to reach the fourth round at I

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ― South Korea’s FC Seoul and China’s Tianjin Teda made it two wins from two games with home victories in the Asian Champions League on Tuesday.Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal beat Al Gharafa 1-0, dealing a setback to Bruno Metsu who was making his debut with the Qatar club after being fired from the country’s national team.In very cold conditions in the Korean capital, Seoul made

PALM HARBOR, Florida (AP) ― Japan’s biggest golfing star Ryo Ishikawa wishes he could fly home to see his family and find ways to help a country devastated by an earthquake and tsunami, that now faces concerns over a nuclear meltdown.The 19-year-old realizes there is little he can do but try to play his best golf.Ishikawa is in the middle of a three-tournament stretch at the Transitions Championsh

Hernandez brace sends United into quarters; Inter also move onLONDON (AP) ― Holder Inter Milan staged a second-half comeback to oust Bayern Munich on away goals in a repeat of last season’s final and Manchester United advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals for the fifth consecutive season by beating Marseille 2-1 on Tuesday.Goran Pandev’s 88th-minute goal for Inter earned a 3-2 victory at

Cho Kwang-rae to test more young talent ahead of 2014 World CupIt’s been over six months since Cho Kwang-rae took over the national football team, but the manager said he is still not satisfied with the team’s performances so far. “The team is now only half-way to becoming my ideal team,” Cho said Tuesday at the KFA’s office in Seoul, while announcing his new squad members. Since he took the reins

The 2011 World Figure Skating Championships, scheduled for March 21-27 in Tokyo, will be postponed following the massive earthquake in Japan last week, a news report claimed Monday. Kim Yu-naOrganized by the International Skating Union (ISU), the world championships were to be held at Yoyogi Stadium in Tokyo. But citing an anonymous source, Kyodo News in Japan reported that the event will be put o

Jeju United, FC Seoul open actionThe season is just getting into stride but that doesn’t mean there are not already some must-win, or at least, don’t-lose games this week. That doesn’t apply to the K-League yet ― that season is just two games old. Four Korean teams are about to play their second match of the Asian Champions League and with just six games in total in the group stage, there is not m

NEW YORK (AP) ― It’s hard enough to get your bearings when the time changes twice a year. It’s all but impossible when your phone starts playing tricks on you, too.Users of Apple’s iPhone peppered Twitter and blogs with complaints Sunday when their phones bungled the one-hour “spring forward” to daylight savings time that went into effect overnight Saturday.One user complained of missing church, a

South Korea’s Noh Jin-kyu and Cho Ha-ri grabbed the men’s and women’s overall titles at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships that concluded in Sheffield, England, early Monday, Korean time.Noh, 18, took three titles at this year’s championships. On the final day of competition, he won the men’s 1,000-meter race in 1 minute, 28.552 seconds, beating Charles Hamelin of Canada by 0.111 se

It must have been a touchy week for Park Chan-ho, who is preparing for his debut season in the top Japanese baseball league. The veteran pitcher seems out of form, struggling to adapt to his new circumstances. The former major leaguer now plays in Japan after signing a one-year deal with the Orix Buffaloes of the Japanese Pacific League. Park is among the most highly paid players on the team, and

Korean midfielder heads winner in 90th minuteLONDON (AFP) ― Lee Chung-yong fired Bolton into the FA Cup last four as the South Korean’s late goal clinched a 3-2 win over Birmingham in the quarterfinals at St. Andrew’s on Saturday.Owen Coyle’s side looked to have been denied a place in the last four when Kevin Phillips hit a late equalizer for Birmingham, but Bolton midfielder Lee headed the winner

In February last year, the ruling Grand National Party and the main opposition Democratic Party agreed to resume efforts to reform the judiciary and the prosecution, a project that was promoted by lawmakers of the 17th National Assembly but has since been left on the back burner. The main impetus behind the latest legislative campaign was the two parties’ desire to correct what they saw as the pol

A Herculean rescue and recovery operation is under way in Japan following Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami. The quake, which hit Japan’s northeastern coast, measured 9.0 in magnitude, the strongest ever recorded in that country. It triggered a ferocious, 10-meter tsunami that swept away everything in its path. To make matters worse, radiation leaked from a quake-damaged nuclear reactor

WASHINGTON (AP) ― All along, the NFL said it was certain the union would dissolve itself and players would head to court for antitrust lawsuits.All along, the union insisted the league’s owners were planning to lock out the players.And that’s exactly what happened.Unable to decide how to divvy up $9 billion a year, NFL owners and players put the country’s most popular sport in limbo by breaking of

Boston pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka tried to get in touch with his grandmother. Oakland slugger Hideki Matsui prayed for the victims. Mets reliever Ryota Igarashi stayed up all night to see the devastation.All across spring training, Japanese ballplayers worried Friday about those at home. Hundreds of people were killed or missing after Japan was struck by its biggest recorded earthquake and a massiv