Knowing next to nothing about the Japanese and their culture, former UCLA basketball player J.R. Henderson initially balked when offered a chance to play professionally in the land of the rising sun.

It’s not getting a lot of publicity, but the FIBA Asia Championship tournament is currently happening in the Philippines as 15 teams attempt to qualify for the 2014 FIBA World Cup and, eventually, the ...

"(Marc Pingris) was physical ... he hit me and I couldn't just let him pass and so I had to get back at him," JR Sakuragi recalls. "But it was all good now, what happens on the court stays on the ...