Steven Chu (born February 28, 1948) is an American experimental physicist. He is known for his research in laser cooling and trapping of atoms, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997. His current research is concerned primarily with the study of biological systems… [Read More]

Crushing buildings is Godzilla’s specialty. Crushing fastballs is Hideki Matsui’s. Touted as a monster talent when he first set foot in New York, the kid from Kanazawa proved that a home run hitter in Japan can hit ’em out of any ballpark. Hideki added more than a solid bat to the Bronx… [Read More]

Unorthodox at the plate, unpredictable on the bases, and unsurpassed in the field, Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners is one of the best all-around players ever to pull on a major-league uniform. Japan’s greatest player began his big-league career in 2001 by leading the AL in… [Read More]