When Mike Moustakas smacked a high fly into right field in the 11th inning, the Kansas City Royals' No 9 hitter had no idea whether it had enough juice to get out of the Big A.
The desolate vastness of the Tibetan Plateau seems another world to an urbanite like me. It's a place where life is hard - yet simple. My first trip to the Tibet autonomous region felt like a pilgrimage.
While Potala Palace is a globally recognized icon of Lhasa, there are several nearby sites worth visiting in the Tibet autonomous region's capital.
A group of men sip tea outside the Harley-Davidson dealership in northeastern Beijing on a recent weekday afternoon. They're wearing dark sunglasses, form-fitting black T-shirts and shiny boots. Swap the tea for Jack Daniels, and they'd look just as rough and rugged as their Western counterparts.
Harley-Davidson has lobbied the Chinese government to ease restrictions on motorcycles, but the number of cities in the country with bans continues to grow.
Phil Mickelson's scathing criticism of US Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson sparked a firestorm of reaction on Sunday, with former European skippers Colin Montgomerie and Nick Faldo saying the American was out of line.
Newly crowned US Open champion Marin Cilic is not content to settle for a single Grand Slam title.
Asian 100m champion Femi Ogunode says he will outsprint Usain Bolt at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro - even without the aid of a coach.
Cai Zhenhua, president of the Chinese Football Association, said on Saturday that Chinese soccer has plunged to a new low and the men's side is just rated as "second or third class" in Asia.
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