Yoshihisa Hirano is heading back to Nippon Professional Baseball, as the Orix Buffaloes announced that the right-hander has signed a one-year deal. According to The Mainichi and other news outlets, ...

Defending Olympic halfpipe champion Ayumu Hirano has qualified for the men's final less than month after the Japanese rider injured his face and pelvis in a nasty fall ...

Australia's Scotty James beat out Japan's Ayumu Hirano and his triple cork for men's halfpipe gold at X Games Aspen on Friday. Once again, the men’s snowboard halfpipe competition at X Games aspen ...

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — The biggest life-changer for snowboard champion Ayumu Hirano since he won an Olympic gold medal: He became a father. That, as much as triple corks or big airs, has been his focus ...

But the site of James kneeling on the side of the halfpipe after the fall, his head buried in the red boxing gloves he uses as mittens, then him wiping his eyes as he stepped onto the second-place ...

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Defending Olympic halfpipe champion Ayumu Hirano qualified for the men's final on Wednesday, less than a month after the Japanese rider injured his face and pelvis in a nasty ...

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Ayumu Hirano saved his best for last. By doing so, the Japanese rider might have saved snowboarding from a good, old-fashioned judging mess. Hirano linked his trendsetting, ...

Olympic halfpipe champion Ayumu Hirano was named to the Japanese team heading to next month’s Milan Cortina Games despite breaking bones in his face in an accident at a contest in Switzerland over the ...

In a break from the traditional pool toss, Remington Hirano instead leaped into the pool at Oahu Country Club after winning the Manoa Cup on Saturday. “It’s definitely a little bit of a mental boost, ...