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Even as underdog, Bears' manager still feels pressure to win Korean Series

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Bears' manager Kim Tae-hyoung will be at the helm for his seventh consecutive Korean Series starting Sunday, with his pesky and overachieving club taking on the regular season champs KT Wiz.Though hi
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(LEAD) Bears knock off Lions to reach 7th consecutive Korean Series

(ATTN: ADDS details, comments)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- With a relentless offense and a tireless bullpen, the Doosan Bears have made history in the South Korean baseball postseason.The Bears will play for the South Korean baseball champ
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(LEAD) Held back by frigid bats, shaky pitching, Lions' return to KBO postseason short-lived

(ATTN: FIXES number in lead; ADDS photo, comments at bottom)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- After spending five years on the outside looking in, the Samsung Lions made a long-awaited return to the South Korean baseball postseason this year.Bu
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Held back by frigid bats, shaky pitching, Lions' return to KBO postseason short-lived

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- After spending six years on the outside looking in, the Samsung Lions made a long-awaited return to the South Korean baseball postseason this year.But the party only lasted two games, as the Lions got swept by
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With 4-hit postseason game, Fernandez epitomizes Bears' ruthless efficiency

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- Giving up one hit after another, the Samsung Lions died a slow death in the South Korean baseball postseason against the Doosan Bears in Seoul on Wednesday night.And no Doosan player better epitomized the club&
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Bears knock off Lions to reach 7th consecutive Korean Series

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- With a relentless offense and a tireless bullpen, the Doosan Bears have made history in the South Korean baseball postseason.The Bears will play for the South Korean baseball championship for a record seventh c
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Veteran pitcher feels blessed to be part of sustained postseason success

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- At age 38 and in his 16th year in professional baseball, Doosan Bears' reliever Lee Hyun-seung has pretty much seen it all and done it all.But he isn't quite sure if he has ever been on a team quite as
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With club on verge, Bears' manager planning ahead for Korean Series

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- Some say the worst thing you can do in sports is looking past the immediate task at hand. But don't tell that to Kim Tae-hyoung, manager of the Doosan Bears whose club sits on the verge of reaching the cham
Football

(LEAD) Nat'l football coach unfazed by lack of training time before World Cup qualifiers

(ATTN: ADDS comments at bottom, photo)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- By now, Paulo Bento, head coach of the South Korean men's national football team, is accustomed to not having much time to train before World Cup qualifying matches.The
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Nat'l football coach unfazed by lack of training time before World Cup qualifiers

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- By now, Paulo Bento, head coach of the South Korean men's national football team, is accustomed to not having much time to train before World Cup qualifying matches.The coach has once again been handed the
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Dancer Honey J, winner of 'Street Woman Fighter, to pitch first ball ahead of Doosan-LG game

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- Honey J, leader of Holy Bang from “Street Woman Fighter,” will climb the Jamsil Baseball Stadium mound. “Honey J will throw first pitch ahead of 2nd round of the KBO Playoff
Football

S. Korea to host UAE in World Cup qualifier sans key veterans

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will try to soldier on without important veterans as the final stage of their World Cup qualifying round reaches its midway point this week.Coached by Paulo Bento, the 35th-ranked South Korea will t
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(LEAD) Reliever puts in workmanlike effort for postseason victory

(ATTN: ADDS photo, details, comments)DAEGU, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Bears' right-hander Hong Geon-hui entered Tuesday's postseason game against the Samsung Lions in one of the most stressful situations imaginable for a reliever.The Lions ha
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(LEAD) Bears rally past Lions to take opening game of KBO postseason series

(ATTN: ADDS photo, comments, details throughout)DAEGU, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Riding relentless bats and a rock solid bullpen, the Doosan Bears defeated the Samsung Lions 6-4 on Tuesday to claim the opening game of the penultimate series in the South Kor
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Reliever puts in workmanlike effort for postseason victory

DAEGU, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Bears' right-hander Hong Geon-hui entered Tuesday's postseason game against the Samsung Lions in one of the most stressful situations imaginable for a reliever.The Lions had the bases loaded with one out in th
Baseball

Bears rally past Lions to take opening game of KBO postseason series

DAEGU, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Riding relentless bats and a rock solid bullpen, the Doosan Bears defeated the Samsung Lions 6-4 on Tuesday to claim the opening game of the penultimate series in the South Korean baseball postseason.Hong Geon-hui threw thre
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Infielder attributes success vs. ex-team to luck

DAEGU, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Utility infielder Park Gye-beom switched clubs last winter, leaving the Samsung Lions, the team that drafted him in 2013, for the Doosan Bears as a compensation pick following the Lions' signing of ex-Bear slugger Oh Jae
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Postseason neophyte wary veteran counterpart in KBO series

DAEGU, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- The second round of the ongoing South Korean baseball postseason presents an ultimate managerial mismatch.One on end is Kim Tae-hyoung of the Doosan Bears, who has been in the postseason every year since taking the helm in 2
Football

Nat'l team midfielder shrugs off cyberbullying, calls it 'turning point'

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Elite football players aren't immune from cyberbullying, when overzealous fans hide behind the wall of anonymity and hurl insults at athletes on social media for seemingly minor miscues.Just ask Lee Jae-sung
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(LEAD) Ex-player Hwang In-sun becomes 1st female head coach for S. Korean football

(ATTN: ADDS comments in para 5)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Former midfielder Hwang In-sun has become the first female head coach for a South Korean national football team.The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced Tuesday Hwang, 45, wi