Pitcher Tatsuya Imai signed with the Houston Astros over the winter after establishing himself in Japan’s top league, Nippon Professional Baseball. He is not having a great time. (Facebook via Talkin’ Baseball) By STEPHEN J. NESBITT and SAM BLUM / THE ATHLETIC Kazuma Okamoto, the Blue Jays third baseman, feels at home in Toronto. He is enjoying trying new foods. His favorites so far are sandwiches and quesadillas. In Chicago, Munetaka Murakami is hitting home runs at a rate n

Arecibo’s Juan Pablo Piñeiro launches the game-winning shot with two seconds left in overtime. Aguada tops Quebradillas in extra session, Bayamón edges Santurce By THE STAR STAFF The Capitanes of Arecibo came from behind to force overtime and then erased a five-point deficit in the extra session to defeat the Indios of Mayagüez 101-99 in the final second of overtime on Sunday night in a Superior National Basketball league game at Manuel “Petaca” Iguina Coliseum in Arecibo. Th

As the planet warms, past episodes of the natural weather phenomenon may no longer be a reliable guide of how the next one plays out. By RAYMOND ZHONG Forecasters say a powerful El Nino weather pattern could form later this year, with a chance of becoming one of the strongest in three decades. The winds above the Pacific are shifting, the ocean is releasing stored-up heat, and a cascade of effects on rain, droughts and wildfires could be on its way. The National Oceanic and A

A traveler in the JetBlue terminal at Kennedy International Airport in New York on April 17, 2023. Mere hours after Spirit Airlines shut down in May 2026, JetBlue Airways announced more than two dozen new flights out of Spirit’s home airport of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, near Miami. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times) By NIRAJ CHOKSHI Mere hours after Spirit Airlines shut down this month, JetBlue Airways announced more than two dozen new flights out of Sp