BASEBALL

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. Suzuki received 393 of 394 votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Sabathia was on 342 ballots and Wagner on 325, which was 29 more than the 296 needed for the required 75%.

Sabathia and Suzuki were elected in their first appearance on the ballot. Wagner made it on his 10th and final try.

FOOTBALL

Ohio State’s run to its first national championship in a decade enabled the Buckeyes to dominate the Associated Press’ all-College Football Playoff team. Ohio State has 11 players on the team. Buckeyes make up the entire offensive backfield with Will Howard at quarterback and TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins at running back.

The AP changed the way it put together its postseason all-star teams this season as college football introduced an expanded 12-team playoff that had some schools playing as many as four postseason games.