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Japan’s XLeague kicks off 2017 Season with wild, historic thriller
Week one of Japan’s 2017 XLeague season finished with a wild and exciting game at Tokyo Dome that saw IBM Big Blue defeat the Obic...
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Japan: Obic Seagulls win Pearl Bowl in a nail biter
Don’t tell anyone on the Obic Seagulls or IBM Big Blue that the Pearl Bowl is the preseason. Every player came to play in this nail...
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Japan: X League Champs Face League’s Hottest Team In Pearl Bowl Final
The 2017 Pearl Bowl at Tokyo Dome on Monday at 7pm sees defending champion IBM Big Blue take on an Obic Seagulls team boasting both...
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Big 4 advance to semifinals in Japan’s Pearl Bowl
The stage is set for the semi-finals of the 2017 Pearl Bowl. On Sunday at Fujitsu Stadium Kawasaki we will find out which two teams...
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Japan: Continental Drifter – Globetrotting QB Alex Niznak Reaches Destination With Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers
As part of our collaboration with Japan’s top sports website – Inside Sport: Japan – we present an outstanding interview with quarterback Alex Niznak done...
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Japan: Week 2 of X League’s Pearl Bowl produces surprises
The second week of the 2017 Pearl Bowl is in the books, and while there were no upsets, there were definitely a handful of surprises....
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Big 4 dominate as Japan’s Pearl Bowl kicks off
In a collaboration with InsideSport:Japan, AFI presents the first in a series of articles covering the annual spring American football tournament, the Pearl Bowl. Japanese...
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Japan’s Pearl Bowl is a popular Spring tournament
Almost every year the Japanese X League stages a spring preseason tournament involving all the top teams in the league that culminates with the Pearl Bowl,...
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Japan’s X League Announced Most Valuable Player And All Star Awards
Japan’s National Football Association held its annual awards show a couple of weeks ago in Tokyo and the 2016 champion Fujitsu Frontiers, not surprisingly, led the...
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Japan’s Top College Team Challenges X League Champion In Rice Bowl
The last game of the Japanese football season sees college champion the Kwansei Gakuin Fighters take on X-League winner the Fujitsu Frontiers in the Rice...
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Japan X Bowl 30 Features Battle Of Unbeatens As Fujitsu Frontiers Face Obic Seagulls
The 30th Japan X Bowl kicks off at 7 pm on Dec 12th at Tokyo Dome. Unbeaten Fujitsu Frontiers face Obic Seagulls (also 8-0) in...
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Obic Seagulls, Fujitsu Frontiers Advance to the Japan X Bowl
So the 18 teams who started the season in Japan’s X League have been narrowed down to two. The Obic Seagulls and Fujitsu Frontiers survived...
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Japan’s X league Semifinals Promise Two Thrillers
The semi finals of the Japan X Bowl kick off simultaneously this Sunday in Kawasaki, where IBM Big Blue face Obic Seagulls, and Osaka, with...
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Planet Football: Top countries where the sport is thriving
Editor’s note: Although this article was first posted in November, 2016, it is still topical and relevant. It preceded the NFL game in Mexico City...
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Watch Playoff Action Live From Japan!
The first three games from Japan’s X League quarterfinal playoffs take place Saturday November 12 and you can watch them all live here. Games 1,...
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Playoffs Kick Off In Japan With A Bang
Chris Boswell, the Pittsburgh Steelers kicker who botched a onside kickoff attempt last weekend against the Baltimore Ravens actually succeeded with a similar kick in...
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Japan’s X League Playoff Schedule Set
A thrilling regular season came a conclusion last weekend in Japan’s X League with nail biting finishes. The 18 teams that started the 2016 season...
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Obic Seagulls Win A Thriller In Overtime In Japan’s X League
The Obic Seagulls remain undefeated in Japan’s X League after pulling out a 24-23 overtime win against the IBM Big Blue Sunday at Fujitsu Stadium...
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AFI’s Japan X League Top 10
November marks the start of playoff time in the X League, where the top 8 teams from the league’s Super 9 and the top 2...
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Video Highlights: Japan’s Pearl Bowl Semifinal
In the semifinals of Japan’s X League preseason tournament – the Pearl Bowl – the Lixil Deers came from behind to beat the Obic Seagulls...
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Undefeated Fujitsu Frontiers, Panasonic Impulse Head to Japan X Bowl
It has been five years in the making but the Fujitsu Frontiers and the Panasonic Impulse will face each again for the Japanese X-League championship...
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Final Weekend in Japan’s X League Super 9, semifinal spots set
The Super 9 stage of Japan’s X League playoff format wound up on the weekend. Although two of the three games had no bearing on...
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LIVESTREAM & PREVIEW: X League in Japan Enters Crucial Final Super 9 Weekend
As Japan’s X League heads into the final weekend of play three teams are already set for the semifinal round. The Panasonic Impulse, Fujitsu Frontiers and Nojima...
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Japan’s X League, Pivotal Weekend in Super 9
The second weekend of action in the Super 9 stage of Japan’s X League produced two lopsided wins and a tense victory as the Nojima...
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LIVE STREAM/PREVIEW: Japan’s X League Enters 2nd Weekend of Super 9 Action
This is a pivotal week in Japan’s X league Super 9 playoff round robin series. Many of the races will be decided this weekend. Elecom...