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Japan: Obic Seagulls capture record-setting third straight Pearl Bowl
For the Obic Seagulls, it was business as usual. Another Pearl Bowl tournament, another championship. By becoming the first team in 25 years to win three spring...
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Player’s Poll: Top 25 players in Japan’s X League in 2018
In a poll conducted by Inside Sport: Japan, the players in the 18 team X League in Japan, one of the top American football leagues...
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Japan: XLeague adopts new format
The top American football league in Japan, the XLeague, has revamped its playing format completely and now introduces a three-tier system. The top tier, X1...
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JXB MVP Trashaun Nixon Powers Fujitsu To Third Straight Championship
Fujitsu Frontiers won their third straight XLeague championship and fourth title in five years when they beat IBM Big Blue 35-18 at Tokyo Dome on...
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Japan: X Bowl – Fujitsu Frontiers overwhelming favorites to beat IBM Big Blue
Remember Super Bowl XXXII? The defending champion Packers, overwhelming favorites after their third Super Bowl win one year earlier, were facing a Broncos side that...
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Japan: IBM Big Blue advance to 2nd straight X Bowl
IBM Big Blue returns to Japan’s X Bowl for the second consecutive year, and the third time in their history, after downing the Panasonic Impulse...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan – X League Semifinals – Panasonic Impulse v. IBM Big Blue, Sunday Nov. 25, 1p (5a CEST, 11p Nov. 25 EST)
For the second year in a row, the Panasonic Impulse take on IBM Big Blue in the Xleague Semifinals. Last year, IBM pulled off the...
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Favorites advance to semifinals in Japan’s XLeague
The four top seeds performed as predicted and won their quarterfinal matchups in the 2018 XLeague playoffs this past weekend in Japan. Defending champions, the...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan XLeague Quarterfinals – Nov. 10, 11a (3a CEST, 9p Nov. 9 EST)
Japan’s XLeague has reached the quarterfinal stage with a couple of old rivalries and surprises as well. The Obic Seagulls, winners of eight X Bowl...
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Final four games in 2018 season fateful in Japan’s X League
The final Sunday of the regular season in Japan’s X League features four games two of which are key for playoff positioning. The X League playoff picture will be...
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Japan: Top 12 Power Rankings – Unbeaten Fujitsu Frontiers still #1
Japan’s X League heads into its 7th week of action with the defending champion Fujitsu Frontiers still unbeaten and still in top spot in the Inside Sport: Japan Top...
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Japan: X League – Top 10 Power Rankings – Fujitsu still #1
The Japanese X League heads into its 5th week of action with the defending champion Fujitsu Frontiers, who remain unbeaten, are firmly in first place in...
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Japan: X League – IBM Big Blue historic, record 1st ever regular season win over Lixil Deers
IBM Big Blue recorded their third win of the season as they defeated the Lixil Deers (1-3) 34-10 at Fujitsu Stadium Kawasaki in Japan’s X...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan’s X League kicks off 2018 season
Japan’s X League kicks off its 22nd season this weekend with nine games on tap. The defending champion Fujitsu Frontiers have lost their starting quarterback...
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Japan: X League Power Rankings as 2018 season set to kick off
Japan’s X League kicks off the 2018 season this weekend with some shuffling in the top ranks of the teams. It’s been an offseason of...
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James Brooks – a man of three cultures
The Prague Lions open their 2018 season next weekend in the Czech Republic when they face the Prague Black Panthers in a rematch of the...
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Japan: Pearl Bowl preseason tournament schedule now set
Almost every year Japan’s XLeague stages a spring preseason tournament involving all the top teams in the league that culminates with the Pearl Bowl, which will be held June...
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Japan X Bowl: Fujitsu Frontiers crush IBM Big Blue in record breaking style
Fujitsu Frontiers rolled over IBM Big Blue 63 – 23 in the Japan X Bowl on Dec 18th to claim a second straight XLeague championship....
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Japan: 2017 Japan X Bowl – IBM Big Blue v. Fujitsu Frontiers
After a season with plenty of ups and downs for all teams involved we are finally here. The 31st Japan X Bowl. This promises to...
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Who will win Japan X Bowl? Check out the predictions!
The upcoming Japan X Bowl looks finely poised. IBM’s offense has the ability to score points in a hurry but Fujitsu’s defense has been the...
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Japan: IBM Defeat Panasonic To Set Up Japan XBowl Showdown With Fujitsu
IBM Big Blue pulled off a stunning 31-24 upset of previously unbeaten Panasonic Impulse in a Japan X Bowl semifinal on November 26th. At a rainy...
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Japan X Bowl : IBM Big Blue stars discuss playing in Japan, Europe & X Bowl
IBM Big Blue have made the Japan X Bowl for just the second time in their history. In that December 18th game at Tokyo Dome...
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Japan: 2017 All Xleague Team Dominated by Panasonic, Fujitsu & Top Sides
The 2017 All XLeague Team has been announced Leading the way with seven selections apiece are Panasonic Impulse, who won their first seven games before...
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Japan: XLeague – IBM Average Week Five Loss To Set Up Semifinal Against Impulse
IBM Big Blue stormed back from a narrow halftime deficit, scoring four second half TDs en route to a 51-31 QF win over Lixil Deers...
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