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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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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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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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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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LIVESTREAM: Japan’s X League Game of the Week: Obic Seagulls v IBM Big Blue – Battle Of UCLA QBs
Two of Japan’s top teams over the past decade will face off this Sunday as multi year champions, the Obic Seagulls will face the 2016...
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IBM Big Blue edge Lixil Deers for Pearl Bowl title In Japan
IBM Big Blue took an early lead and then hung on to defeat the Lixil Deers 21-20 to win Pearl Bowl XXXVIII in Japan’s Tokyo Dome Monday...
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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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Foreign Quarterbacks Raising Standards in Japan’s X League
Frontiers quarterback Colby Cameron runs against the Rise during a game in Kawasaki last month. The American led Fujitsu to the X League title last...
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Japan’s X League Super 9 First Round Delivered Plenty of Action
Japan’s X League Super 9 playoff round robin stage produced two undefeated teams and revived the hopes of another. Each of the nine teams enters this...
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LIVESTREAM/PREVIEW: X League in Japan Enters Super 9 Stage
The first round of Japan’s Super 9 series featuring the top nine teams in the league kicks off this weekend. The 18 teams in the X League...
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Japan’s X League Teams Advance To Critical Super 9 Stage
Japan’s X League, among the best American football leagues in the world, has finished its divisional play which whittled the 18 original teams down to...
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Meech Eaton Is Enjoying Life Playing Football in Japan
Meech Eaton has enjoyed a checkered career in football since graduating from Northwestern University in 2006 including being the captain of the United States gold winning team...
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VIDEO: Japanese WR Takashi Kurihara Impresses at NFL’s Veteran Combine
A participant from the other side of the globe may have had the most impressive showing at the NFL’s Veteran Combine. Takashi Kurihara, who played...