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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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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 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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Obic Seagulls, IBM Big Blue advance to Pearl Bowl final in Japan
The Obic Seagulls used a rookie quarterback to defeat the Lixil Deers in the Pearl Bowl semifinals last weekend in Japan while IBM Big Blue...
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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: 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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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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Highlights From Japan: Lixil Deers Defeated Fujitsu Frontiers in Dramatic Style
The Lixil Deers overcame an 11 point third quarter deficit to clinch a 32-28 victory over the Fujitsu Frontiers at Fujitsu Stadium in Kawasaki, Japan...
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Japan’s Obic Seagulls soar past Tokyo Bullseyes in 2016 Pearl Bowl opener
The powerhouse Obic Seagulls, 2015 X League semi-finalists, were too much for the newly promoted Tokyo Bullseyes in the opening game of the annual Spring...
