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Japan’s X-League headed into 2nd weekend of action
The X-League continues its COVID-19 shortened season in Japan this weekend with six of the seven teams in action. The Fujitsu Frontiers, reigning champions, are...
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Japan: Elecom Kobe Finies edge IBM Big Blue on last second TD for huge win
The X League wound up its first weekend of play in this COVID-19 delayed and shortened season as the Elecom Kobe Finies earned a thrilling...
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LIVESTREAM Japan: IBM Big Blue v. Elecom Kobe Finies, Oct. 25, 07:00 CET, (02:00 ET, 15:00 in Japan)
The Japanese X League, the top American football league in Asia, continues its first weekend of play as the Elecom Kobe Finies face IBM Big Blue in the third...
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Japan’s XLeague set to kick off shortened season
The Japanese X League, the top American football league in Asia, kicks off a shortened season this Saturday, October 24 with seven teams. The defending...
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Austria’s leading rusher Herbert Gamboa has signed to play for IBM Big Blue in Japan
The leading rusher in the Austrian Football League in 2019, by a wide margin, running back Herbert Gamboa, has signed to play for the IBM Big...
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AFI & Inside Sport Japan present a World Top 225 ranking
American Football International and Inside Sport Japan have teamed up to produce a ranking of the Top 225 American football teams outside of the United...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan XLeague – Tokyo Gas Creators v. IBM Big Blue, Sat. Nov. 16, 5p (9a CET, 3a ET)
The 2-4 IBM Big Blue take on the 2-4 Tokyo Gas Creators Saturday, November 16 in the final round of the Japanese X League regular...
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Japan XLeague: Obic Seagulls get past IBM Big Blue to stay unbeaten
The undefeated Obic Seagulls are marching toward a showdown with the unbeaten Fujitsu Frontiers in the final regular season game of the year in Japan’s...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan XLeague Game of the Week – IBM BigBlue – Obic Seagulls, Sunday, Nov. 3, 5p (10a CET, 4a ET)
The Obic Seagulls (5-0) take on he 2-3 IBM Big Blue Sunday, November 3 at Yokohama Park Stadium as Japan’s XLeague heads into final two games. The last...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan Xleague – IBM Big Blue v. All Mitsubishi Lions, Sat., Oct 19, 2p (7a CEDT, 1a EDT)
The 0-4 All Mitsubishi Lions will face the 1-3 IBM Big Blue Saturday, October 19 at Fujitsu Stadium Kawasaki as Japan’s XLeague passes midseason. IBM, who...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan – IBM Big Blue v. Elecom Kobe Finies, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2p (7a CEDT, 1a EDT)
The 2-1 Elecom Kobe Finies take on the 1-2 IBM Big Blue Sunday, October 6 in Japan’s X League. These two teams met twice in...
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Inside Sport Japan’s World Top 20
Inside Sport Japan, ISJ, has been covering American football in Japan for several years and as a partner with American Football International, has en eye...
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Japan: Fujitsu Frontiers dominate IBM Big Blue in XLeague opener
The Fujitsu Frontiers opened the 2019 XLeague season with a superb, dominating 55-13 win over their 2018 XBowl opponents, IBM Big Blue. It was an...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan – Championship Rematch – Futjitsu Frontiers v. IBM Big Blue, Sat., Aug. 24, 5p (10a CEDT, 4a EDT)
The defending and four-time champion Fujitsu Frontiers will open their season against the XBowl opponents August 24 when they take on the IBM Big Blue....
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Japan: Revamped XLeague kicks off new season – will Fujitsu win title #5?
The Fujitsu Frontiers head into the upcoming X-League season with a legitimate shot at winning a record-tying fourth straight championship, but also a major question...
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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...
