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World’s Most Exciting Game Last Week? Watch The Highlights!
Japan’s X League offered up perhaps the most exciting game in the world last weekend (apologies to the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks) as...
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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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LIVESTREAM: Game Of The Week From Japan – Lixil Deers v Panasonic Impulse
Two of the top teams in Japan’s premier league, the X League, will clash Sunday at Yokohama Stadium as the defending champion Panasonic Impulse take on...
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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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Fujitsu Frontiers Beat Panasonic Impulse in Rematch of Japan’s X Bowl
As the X League in Japan enters October, the key matchup this past weekend was the a battle of the undefeateds and the two 2015...
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Wiking’s IFAF suspensions may have wide ranging consequences
Just prior to their September 17 Paris Congress, the Tommy Wiking led IFAF announced that six nations had been suspended for violating IFAF anti-doping rules. The...
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Japan’s X-League underway with new format
Japan’s top American football league, the X League, is underway and has changed its format for the 2016 season. The goal of the move was to...
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Wiking’s IFAF Faction Suspends Six Nations Including the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Japan
Yesterday, the IFAF split grew a little wider when the Tommy Wiking-led Paris IFAF Congress suspended six of the world’s leading American football federations for...
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LIVE STREAM: Japan v. Australia – IFAF U-19 World Championships
U-19 World Championship weekend begins with Japan v. Australia Japan’s U-19 national team begins their 2016 IFAF U-19 World Championship tourney on Saturday morning against...
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Overview of the 2016 Under-19 World Championship in Harbin, China
The U.S. Under-19 National Team is headed to China and the 2016 International Federation of American Football Under-19 World Championship. The goal? Capturing the gold medal. The...
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IFAF Under-19 World Championships Kick Off Under A Pall of Uncertainty
The International Federation of American Football Under-19 World Championships kick off June 29 in Harbin, China under a cloud of uncertainty. Seven nations will compete...
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2016 IFAF Under-19 World Championships in Harbin, China: Schedule, Roster, Live Streams
The IFAF Under-19 World Championship begins June 29 in Harbin, China, and continues through the gold medal game on July 10. USA Football will have...
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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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All-Time Best International Players in the NFL?
It’s the American dream: go to high school, play ball, get a scholarship and get drafted into the NFL. But what if you didn’t grow...
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LIVESTREAM: Watch Guatemala Take On Japan In World University Championships
The first game of the World University American Football Championships kicks off today, June 2 as Guatemala faces Japan. This will be a daunting task...
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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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World University American Football Championships Kick Off In Monterrey Mexico
The 2nd Annual World University American Football Championships kick off on June 1 in Monterrey, Mexico featuring teams from the United States, Mexico, Japan, India, China and...
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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 X-League Spring Pearl Bowl Tournament Underway
Photographer/reporter John Gunning, attended a wonderful Sunday of American football in Japan as the X League annual Pearl Bowl tournament was in full swing. The...
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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...
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Masafumi Kawaguchi: Changing American Football In Japan
Although Masafumi Kawaguchi’s NFL career never really took off, the sport is still in his roots. The Japanese star is arguably still a big name...
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Latest War Of Words From IFAF; Noronen Verifies Official Status, Hofman Disputes
The latest salvo, and return fire, in the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) leadership battle was issued this week in a pair of statements...
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5 pillars to build a championship team
Leadership. Management. Knowing your strengths. A culture of discipline. A learning environment. Nothing earthshaking here. It’s what most high school football coaches want to do...
