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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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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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Moving from Japan to Italy – LB Derrick Bryant signs with Parma Panthers
One of the top teams in Italy, the Parma Panthers, have signed linebacker Derrick Bryant (University Of Indianapolis Greyhounds, 2013—2016) who played for the Lixil...
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Japan: Tokyo Gas Creators knock Lixil Deers out of top division, advance to XLeague quarterfinals
Arguably the most historic weekend in XLeague history came to a close with Lixil Deers 14-7 defeat at the hands of Tokyo Gas Creators in the...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan: X League Wild card playoffs – Lixil Deers v. Tokyo Gas Creators, Nov. 4, 2p (6a CEST, 11p Nov. 3 ET)
The XLeague playoffs kick off this weekend with two wild card matchups. The Lixil Deers slumped to a 2-4 record and find themselves in a...
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Japan: XLeague playoffs loom: How did they get there?
The last XLeague playoffs under the current system are about to begin and straight away they have significance not only for this year but also...
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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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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: 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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Japan: XLeague – Quarterfinals Offer Big Blue, Rise Chance For Revenge
The remaining eight teams do battle in Japan this weekend with rain forecast once again. Top seeded Panasonic Impulse should have no trouble getting past an...
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JAPAN: XLeague playoff race tightening up
Round Five of the XLeague regular season in Japan ended with a bang when Lixil Deers, as they have so many times in the past,...
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IBM Big Blue keeps dropping in Japan XLeague Power Rankings after Week 5
Week Five for the Japan XLeague Power Rankings. You know the drill. Read about your team. Snort derisively. Go on social media and complain. Couple of...
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Japan: Lixil Deers stage upset, beat IBM Big Blue in wild finish
Lixil Deers scored a touchdown, recovered the onside kick, scored another TD, then forced a fumble on IBM’s final possession to edge Big Blue 27-26...
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Playoff berths up for grabs in Japan XLeague’s crucial 5th round
The penultimate round of the Japan XLeague’s regular season see some big teams face off as well as games that will decide the ultimate playoff fate...
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Huge Shakeup in Japan’s X League Power Rankings for Week 4
XLeague weeks three and four overlapped so we decided to wait and see how it all shook out before updating the power rankings…….and yeah….it’s a...
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Showdown in Tokyo one of five key matchups in Japan XLeague’s 4th round
The fourth round of Japan’s XLeague closes out this weekend with five games including a pair of key matchups. The Lixil Deers (#8) and Nojima Sagamihara Rise...
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Intensity rises as 2nd round of Japan’s X league wraps up
Round two of Japan’s 2017 X League saw Obic Seagulls rebound from their opening day loss with a strong 14-0 win over Nojima Sagamihara Rise....
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Japan’s X League Power Rankings for Week 3
Week two is behind us. So are the West Division games for week three – we’re not gonna pretend those didn’t happen – which means...
