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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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Alex Niznak signs with Japan’s Asahi Challengers
The Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers of Japan’s X League, the top level of football in Japan, have signed quarterback Alex Niznak for the 2017 season. The Challengers...
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A college football coaching odyssey from Japan to Stanford
By: David Lombardi, ESPN Staff Writer STANFORD, Calif. — Tsuyoshi Kawata stood outside Jim Harbaugh’s office, took a deep breath, knocked on the door, and entered....
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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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Japan’s X League Announced Most Valuable Player And All Star Awards
Japan’s National Football Association held its annual awards show a couple of weeks ago in Tokyo and the 2016 champion Fujitsu Frontiers, not surprisingly, led the...
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Fujitsu Frontiers Smother Obic Seagulls To Capture Japan X Bowl 30
The Fujitsu Frontiers broke their championship jinx against the Obic Seagulls Monday in the Tokyo Dome defeating their arch rivals 16-3 in front of 25,445...
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Countdown To Japan X Bowl 30 – Watch Interviews & Preview
Japan’s X Bowl kicks off Monday, December 12 at 7 PM at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. The Fujitsu Frontiers and Obic Seagulls will battle...
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Japan X Bowl 30 Features Battle Of Unbeatens As Fujitsu Frontiers Face Obic Seagulls
The 30th Japan X Bowl kicks off at 7 pm on Dec 12th at Tokyo Dome. Unbeaten Fujitsu Frontiers face Obic Seagulls (also 8-0) in...
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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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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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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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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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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 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...