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Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Guitarist Dustin Wong hesitates for a split second. It’s a pause that would go unnoticed during most other sets, but Wong has spent the last 40 minutes seemingly in a trance while playing guitar and looping the notes via an array of pedals in ...
Tim Duncan saves the day as the Spurs hold off the Grizzlies in overtime
You probably didn’t know that Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix newcomer Kevin Galloway attended USC, College of Southern Idaho, Kentucky and Texas Southern before embarking on a pro career last year. But this much is clear: Galloway is a natural playmaker, as evidenced by his 10.7 ...
Center Dillion Sneed sored 33 points on 12-for-15 shooting and raked in 13 rebounds to lead the host Iwate Big Bulls to a 102-67 victory over the winless Gunma Crane Thunders on Saturday in the bj-league. Kenichi Takahashi scored 17 points, connecting on 3 ...
Playing the first regular-season home game in franchise history, the expansion Tokyo Cinq Reves trailed by 18 points after one quarter on Friday evening. Coach Motofumi Aoki’s team battled back against the Toyama Grouses but, in the end, was unable to overcome the big ...
The Oita HeatDevils entered the 2012-13 having played 328 regular-season games over the past seven seasons. The HeatDevils lost 200 of those games — a nice round number — and won on 128 occasions. They’ve had one winning season, going 22-18 in 2006-07 under ...
A prominent Turkish journalist believes that the ongoing dispute between Japan and China over the Senkaku Islands could affect the outcome of the voting for the 2020 Olympics, thereby making Istanbul’s path to victory easier. Sports editor Cetin Cem Yilmaz, of the English-language Hurriyet ...
How the mighty have fallen. The Osaka Evessa, the bj-league’s first dynasty, fired head coach Zoran Kreckovic on Monday, a day after the Western Conference squad fell to 0-4 by losing 74-67 to the host Shiga Lakestars. The team also released veteran big man ...
In a crushing double blow to the bj-league’s credibility, BS Fuji and Gaora gave up or reduced planned televised coverage of regular-season games after the 2011-12 season. The matter was essentially handled as a secret by the league office, which made no formal announcement ...
In the aftermath of Osaka Evessa coach Zoran Kreckovic’s getting fired on Monday, there were many stunned players and coaches around the bj-league, what with Kreckovic only lasting four games in charge. Teams play a 52-game season. Osaka’s woeful start (0-4), however, didn’t surprise ...
Through all the ups and downs since the Sendai 89ers joined the bj-league for its inaugural season in 2005, Hikaru Kusaka has been a part of the Tohoku team. Sendai has had a shaky start, losing four of five games entering Sunday’s series finale ...
Gary Payton played point guard as fearlessly and with as much intensity on defense as anyone has ever done. He’s equally as bold when it comes to dishing out his opinions about the sport he still loves. The nine-time NBA All-Star believes he could ...
Center Jeral Davis was an unstoppable force for the Shimane Susanoo Magic in Satuday’s bj-league series opener against the Miyazaki Shining Suns, scoring 27 points on 13-for-17 shooting. Davis added seven rebounds and four blocks in Shimane’s 77-63 home victory. The Magic improved to ...
The Oita HeatDevils jumped out to a 35-10 lead after one quarter and held off the visiting Kyoto Hannaryz’s ferocious comeback on Friday night in the bj-league. Kyoto outscored Oita in each of the next three quarters, but dropped a 91-88 decision to fall ...