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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
Yuki Togashi won’t technically be an adult for almost six more months, at least that’s true according to Japanese custom. In his bj-leauge debut, the Akita Northern Happinets rookie point guard played well beyond his years in a 88-78 victory over the host Toyama ...
Looking to fine tune their roster for the season’s final three months, the Tokyo Cinq Reves have signed former BYU shooting guard Lee Cummard, the expansion team announced on Friday. Cummard, 27, suited up for the Kyoto Hannaryz last season. His clutch 3-pointer with ...
Finalizing a schedule for a league with an uneven number of teams creates real challenges. For example, the 21-team circuit must always have one squad with a bye week to make the schedule work. Other times that number may be three, but rarely five ...
It’s only been two games, but new coach Bill Cartwright’s no-nonsense challenge to the Osaka Evessa — to play a smart, aggressive brand of basketball, as revealed by several players — is paying off. Osaka took control of the game in the third quarter ...
Call it a successful start. Longtime NBA big man and former Chicago Bulls head coach Bill Cartwright guided the Osaka Evessa to a victory in his first game in charge on Saturday. The Evessa, who beat the visiting Miyazaki Shining Suns 83-73, had five ...
Formed as a six-team breakaway circuit from the old-guard JBL, the bj-league aimed to usher in a new era of pro basketball in Japan in 2005.
Former NBA center Bill Cartwright looks forward to his first weekend as the Osaka Evessa head coach, leading the team in action against the visiting Miyazaki Shining Suns.
Shimane Susanoo Magic big man Jeral Davis, whose non-selection for the Western Conference All-Star team was a stunning omission, is having another splendid season for coach Zeljko Pavlicevic’s team. The product of little-known Talladega State in Alabama, is well on his way to his ...
“I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn’t play in the NBA. There’s always somebody saying you can’t do it, and those people have to be ignored.” — Bill Cartwright, an NBA center from 1979-95 He played college ball at ...
Recognized as a dynamic playmaker since entering the bj-league in the 2007-08 season as a member of the run-and-gun Rizing Fukuoka, Michael Parker hauled in four straight regular-season scoring titles into the fledgling circuit’s eighth season. Now in his second season with the Shimane ...
The tragic death of a 17-year-old Osaka high school student and basketball captain in December sheds light on a disturbing aspect of Japanese culture that has existed for decades: corporal punishment. It’s not a secret; most Japanese know about it, experienced the humiliation associated ...
Like every midseason showcase, the 1997 NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland was a marquee event, not only for its collection of active players — Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, et al — but also for the much-planned celebration of the league’s storied history. ...