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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
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Wide receiver Noriaki Kinoshita scored the winning touchdown on a 61-yard run in the third quarter, leading the Obic Seagulls to a 31-10 triumph over the Fujitsu Frontiers in the Pearl Bowl final on Monday at Tokyo Dome. It was the Seagulls’ first championship ...
Shun Sugawara threw three touchdown passes and scored another on the ground as the Obic Seagulls took advantage of six turnovers to rout the Kajima Deers 45-20 on Sunday in the semifinals of the X League playoffs. The defending X League and national champion ...
KAWASAKI — Japan isn’t ready to give away its world championship berth to any other country in Asia. Japan scored 10 touchdowns and two field goals to rout South Korea 76-0 on Saturday at Kawasaki Stadium in the Asian qualifying game for the fourth ...
Daiki Matsubayashi made a spectacular catch in the end zone for the winning touchdown with 1:12 left in the game to lead the Fujitsu Frontiers to a 15-13 triumph over the Obic Seagulls on Thursday in the X League’s Pearl Bowl Final at Tokyo ...
KAWASAKI — Running back Yuichi Kon rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns, leading the Fujitsu Frontiers to a 20-17 victory over the Kajima Deers on Sunday in the semifinals of the Pearl Bowl Tournament. The Frontiers take on the Obic Seagulls, who defeated ...
MIAMI — Jim Caldwell is the third head coach Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has played for since he entered in the NFL in 1998. But during the course of his storied professional career, Manning has had only one offensive coordinator. The combination of ...
MIAMI — Four-time MVP Peyton Manning might have felt a tinge of jealousy when most of the attention at Tuesday’s Super Bowl XLIV media day went toward Indianapolis Colts Dwight Freeney, whose status for the game is uncertain because of a torn ligament in ...
Running back Yasuhiro Maruta scored the winning touchdown on a 9-yard rush with 3:27 remaining to lead the Kajima Deers to a 20-17 comeback win over the Obic Seagulls in the annual Pearl Bowl final on Friday night at Tokyo Dome. With the victory, ...
The Oita HeatDevils endured an 8-44 regular season, the worst record in the bj-league this season. And now the team is looking to find a way to remain in business. During a Thursday phone conversation, Daijiro Kusakabe, the bj-league’s managing director, confirmed that the ...
Kajima Deers running back Yasuhiro Maruta rushed for a team-high 77 yards and three scores on 11 carries, leading his team to a 27-14 victory over the Fujitsu Frontiers in the 32nd Pearl Bowl final on Tuesday at Tokyo Dome. With the victory, the ...
KAWASAKI — Since American football was introduced here in the early 1930s, Japan had one of the most memorable moments in its history on Saturday when its under-19 squad defeated its American compatriots 24-14 at Kawasaki Stadium in the Under-19 Global Challenge Bowl 2008. ...
Some football coaches believe defense wins the games. Others say turnovers cost a game. Both turned out true as the Matsushita Denko Impulse defeated the Fujitsu Frontiers 33-13 on Monday in the Japan X Bowl. With the victory, the Impulse clinched their first X ...