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BASKETBALL
Jan 26, 2007

Diminutive Aoki no pushover at point

Even at only 167 cm, Kohei Aoki stands tall.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 26, 2007

Evessa's Tennichi getting results by sticking to winning formula

Successful coaches are constantly looking ahead, constantly concocting new strategies on paper or in their heads as the hours tick away before their team's next contest. Sure, they learn from past games, but they don't dwell on them.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 15, 2007

Tokyo shakes up standings with second straight victory over stalwart Niigata

Nothing's decided yet.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 14, 2007

Time for F.A. to get serious and crack down on Chelsea's continual abuse of rules

LONDON -- The sound of laughter could be heard coming from Stamford Bridge this week when a Football Association disciplinary commission fined Chelsea captain John Terry £10,000 for lying and doubting the integrity of Graham Poll, the Premiership's leading referee.
BASKETBALL
Dec 31, 2006

Minatoya powers Rakunan to title

Kyoto's powerhouse Rakunan High School crushed Hokuriku High School of Fukui Prefecture 104-82 in the final of the 37th All Japan High School Basketball Tournament (the Winter Cup) at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Saturday.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 29, 2006

All-Star game set for Jan. 27

A year ago, the bj-league was just getting started. This year, Japan's pro stars get a special showcase for their basketball skills.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 20, 2006

It's time for Stern to crack down on thuggish stupidity

NEW YORK -- If David Stern harbors any hope of crushing the sort of repulsiveness witnessed inside The Mecca of Basketball, if he entertains grandiose visions of forever eradicating a reenactment of Saturday night's violence, he won't fumble the opportunity that's fallen into his lap, won't recoil from...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 19, 2006

Take note: You needn't always think straight

'How-to" business books are stacked knee-high in bookstores and advertisements for motivational seminars continue to multiply through commuter trains.
BASKETBALL
Dec 1, 2006

bj-league's 10th team to play in Fukuoka

Japan's first professional basketball league keeps growing. Next season, 10 bj-league teams will compete. The league's 10th franchise, the Fukuoka BB Boys, was revealed on Thursday. Earlier this fall, the league announced a to-be-named team will also begin play in 2007 in Okinawa.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 1, 2006

Apache on fire after slow start

For a coach with a pen, a pad and a plan, this is never part of the winning formula: Open the season with three straight losses.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 25, 2006

Tough defense key to success of Albirex

The Niigata Albirex reached the inaugural bj-league title game last season and lost the historic contest to the Osaka Evessa.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 22, 2006

Heat's chances not good without Shaq

MIAMI -- What are the odds of Kobe Bryant winning another NBA title without Shaquille O'Neal?
CULTURE / Books
Nov 19, 2006

Akebono: Yokozuna to K-1

GAIJIN YOKOZUNA: A Biography of Chad Rowan, by Mark Panek. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006, 301 pp., $24.95 (paper). Biographers of living celebrities must make a fundamental choice: write from the inside or the outside. At one extreme are the insiders -- friends, relations or paid hacks --...
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Nov 19, 2006

Athletes extol sensation of 'iron calm' at the limit

People have been enjoying a wide variety of sports since at least the time of Ancient Greece. In the Athens 2004 Olympic Games alone, athletes competed in about 300 categories of 28 sports -- and the list seems to get longer every time.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 8, 2006

Remembrances of a rocky relationship with Celtics legend Auerbach

NEW YORK -- I've always found it fairly fascinating Brooklyn was the birthplace of Michael Jordan, Al Capone and Red Auerbach, all of whom found fame/infamy elsewhere.
BASKETBALL
Oct 25, 2006

Veteran Shoji looking forward to fresh start with Broncos in bj-league

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Some things are inevitable: political scandals in election years, bad hair days, predictable plots in action-movie sequels.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Oct 18, 2006

West to quit Grizzlies, retire after season

NEW YORK -- The pending sale of the Grizzlies to a group organized by former Duke teammates, Brian Davis and Christian Laettner, caused a wide scope of speculation concerning Jerry West.
BASKETBALL
Oct 12, 2006

Kashiwagi changes teams but not style in bid to be better

KAWASAKI -- Here's a youngster who has a huge desire to become a better basketball player.
BASKETBALL
Sep 18, 2006

Higashio, Apache eager to build strong fan base

On Sunday afternoon, ex-baseball hurler Osamu Higashio stepped onto an unfamiliar field, a hardwood court, not a soft baseball field.
BASKETBALL
Sep 12, 2006

Ex-Lions hurler Higashio named Tokyo Apache president

To make teams better and attract fans' attention, bj-league clubs would ask anyone for help -- even if it is a former baseball player.
BASKETBALL
Sep 4, 2006

An ode to basketball

Pau Gasol holds up the James Naismith Trophy after the FIBA World Championship final between Spain and Greece at Saitama Super Arena on Sunday. KYODO PHOTO
BASKETBALL
Sep 4, 2006

Tanjevic: Worlds have plenty of room to improve

SAITAMA -- Turkey coach Bogdan Tanjevic was clearly under the weather after the game.
BASKETBALL
Sep 3, 2006

Spain to face Greece without Gasol

SAITAMA -- Can Spain replace Pau Gasol's productivity?
BASKETBALL
Sep 2, 2006

Spain slams door on loaded Argentina

SAITAMA -- Manu Ginobili had a chance Friday night to send Argentina into the final of the FIBA World Championship, but as the clock ticked down the NBA star found the door closed by the smothering defense of Spain and the Olympic champions saw their title hopes evaporate with a 75-74 defeat.
BASKETBALL
Sep 1, 2006

Expect a thriller in 2nd semi

SAITAMA -- Friday's Argentina-Spain semifinal matchup should be the most entertaining game of the FIBA World Championship.
BASKETBALL
Aug 31, 2006

Greeks gaining respect

SAITAMA -- Even before Wednesday night's game, the Greek basketball team had been turning a lot of heads.
BASKETBALL
Aug 31, 2006

Greece dunks France to reach World Championship semis

SAITAMA -- Lazaros Papadopoulos and Antonis Fotsis scored 14 points each as Greece posted a methodical 73-56 victory over France in their quarterfinal game at the FIBA World Championship on Wednesday at Saitama Super Arena.

Longform

Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear