Kudos to the Ryukyu Golden Kings for taking a big step forward, partnering with Radio Okinawa (864 AM) to offer live broadcasts of the team's 12 remaining home games this season.
Ryutaro Miyata will handle the play-by-play duties. He'll be joined by a to-be-named analyst to provide the far-flung Okinawa Prefecture's fans details on the championship-contending club, now in its fourth season and with one title and a Final Four appearance already in the books.
According to a news release issued Tuesday, Ryukyu is the first team in bj-league's history to commit to radio broadcasts of home games. (Ideally, for the fans, of course, the station will opt to carry all of the team's home games on the air next season.)