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KCFA declines to lift suspension on defending national champion Nihon University
The opportunity for the Nihon University Phoenix to have a chance to defend their national collegiate championship has been denied. On Tuesday night, the Kantoh Collegiate Football Association announced it refused to lift the season-long ban it handed to the Phoenix in May after an ...
Filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda visits the stadium that's home to all of America
"The Big House" captures more than just football in a documentary about the University of Michigan's main stadium.
Dirty football tackle creates a perfect storm for news outlets to exploit
Former Nihon University football head coach Masato Uchida's alleged order on a player to "crush" an opposing team's quarterback in a May 6 game between Japan's traditional rivals for supremacy in American football has dominated sports and tabloid headlines for most of the ...
Masato Uchida resigns as Nihon University board member over dirty tackle
Nihon University said Friday that Masato Uchida, its former head football coach, resigned from the board of directors on Wednesday for "causing tremendous trouble" to the school and other entities through the dirty tackle scandal involving one of the players. Uchida offered to step down ...
Man's calling to promote Japan-South Korea ties
Having majored in chemistry and played American football at university, Tomoyuki Banba never imagined he would lead an organization to promote relations between Japan and South Korea in the future. "I visited South Korea for a friendship match but never thought I'd get a job ...
