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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Miami Hurricanes quarterback Cam Ward passes the ball against the Syracuse Orange during the first half at the JMA Wireless Dome on Nov. 30, 2024.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Feb 19, 2025
Cam Ward's message: 'If you don't draft me, that's your fault'
"You've got to remember you're the same team that's got to play me for the rest of my career, and I'll remember that."
New North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick holds up the sweatshirt his father wore as an assistant coach at the school.
SPORTS / Football
Dec 13, 2024
Why Is Bill Belichick heading to North Carolina? It's all about control.
NFL teams seemed hesitant to give Belichick the omnipotent football power that he sought.
Former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick will coach North Carolina next season, the school announced on Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Dec 12, 2024
Bill Belichick announced as head coach of North Carolina
Financial terms were not disclosed, but the Athletic reported that the five-year contract could be worth up to $30 million.
Jacob Roberts, a former Wake Forest football player, changes tires alongside other athletes in simulated pit stops during the annual pit crew combine at Hendrick Motorsports in Concord, North Carolina, on June 13. Top racing teams have found former college football players often make the best prospects for their pit crew teams.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Aug 20, 2024
When NFL dreams end, NASCAR’s pit crews beckon
Former football players often make the best prospects for the five-man crews, thanks to their strength, agility and speed.
Former Auburn and Oregon quarterback Bo Nix Nix thinks his experience gives him an edge over the other potential first-round quarterbacks.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Apr 25, 2024
NFL draft pool shrinks as NIL money entices more players to stay in school
Only 58 underclassmen have declared for this week’s draft, the smallest number since 2011.
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Jan 19, 2021
Chuck Mills, who inspired Japan's college football to flourish, dies at 92
The Chicago native brought Utah State and Wake Forest to Japan for exhibition games before taking local coaches under his wing in the United States.
Japan Times
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Aug 3, 2018
KCFA admits to lying about ex-Nihon University football coaches' grievance paperwork
The Kantoh Collegiate Football Association in May ruled that former Nihon University head coach Masato Uchida and ex-assistant coach Tsutomu Inoue did not tell the truth about the illegal tackle incident when it decided to hand them lifetime bans from the Kantoh Collegiate League.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
May 24, 2018
Veracity lacking in explanation by coaches
It's an ongoing saga of conflicting narratives.
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May 22, 2018
Nihon University player Taisuke Miyagawa says coach ordered dirty tackles
Nihon University defensive end Taisuke Miyagawa spoke publicly for the first time about his role in a controversial college football game that has generated headlines.
Japan Times
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Apr 5, 2018
Jerry Neuheisel reflects on playing in Japan
Jerry Neuheisel has professed that he would eventually take over the office that once belonged to his father, Rick, by becoming head coach for the UCLA football team.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Nov 17, 2015
NCAA football coaches find the going getting tougher
"Go for it! Go for It!," football fans in the stands will often shout when their team is faced with a fourth down and short yardage situation deep in its own territory.
Japan Times
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Aug 23, 2014
Takada aiming for NFL career
Playing in the NFL is the ultimate dream of every kid who plays football. The majority, however, never get to see that dream come true.
BASKETBALL / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Dec 17, 2013
NCAA's hoop hype not such an easy sell in December
If Howard Cosell were still with us, he would probably say this about NCAA basketball (you supply the nasal tone and staccato pace): There now exists annually a veritable plethora of enthralling inter-conference hardwood encounters between traditionally proficient American institutions of higher academia....
MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Sep 10, 2013
'Small' schools deserve bigger respect
The headline of a recent story on ESPN.com read: "Small School QBs Have Big Talent."
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
CDP leader criticizes ‘Japanese First’ policy and calls for inclusive society
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda said it is obvious that Japanese society could not function without the help of foreign workers in manufacturing, health care, construction and public transportation.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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