B. League needs more marquee players
The B. League is doing a commendable job marketing and promoting itself in its inaugural season. Social media feeds and magazine reports are ever-present aspects of the publicity machine in the early stages of the 2016-17 campaign. What's more, TV highlights and game coverage via ...
Japanese men search for ways to improve
Even when you possess elite skills, physicality and elaborate Xs and Os, if you don't have a burning desire to win, you'll just waste those gifts. That's one of the concerns of Japan men's national basketball team head coach Kenji Hasegawa. "Physicality, height, the skill to ...
Former Japan women's coach Brown still going strong
In a basketball coaching career spanning almost half a century, Herb Brown has built a strong reputation and accumulated a wealth of experience in the NBA and NCAA. Among his numerous stops, his spell with the Japan women's national team wound up being a special ...
Basketball star Tokashiki ready to test ability at world championship
At the age of 23, Ramu Tokashiki is already a big presence in Japan's women's basketball scene. But she is also thirsty for tougher competition, which she can't really get at home. So the 192-cm post player is as excited as any other Japanese player ...
Herb Brown helps Japan women's basketball team nab FIBA Asia gold
Longtime basketball coach Herb Brown, older brother of Hall of Fame bench boss Larry Brown, helped steer the Japan women's national team to its first continental championship in 43 years on Sunday. Japan captured the FIBA Asia Championship for Women with a 65-43 triumph over ...
Brown imparting wisdom to Japan squad
Larry Brown, the Basketball Hall of Fame coach, has never been accused of embracing job stability. So maybe it's not surprising that his older brother, Herb, also a basketball lifer, has had a nomadic existence in the coaching business, too.
Japanese women face Griner during preparation for upcoming tourney
A 23-point loss to the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury in a Sunday exhibition game in Phoenix was the first big test for the Japan women's national basketball team as it prepares for the 25th FIBA Asia Championship for Women. The continental competition is scheduled to be ...
The Japan Basketball Association said Wednesday it has decided to appoint former NBA coach Herb Brown in an advisory role to help revive the fortunes of the women's national team. Japan's women failed to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and last year's London Games. The ...
