Seagulls reach Japan X Bowl after dramatic goal-line stand
The Obic Seagulls extended their 2020 season and punched their ticket to the Japan X Bowl after an extraordinary ending in their season-finale victory over the Panasonic Impulse on Saturday. Trailing by one point with less than 20 seconds left, Panasonic advanced to the Obic ...
Samajie Grant's MVP effort pushes Frontiers to fourth straight Japan X Bowl title
Samajie Grant showed why he was named the X League's MVP in his first season in Japan. The former Arizona Wildcat, who rushed for a league-best 527 yards during the regular season, scored on a 75-yard sprint with 3 seconds remaining in the third quarter ...
Former Impulse quarterback gets suspended term for smuggling cannabis
A former player in Japan's top American football league was given a suspended prison term Monday for smuggling cannabis into the country last year. Benjamin Anderson, a 26-year-old American and former quarterback with the X-League's Panasonic Impulse, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended ...
Two American football players belonging to the X League's Panasonic Impulse were arrested Monday on suspicion of importing and possessing marijuana, Osaka police said. Benjamin Anderson, a 26-year-old quarterback, is suspected of importing about 26 grams of marijuana via international mail from the United States ...
Panasonic prevails in thriller to capture Rice Bowl crown
The Panasonic Impulse came out on top at the end of a thrilling contest to win the Rice Bowl national championship game for the first time in eight years with a 22-19 victory over collegiate champion Ritsumeikan University at Tokyo Dome on Sunday. Panasonic, which ...
Impulse down Frontiers to win Japan X Bowl
The X League championship is heading to western Japan for the first time since 2008. So is the overall national championship. Tetsuo Takata threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Taiji Koyama with 1:11 remaining as the Panasonic Impulse defeated the defending national champion Fujitsu Frontiers ...
Frontiers, Impulse in X Bowl showdown
The X League's No. 1 passer faces its stingiest defense when two undefeated teams fight for the X League championship in the Japan X Bowl on Monday at Tokyo Dome. The defending champion Fujitsu Frontiers quarterback Colby Cameron set the league's single-season records for ...
Veteran QB Takata prepares to bring curtain down on career
In his 20-year career on the gridiron, Tetsuo Takata has always been a winner. Takata has delivered at every level — high school, college and industrial league — and is considered to be one of the best quarterbacks Japan has ever produced. Now, as quarterback for ...
Age no obstacle as Wakisaka chases dream
Four years before Japan midfielder Homare Sawa became the first player in soccer to appear in six consecutive World Cups, Yasuo Wakisaka was the only player to participate in all four world championships of another version of football, American football that is. Now the 46-year-old ...
Takata, high-powered Panasonic Impulse offense cruise past IBM Big Blue
Tetsuo Takata completed 21 of 27 for 288 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Panasonic Impulse to a 55-24 rout of the IBM Big Blue on Saturday at Amino Vital Stadium in Tokyo on the opening day of the X League second stage. The ...
