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SPORTS SCOPE

SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Apr 15, 2005
Labor icon Miller: NHL players didn't get message out
Well, I never thought it would come to this.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Apr 6, 2005
Triumph in Tohoku: Staff of Eagles works miracle
SENDAI -- I saw something beautiful Friday night.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 10, 2005
Will the 'Brave Blossoms' soon be drinking champagne?
It's often said that it is a brave man who owns up to being wrong.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 9, 2005
Legal action gives new definition to 'The Meaning of Ichiro'
Well, I must say, this one really takes the cake.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 28, 2005
Top student players need to get a 'real' rugby education
The university final earlier this month between Waseda and Kanto Gakuin highlighted all that is good and bad about college rugby in Japan.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 3, 2004
Tigers sending wrong message with Tsujimoto signing
"A mind is a terrible thing to waste."
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 26, 2004
Blaming Detroit fans for riot outrageous
What a disgrace.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 3, 2004
Ricoh moves atop Top League table, upsets Kobe 27-21
The heaviest back in Japanese rugby, Masato Morishima (107 kg), and one of the most frightening sights on the paddock (a rampaging Ipolito Fenukitau) helped the Ricoh Black Rams go top of the Top League following their 27-21 win over the Kobe Kobelco Steelers at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya on Saturday.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 25, 2004
Rugby fans send JSports to sin bin over Bledisloe Cup fiasco
Oh dear! Oh dear! Oh dear!
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 11, 2004
Hero Wilkinson aims to come back bigger, better, fitter, stronger
It's often said that professional athletes are the only people in the world who actually have to look for a job once they retire.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 15, 2004
Coach Baxter making a name for himself in world soccer
"Stuart who?"
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 11, 2004
Verdict in O.J. criminal trial still a divisive issue
I have been waiting a long time to write this column.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
May 28, 2004
World Sports Awards a great but flawed concept
Don't you hate it when you are presented with something that is sold as being all-encompassing, only to find out is it not?
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Apr 28, 2004
Could Tillman have made greater impact on different path?
It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of former NFL player Pat Tillman last week in a firefight in Afghanistan.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 19, 2004
Failure to include Takahashi on team for Athens a joke
I guess if you live long enough, you will see everything.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 18, 2004
Professional bowling coming to an alley near you
When first approached to interview Steve Miller, President and CEO of the Pro Bowling Association Tour (PBA), I was reluctant to put it politely. Bowling for me was always something of a last resort if a date was going badly, a sport in which my average closely resembled what it takes me to get around...
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 5, 2004
An insider's take on why Bonds may have turned to steroids
Did jealousy prompt Barry Bonds to become involved with steroids?
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Feb 27, 2004
Pantani's passing shows how fragile sports stars can be
The recent death of Italian cyclist Marco Pantani, at the age of 34 from an apparent drug overdose, was the final act in a life which had been spiraling out of control for the past 4 1/2 years.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 25, 2004
Ricoh gets to fight on by ramming Sanyo
The Ricoh Black Rams ensured they avoided one of the two automatic relegation spots from the Top League when they not only beat the Sanyo Wild Knights 45-15 at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya on Saturday, but also earned a valuable bonus point in the process as a result of the seven tries they scored.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 24, 2004
All will be decided on Top League's final day
It's often said you shouldn't leave things to the last minute, but the Japan Rugby Football Union will be delighted that its new competition, the Top League, has gone right down to the wire.
Japan set to hold rates steady as yen rallies and LDP candidates stump
The Bank of Japan is holding its policy board meeting this week.
Deaths among elderly people using electric wheelchairs on the rise
A re-creation of a scene in which an electric wheelchair tire has become stuck in a gutter
How Intel lost the Sony PlayStation business
Intel in 2022 lost out on a contract to design and fabricate the chip for Sony’s next-generation PlayStation 6.
Mount Fuji restrictions reduce dangerous overnight climbs
Hikers pass through a temporary gate set up at the fifth station of the Yoshida Trail on Mount Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture in July.
LDP presidential hopefuls lay out priorities for PM in online debate
Candidates for the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election take part in a debate in Tokyo on Saturday. On Monday evening, they took part in an online debate, during which they each made a case for what the top priority should be for Japan's next prime minister.
‘Shogun’ and the painstaking art of ‘getting it right’
Hiroyuki Sanada and the cast and crew of "Shogun" accept the award for best drama series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
Japan’s schools battle to keep kids cool, with or without AC
Students sit under a misting system during recess at Hikarigaoka Haru no Kaze Elementary School in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 6.
Chris Broad's new bar puts cocktails first, YouTube second
A self-proclaimed lover of great cocktails, YouTuber Chris Broad says his new Shibuya watering hole is more a place to get yourself a solid drink than it is anything related to his social media career.
In LDP presidential poll, three kingmakers hold all the cards
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo in January as former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (left) looks on.
How China’s dominance of solar and batteries is impacting Japan’s energy transition
Solar panels and wind turbines at a power plant in Hami in China's Xinjiang region. The U.S. and other countries have described China’s actions against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region, a key cog in the cleantech supply chain, as a genocidal campaign aimed at erasing an entire culture.

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