In the span of six days, Tom Brady threw passes on the Great Wall of China, rubbed shoulders with a Korean pop star in Shanghai, and spent a morning in the company of sumo wrestlers in Tokyo. The New England Patriots quarterback also found the ...
Many individuals in Japanese football circles have long known there are key issues that need to be addressed, but didn't have a place where they could have open dialogue about the problems. They have one now. Last Saturday, the first-ever "football conference" was held, bringing together ...
Fujitsu quarterback Colby Cameron won the X League MVP award for the first time after guiding the Frontiers to their second national championship in three seasons, at the All X League Awards in Tokyo on Saturday. The former Louisiana Tech standout completed 76 of 123 ...
Mitsuhiro Izu completed 16 of 27 passes for 171 yards and scored a touchdown to help the Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters beat the Waseda University Big Bears 31-14 on Sunday at Koshien Stadium. The victory gave the Fighters their first collegiate national championship in two ...
Despite being in the X League championship game for a fourth straight season, the Fujitsu Frontiers and ace quarterback Colby Cameron entered this year's contest with a chip on their shoulders. Last year, Cameron threw three interceptions, and the Panasonic Impulse were able to pull ...
Colby Cameron completed 11 of 20 passes for 116 yards while Gino Gordon scored the game's only touchdown as the Fujitsu Frontiers defeated their archrival Obic Seagulls 16-3 on Monday in the Japan X Bowl for the X League championship. Playing before 25,445 fans at ...
It's become a trend in recent years for X League clubs to acquire American players, including many who played for prominent U.S. college programs. This influx of talent helps give the football-stadium crowds here a little more international flavor. Recently, the Nojima Sagamihara Rise signed ...
Ryo Takagi rushed 37 yards for the decisive score and defensive back Go Sano made a touchdown-saving pass defense on the final play as the IBM BigBlue improved to 2-1 with a 34-27 win over the Asahi Beer Silver Star on Sunday at Fujitsu ...
Devin Gardner's X League debut turned out to be a bittersweet experience. The former Michigan quarterback threw a touchdown pass to Jeremy Gallon, another ex-Wolverine, and scored another, but failed to lead his Nojima Sagamihara Rise to a victory over the Obic Seagulls, who came ...
Like most other American players, quarterback Devin Gardner and wide receiver Jeremy Gallon had no idea that football was even played there. Now, the two former University of Michigan players will open up a new chapter of their football career "there" — in Japan. Gardner and ...
American quarterback Jerry Neuheisel made his debut with the Obic Seagulls, a powerhouse Japanese football squad, on Saturday in a Pearl Bowl spring tournament game against the All-Mitsubishi Lions. Neuheisel, a former UCLA Bruin, threw a 67-yard touchdown pass on his very first play, but ...
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 ...
