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BASKETBALL
May 19, 2007

Golden Kings name Planells coach

The Ryukyu Golden Kings, one of the bj-league's two expansion teams for the 2007-08 season, named Hernando Planells Jr. as its first head coach, the Okinawa-based club announced Friday. The 30-year-old Planells, whose father is Spanish and has lived in Japan, was at the helm of the Wyoming Golden Eagles...
BASKETBALL
May 6, 2007

Competition never gets old for Sako

Around his ankles and knees, thick bandages were rolled with quite a lot of ice, and in a single moment, his legs looked as twice bulky.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
May 2, 2007

Commissioner Kawachi guiding bj-league in right direction

Two seasons down and a bright future ahead. That's the view from here on the bj-league.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 2, 2007

Warriors expose Mavs' flaws

NEW YORK — Obviously, after warning in the playoff preview the Warriors were the worst imaginable matchup for the Mavericks I can't be vaguely surprised Golden State is providing such legit competition.
BASKETBALL
Apr 23, 2007

Palmer's game on full display in final

David Palmer grew up idolizing Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 20, 2007

Bryant analyzes bj-league's 'final four'

Tokyo Apache coach Joe Bryant knows the ins and outs of each of the bj-league's seven other teams.
BASKETBALL
Apr 18, 2007

Veteran Hasegawa confident Albirex can make bj-league final

Even at age 36, Makoto Hasegawa is still on fire.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 11, 2007

McAdoo deserves shot as head coach

NEW YORK -- In 1973 American agent Richard Kaner hooked up virtual unknown Dan Peterson to work the sidelines for Virtus Bologna, Italy.
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Mar 24, 2007

Baker has learned nuances of game from 'Jellybean'

The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in the bj-league -- Japan's first professional basketball circuit -- which is in its second season. Dameion Baker of the Tokyo Apache is the subject of this week's profile.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 17, 2007

Diminutive Aoki playing big for Tokyo

His team had lost sixth straight games and its leading scorer, John Humphrey, who also happens to be the bj-league's top point-getter, was not in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the Niigata Albirex BB.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 3, 2007

Playoff push starts this weekend

OSAKA -- It's no secret that the Osaka Evessa are one of the hardest working teams in the bj-league. Or maybe they are No. 1 on that list.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Mar 2, 2007

Ellis, Sparks earn February accolades

If your name is Andy Ellis, you want February to continue for another two months. After all, your scoring prowess in the year's second month has been impressive.
BASKETBALL
Nov 22, 2006

'Samurai' unleashes excitement on court

Nobody was quite sure about the final score, or about who scored how many points, how many assists they had or how many rebounds they grabbed. Because after all, those were probably the least important things the fans cared about.
BASKETBALL
Nov 5, 2006

Evessa flex muscles in opener

There was only one winning team Saturday night. But, clearly, the bj-league is starting to win the hearts of basketball fans around Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 6, 2006

Old school rappers look to new schools

Since hip-hop emerged in the late 1970s, it's been closely linked with basketball. But just as the United States is no longer the dominant force in international hoops, its dominance in the world of beats and rhymes is also waning.
BASKETBALL
Oct 6, 2006

Okinawa gets ninth bj-league team

An Okinawa basketball group has been approved by bj-league to join the eight-team circuit as an expansion franchise from the 2007-2008 season, the Japan professional basketball league announced Thursday.
BASKETBALL
Sep 5, 2006

Roundball at best (and worst) at FIBA

SAITAMA -- We've watched so much basketball over the past two weeks that we've started blurting out phrases such as "Dunk again, Gasol!" and "Hit another 3-pointer, Navarro!" in our sleep.
BASKETBALL
Sep 5, 2006

Spain's Hernandez the class of FIBA coaches

SAITAMA-- Spain has made a quantum leap.
BASKETBALL
Sep 1, 2006

Gutsy Greece aims to shock Team USA

SAITAMA -- In the long road to the semifinals, 74 games have been contested at the FIBA World Championship.
BASKETBALL
Aug 29, 2006

Eight remain in world hoops showdown

It now comes down to this: Six European nations, Team USA and Argentina remain in the hunt for the FIBA World Championship.
BASKETBALL
Aug 25, 2006

Loss to USA aside, Italians taking beautiful game onward

SAPPORO -- Argentina, Spain and Germany are countries known more for soccer than basketball, and Italy is in the same boat.
BASKETBALL
Aug 24, 2006

Cota's struggle is Panama's at worlds

HIROSHIMA -- By his own estimation, Eduardo "Ed" Cota has hit rock bottom as a basketball player.
BASKETBALL
Aug 22, 2006

Angolans making waves at world champs

HIROSHIMA -- The world must take notice now.
BASKETBALL
Aug 22, 2006

Gasol lifts Spain past Germany, Nowitzki

HIROSHIMA -- Spain's Pau Gasol posted the best kind of double-double on Monday afternoon.
BASKETBALL
Aug 17, 2006

3-point shooting, pressure defense are key objectives for Japan at worlds

The Japan National Team appeared in the 1998 FIBA World Championship after a 31-year absence. The team was eliminated in the first round and failed to qualify for the tournament four years later.
BASKETBALL
Jul 5, 2006

Japan now set to take on Lebanon

Japan's opponent in a tuneup for the men's world basketball championship getting under way in August has been changed to Lebanon from Puerto Rico, the Japan Basketball Association said Tuesday.
BASKETBALL
May 1, 2006

Commish Kawachi looks to future of bj-league

The bj-league commissioner Toshimitsu Kawachi has watched game after game in his league all year, and as the inaugural season successfully came to an end at the weekend with the playoffs, he has no regrets and lots of hopes for the future.
BASKETBALL
Apr 29, 2006

Inaugural bj-league playoffs to rock Ariake this weekend

No matter where your team is seeded, if you lose, you go home -- that's how the bj-league playoffs go.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 16, 2006

Pacers' Carlisle reverting to old habits

NEW YORK -- Considering the pervasive Pacers conflict (players vs. coaches, players vs. players and assistant vs. assistant) that has been going on since early last season, it's bewildering Indiana's president of basketball operations, Larry Bird, didn't declare coach Rick Carlisle safe for next season...

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