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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Feb 6, 2011
Threatening media not a wise move for league needing exposure
"I may be getting older but I refuse to grow up," someone once said.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 23, 2011
Washington, Rauf bans smack of a double standard
Osaka's Lynn Washington and Kyoto's Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, two of the league's marquee players, served one-game suspensions last Sunday for separate incidents. Talk about a double dose of bad publicity for the bj-league.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 15, 2011
NBA prospect Tyler growing under Hill's tutelage
Potential is an intriguing word, a word that packs a punch, a word that grabs people's attention.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 12, 2011
Aoki's game, guts impress Hill, Tyler
There are a number of new faces on this season's Tokyo Apache squad — players, coaches, front office personnel and even a new owner.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Dec 22, 2010
Expansion should bring more NBA veterans to play in Japan
NBA Players Association executive director Billy Hunter has been quoted as saying he's "99 percent sure" a lockout will take place after the collective bargain agreement expires on June 30.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Dec 10, 2010
Time for league to get wise, promote names
Here's a brilliant idea: Expose the masses to the bj-league's most prized assets, its former NBA players — Kyoto Hannaryz guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Tokyo Apache center Robert Swift and Saitama Broncos guard Kenny Satterfield and Apache coach Bob Hill, a veteran bench boss of four NBA teams — during...
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Dec 5, 2010
Kawachi has backers, detractors
Knowing that the Japan Basketball Association (JBA) had no interest in establishing a legitimate professional league several years ago and that he would face fierce resistance from the sport's old boy network, Toshimitsu Kawachi took a courageous step and formed a rival circuit, which included a pair...
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 21, 2010
Strategy needed to boost bj-league game attendance
Whatever the bj-league is doing to promote itself across the nation, it isn't working. In fact, it's failing miserably to attract anything that resembles a decent-size fan base.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Oct 22, 2010
Hill, Apache ready for season to tip off
The Tokyo Apache and the Niigata Albirex BB begin the 2010-11 bj-league season a week later than the other 14 teams. And so they've both had extra time to make preparations for their first game.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Oct 11, 2010
Abdul-Rauf's passion for game keeps him young
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, the quintessential basketball lifer, is looking forward to the 2010-11 bj-league season with the same contagious enthusiasm that reminds one of a child waiting to visit Disney World for the first time.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Oct 1, 2010
Twenty ways for the bj-league to boost exposure
How can an upstart league become relevant to the masses?
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Sep 24, 2010
The constructor: Pierce using Shiga experience to help in Akita
Bob Pierce is the first head coach in bj-league history to be handed the reins of two expansion teams in their first seasons.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Sep 17, 2010
Apache facing tough start with extended road trip
The bj-league's sixth season begins on Oct. 16, but the Tokyo Apache's first home game isn't until Jan. 6 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Sep 5, 2010
Player protection rule has negative impact on bj-league
From Hoboken, N.J. to Hokkaido and thousands of far-flung locales in between, there are few issues as contentious and complicated as player contracts in professional sports.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Aug 20, 2010
Time for bj-league to slow down on expansion
In a mad rush to expand, the bj-league is ignoring a number of real concerns, including the pressing need to aggressively market itself in Tokyo, this nation's entertainment, government, financial and media capital.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jul 11, 2010
Hill ready to make impact with Apache
Bob Hill is eager to begin the next chapter in his long, accomplished career as a basketball coach. And he's smart enough to know that some of his biggest adjustments will take place off the court.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 19, 2010
White gets nod as bj-league's best
Second in a two-part series
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 12, 2010
Okada top Japanese in bj-league
First in a two-part series
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 5, 2010
No end to JBA's incompetence
Only the names change, but the story remains the same, someone wiser than I once said.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
May 30, 2010
Veteran coach Pierce given a raw deal by Lakestars
The coaching business is predictable in only this way: expect the unexpected.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.

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