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OSAKA EVESSA

BASKETBALL
Aug 22, 2014
Evessa sign forwards Hamilton, Tarver
Veteran forward Gary Hamilton, an accomplished rebounder and frontcourt leader for the Shiga Lakestars and Rizing Fukuoka in past bj-league seasons, is returning to Japan.
BASKETBALL
Jul 5, 2014
Casey Hill named to Golden State's Summer League coaching staff
Former Tokyo Apache assistant coach Casey Hill is keeping busy this summer.
BASKETBALL
May 3, 2014
Osaka overpowers Shiga in second half, triumphs in Game 1
The Osaka Evessa held the Shiga Lakestars to 19-for-60 shooting, seized control of the game in the third quarter and made a winner of Evessa coach Shunsuke Todo in his bj-league playoff debut.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 30, 2014
Shiga, Osaka, Hamamatsu, Fukuoka aiming for long postseason run
The Ryukyu Golden Kings ruled the Western Conference, setting a league record with a 43-win season as new bench boss Tsutomu Isa put his stamp on the team after six seasons as a well-respected assistant.
BASKETBALL
Apr 26, 2014
Hot-shooting Osaka routs Shimane
They started the season with six straight wins, followed by eight consecutive defeats. And they lost four of their last six contests entering Saturday's series opener against the Western Conference's cellar-dwelling Shimane Susanoo Magic.
BASKETBALL
Apr 11, 2014
Takamatsu edges Osaka in series opener
While playing in their 47th regular-season game on Friday night in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, two bj-league teams shared several other similarities. Until the final second of the 40-minute game.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 16, 2014
Joho powers Grouses past Evessa
Masashi Joho's arrival in Toyama before the start of the 2011-12 season was a clear sign that the Grouses had decided to raise the stakes for a franchise that had struggled to win games since its inception in 2006. Clearly, this signing signaled the following: The Grouses wanted and valued title-winning...
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Mar 12, 2014
Osaka's Bell takes pride in winning mindset, work ethic
The Japan Times features periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. D'Andre Bell of the Osaka Evessa is the subject of this week's profile.
BASKETBALL
Feb 22, 2014
Fukuoka routs Osaka, keeps playoff hopes alive
The Rizing Fukuoka used a simple formula for success on Saturday: Outscore the Osaka Evessa in all four quarters.
BASKETBALL
Jan 30, 2014
Evessa, Crane Thunders inadvertently help each other address needs
The Osaka Evessa and Gunma Crane Thunders acted quickly to fill frontcourt vacancies, swooping up released big men Darko Cohadarevic and Dillion Sneed, respectively, this week.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 29, 2014
Wholesale changes continue slow decline of Evessa
The Osaka Evessa were in dire straits at this time a season ago, losers of 19 of 24 games before the All-Star break. Then Bill Cartwright arrived and did a remarkable job leading the team's reclamation project. The ex-Chicago Bulls bench boss went 17-11 in a short, memorable stint in charge.
BASKETBALL
Dec 14, 2013
Ryukyu triumphs over Osaka in overtime
The shots weren't falling and their overall game was not a thing of beauty, not a well-choreographed artistic production.
BASKETBALL
Nov 22, 2013
Takamatsu outlasts Osaka in OT
Dexter Lyons scored a game-high 35 points and four teammates reached double figures in points in a 101-95 overtime victory over the visiting Takamatsu Five Arrows on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 17, 2013
Hannaryz pile more misery on Evessa
The Osaka Evessa's roller-coaster season has had two extremes: a long winning streak and a long losing streak.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 7, 2013
Popular Goya nearing return
Guard Takanori Goya is one of the bj-league's most well-known players, even though his career has been saddled by injuries.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 10, 2013
Wins signal step forward for Osaka coach Todo's team
The Osaka Evessa went through three head coaches — Zoran Kreckovic, Takao Furuya and Bill Cartwright — last season before handing the reins to Shunsuke Todo for the 2013-14 campaign.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 15, 2013
Osaka president Iguchi forced out after three months
Osaka Evessa president Motofumi Iguchi has been forced to resign without ever presiding over a game, The Japan Times has learned.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 30, 2013
Cartwright won't return to Osaka Evessa
Former Chicago Bulls head coach Bill Cartwright has parted ways with the Osaka Evessa, the bj-league team he resurrected after an awful start last season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 9, 2013
Broncos' energy, desire carry team to solid sweep over Crane Thunders
Neither team has a shot at making the playoffs. Neither team will finish anywhere near .500. But both teams personify the spirited competitor who happens to be their head coach, former players Ryan Blackwell of the Gunma Crane Thunders and Tracy Williams of the Saitama Broncos.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 7, 2013
Evessa trounce Happinets for 10th straight victory
Head coach Bill Cartwright has orchestrated a remarkable turnaround for the Osaka Evessa basketball team.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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