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SENDAI

BASKETBALL
Oct 25, 2013
Gray provides major muscle to help carry Yokohama past Sendai
Marquise Gray, a Michigan State alum, scored 14 points and pulled down 24 rebounds and Masayuki Kabaya and Omar Reed added 15 points apiece to lead the Yokohama B-Corsairs to a 77-69 triumph over the visiting Sendai 89ers on Friday night.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2013
Nuclear disaster drill aims for more realism
The government on Friday kicked off a two-day nuclear evacuation drill — its first since the 2011 Fukushima No. 1 power plant disaster — with the aim of making the exercise more realistic than its usual scripted rehearsals.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 10, 2013
Teguramori named Japan U-21 national team coach
The Japan Football Association decided at its executive board meeting Thursday to hand Vegalta Sendai manager Makoto Teguramori the task of guiding the men's Under-21 national team to a place at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
JAPAN / History
Sep 5, 2013
New theory on 1613 mission floated
Historian Naotsugu Hamada has proposed a new theory about the 1613 mission that Date Masamune, Sendai's then-feudal lord, sent to Europe and Mexico, arguing that he may have intended to use funds from trade with Mexico to reconstruct Tohoku, which had been rocked by a quake-tsunami disaster just two...
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2013
Okuyama secures second term as Sendai mayor
Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama appeared certain to be re-elected Sunday for her second four-year term, beating a challenger backed by the Japanese Communist Party, early returns showed.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 28, 2013
Two file candidacies for Sendai mayoral election
Official campaigning for the Sendai mayoral election began Sunday with the incumbent and an independent filing to run.
BASKETBALL
Jun 22, 2013
Kyoto acquires forward Komoda
Forward Takuya Komoda was selected as an Eastern Conference reserve for the 2012-13 bj-league All-Star Game in Tokyo, and averaged a career-best 10.4 points per game for the Sendai 89ers.
SOCCER / J. League
May 18, 2013
Striker Wilson to complete suspension this weekend
Vegalta Sendai striker Wilson will serve out the remainder of his two-match ban for Saturday's away game to Yokohama F. Marinos after being sent off in the Asian Champions League, the J. League said Friday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
May 2, 2013
Sendai knocked out of Asian Champions League
Tournament debutants Vegalta Sendai were eliminated from the Asian Champions League on Wednesday after a 2-1 defeat at home to China's Jiangsu Sainty in their final game in Group E.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 29, 2013
Vegalta held by Sagan ahead of ACL showdown
Vegalta Sendai and Sagan Tosu shared the points in a stifling 1-1 draw in the J. League on Sunday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 11, 2013
World Cup veteran Yanagisawa guides Vegalta Sendai to first ACL triumph
Two-time World Cup forward Atsushi Yanagisawa opened his 2013 account at the perfect time as Vegalta Sendai recorded their first-ever win in the Asian Champions League with a 1-0 victory over FC Seoul on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 3, 2013
Hiroshima faces ACL group elimination
J. League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima are in danger of first-round elimination in the Asian Champions League after suffering their third consecutive defeat in a 1-0 loss to South Korea's Pohang Steelers on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 31, 2013
Cummings, father share hoop bond
Terry Cummings' success as an NBA player inspired his son, T.J., who now plays for the Sendai 89ers, to follow in his footsteps.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 27, 2013
Basketball providing quality diversion in Miyagi Prefecture
Taking a look back at an action-packed Sunday in the bj-league. News, notes and observations...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / WEEK 3
Mar 17, 2013
How an American collector brought Jakuchu to Tohoku
Including loans from each of Japan's six national museums as well as the Imperial Household Agency, 'Jakuchu's Here!' represents to a gift from Japan's art establishment to an audience that it has neglected for decades.
BASKETBALL
Mar 8, 2013
Five Arrows overwhelm 89ers in decisive fourth quarter
The Takamatsu Five Arrows scored 28 fourth-quarter points — twice as many as the host Sendai 89ers — in an 82-70 victory on Thursday night in their bj-league series opener.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / 2013 J. LEAGUE PREVIEW
Mar 2, 2013
Hiroshima, Sendai won't contend for title
Highlighting the top nine finishers from the J. League last season in the second part of this two-day preview.
BASKETBALL
Feb 27, 2013
Dixon, Tomori shine in Gunma triumph over Sendai
After a quiet game in the series opener, Gunma Crane Thunders point guard Jermaine Dixon lit up the scoreboard for 28 points in a 78-75 bounce-back win over the host Sendai 89ers on Tuesday night in the bj-league.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 24, 2013
Struggling Sendai fires Pierce
After getting swept by the visiting Saitama Broncos on Friday, the Sendai 89ers on Saturday announced head coach Bob Pierce has been relieved of his duties.
BASKETBALL
Feb 23, 2013
Hot-shooting Kitamuki torches 89ers, leads Broncos to rare sweep
When you're hot, you're hot.

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