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SENDAI

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.
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WEEK 3
Jul 17, 2011
Volunteering with three teens in Tohoku
Many people want to go to the Tohoku region to help in the colossal clean-up following the magnitude-9 Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 and the resulting tsunami that hit some 400 km of the coastline.
Japan Times
LIFE
Apr 10, 2011
Japan's seismic nerve center
The Earthquake Phenomena Observation System, located inside the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo's central Otemachi district, is usually operated by five teams of seven who work in rotating shifts that span every minute of the year. But at 2:46 p.m. on March 11 this year, all that changed. In an...

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