Heading into the next-to-last week of the B.League season, the Chiba Jets (34-22 record) have the most wins among the wild-card contenders.
Led by second-year head coaches, the Alvark Tokyo and San-en NeoPhoenix have 24-4 records as the B.League gears up for the second half of the 60-game...
In the B. League teams’ series finale, the visiting Hannaryz avenged their weekend-opening loss in a down-to-the-wire rematch.
Alvark coach Luka Pavicevic’s squad focused on playing more aggressively in its weekend rematch with the Kawasaki Brave Thunders, and the strategy paid off.
Riding a five-game winning streak, the Jets are one of three teams with 5-1 records to open the 2021-22 season.
Four sports ー gymnastics, judo, swimming and wrestling ー have provided the vast majority of the nation’s top-three finishes in Olympic competitions.
The Brex are the epitome of an unselfish team. Consider this revealing fact: Eight Utsunomiya players are averaging more than 1.6 assists per game.
The Jets (29-9) are once again in the title hunt and sit in second place in the East Division, only trailing the Utsunomiya Brex (30-7).
As 2020 comes to a close, JAPAN Forward is highlighting notable sports team accomplishments and individual feats by Japanese teams and athletes, both here and abroad....
Pro sports teams are expected to perform better at their own home venues. The familiarity of playing at home is supposed to give them an...
With just two weeks of games completed, parity is a defining trait of the new B. League season. Only three squads (Akita Northern Happinets,...
The B. League ushered in the 2020-21 season with 20 games in the first division last weekend, a taste of things to come over the...
