American Bowl returns to Tokyo in 2005
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The Atlanta Falcons and Indianapolis Colts will begin the preseason Aug. 6 in the American Bowl in Tokyo, the record 12th time an NFL game will be played in the city.
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TOKYO - US beef exports to Japan, valued at more than US$1.7 billion last year, will resume in a matter of weeks after Tokyo agreed to ease a 10-month ban on the meat brought by a lone case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs will allow Kansas and Arkansas State to play one home game each at Arrowhead Stadium in 2005.
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Charlotte, NC (Sports Network) - NASCAR chairman Brian France announced that this year&#39;s new format in the Nextel Cup Series known as the &quot;Chase for the Championship&quot; will return in 2005.
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Alabama-Birmingham is making its first postseason appearance, Hawaii is playing in its third straight hometown bowl game. The Blazers say that gives them an edge in Friday's Hawaii Bowl.
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Jack McKeon will return to manage the Florida Marlins in 2005.
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The PGA Tour will start the 2005 season along the shores of the Pacific Ocean, with the first two stops in Hawaii followed by the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines in San Diego.
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Japanese professional baseball players are set to strike this weekend for the first time since the game was introduced from the US 70 years ago.
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There's the GMAC Bowl, the Emerald Bowl and the Champs Sports Bowl. And there's the Continental Tire Bowl and the Insight Bowl and the MPC Computers Bowl.
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SAN DIEGO - The Mexican national soccer team will start its 2005 US tour by playing Sweden on Jan. 26 at Petco Park. It will be the first non-baseball event at the home of the San Diego Padres, which opened in March.
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First things first. Major college football is no closer to a playoff than it was before this season erupted in controversy, before the Associated Press grew so uneasy with the Bowl
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SAITAMA, Japan -- This experience was not the disaster so many uninformed Americans undoubtedly think it was. To put it in Belichickian terms, the USA basketball situation is what it is.
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Takuma Sato will return with BAR-Honda in 2005. The team confirmed the Japanese driver&#39;s return on Tuesday ahead of this weekend&#39;s Japanese Grand Prix.
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Alabama-Birmingham is making its first postseason appearance, Hawaii is playing in its third straight hometown bowl game. The Blazers say that gives them an edge in Friday&#39;s Hawaii Bowl.
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The PGA Tour season began last January in Hawaii and ended Sunday in Atlanta. And in between? So before the season gets all silly on us, let&#39;s take a look back at 2004.
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Directly to the south is the Staples Center, the home of the Los Angeles Lakers, a recent superpower. A couple of miles north on the interstate is the Rose Bowl, where college football powers collide every New Year&#39;s Day.
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Jacksonville will be the host city for the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship football game, beginning after the 2005 regular season.