Bret Bielema has known Atsushi Saijo for more than 30 years, with the veteran football coach from Japan stopping by Champaign ...

Damar Hamlin is taking his CPR tour to a new continent. The Buffalo Bills safety and the American Heart Association are spending part of this week in Japan. Hamlin arrived in Tokyo earlier this ...

My grasp of Japanese is limited to a couple phrases: "Let's go" and "my knee hurts." Illinois football coach Bret Bielema knows some others: Ichiban, sake and Sapporo. "Back in my younger years, we'd ...

My grasp of Japanese is limited to a couple phrases: "Let's go" and "my knee hurts." Illinois football coach Bret Bielema knows some others: Ichiban, sake and Sapporo. "Back in my younger years, we'd ...

The popularity of American football is growing in Japan, Saijo said. Yasuda watches the NFL on TV. The Chiefs, who just missed a third straight Super Bowl title, are the current favorites in Japan ...