Miho Takagi, who's gearing up for her fourth Olympic Games, triumphed in two races...
Ed Odeven
Ed Odeven is a longtime sports journalist who previously worked for The Japan Times as its chief basketball reporter for nearly 14 years. He also covered a wide range of other sports for the newspaper, including at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Games. A graduate of Arizona State University, Odeven worked for several newspapers in the Grand Canyon State before moving to Japan. He has freelanced for dozens of media outlets around the world.
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In his first season in the B.League, former NBA first-round draft pick Jahlil Okafor...
Reporting on judo's Tokyo Grand Slam, freestyle skier Ikuma Horishima, the Japan women's curling...
After hitting a career-high 55 home runs and helping the Dodgers win their second...
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"It's such an honor that I am the first female from Japan to be...
A descendant of Deep Impact and Sunday Silence, Gentildonna had seven JRA G1 wins...
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After collecting 30 medals in 2022 in Brazil, Japan obliterated that total, its previous...
