Will Smith belted a go-ahead homer in the 11th inning and World Series MVP...
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.
Hayato Araki, Shunki Higashi and Ryo Germain scored first-half goals for Sanfrecce Hiroshima against...
Yamamoto earned his second win of the World Series, pitching six stellar innings. Los...
In Game 5, SoftBank Hawks star Yuki Yanagita hit a game-tying homer in the...
The Blue Jays starter struck out 12 batters, a World Series rookie record, silencing...
The SoftBank Hawks won their third consecutive Japan Series game to take a commanding...
Toronto's Vladimir Guerrero Jr belted a two-run homer off Shohei Ohtani in the third...
SoftBank pulled ahead 3-1 in the bottom of the first inning and tacked on...
Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto retired the final 20 batters in order, leading the reigning...
The Tigers grabbed the lead in the sixth inning on a Teruaki Sato double...
In the World Series opener, Addison Barger belted a grand slam in Toronto's nine-run...
NPB's two winningest teams in the 2025 season will meet in the Japan Series...
