World Baseball Classic MVP Shohei Ohtani strikes out 10 in six scoreless innings on...

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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A year ago, Hideki Matsuyama also pulled out of a tournament just weeks before...
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A four-time Olympic gold medalist, Kosuke Kitajima became the first swimmer to claim the...
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