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Ed Odeven Reporting Veteran journalist Ed Odeven is the sports editor at JAPAN Forward and JF's Sports Look. Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/odevened

07/06/2026

The Women's Volleyball Nations League is underway and wraps up on July 26 in Macau. Led by captain Mayu Ishikawa, Japan is aiming for the top.

Today's Substack post: a flashback piece from spring training in 2003 in Arizona, where a hard-working umpire sat with m...
02/06/2026

Today's Substack post: a flashback piece from spring training in 2003 in Arizona, where a hard-working umpire sat with me in the bleachers for 30 minutes or so and talked about his career, his aspirations and the unique challenges of trying to reach MLB as an umpire.


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https://substack.com/home/post/p-199953937

Hi, everybody.Here's the first post for my new Substack page:
30/05/2026

Hi, everybody.
Here's the first post for my new Substack page:

From time to time, I enjoy revisiting some seminal events in my life that led to a decades-long career in sports journalism, working for newspapers, magazines, websites and radio stations (and a public access TV station, too).

29/05/2026

The former Tokyo Yakult Swallows star is tied for second among MLB players with 20 home runs. He's been a key catalyst for the much-improved Chicago White Sox.

27/05/2026

Hyunjung Lee scored a game-high 23 points to lead the Velca past the perennial powerhouse Ryukyu Golden Kings. Lee was named B.League Finals MVP.

24/05/2026

The Velca outscored the Golden Kings 21-9 in the third quarter to build a commanding lead en route to a bounce-back victory in the B.League Finals.

24/05/2026

Wakatakakage, a 31-year-old Fukushima native, claimed his second Emperor's Cup, winning his first grand sumo tournament title since March 2022.

23/05/2026

Ryukyu led by 11 points at the end of the first quarter. Nagasaki chipped away at the lead but came up short in Game 1 of the B.League Finals.

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