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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

Reporting on a bear on a golf course, Japan's soccer title in South Korea, the Volleyball Nations League and Itsuki Take...
17/07/2025

Reporting on a bear on a golf course, Japan's soccer title in South Korea, the Volleyball Nations League and Itsuki Takemoto getting selected in the MLB Draft.

16/07/2025

Both yokozuna lost their matches on Day 4 of the Nagoya Basho. Onosato slipped to 3-1 and Hoshoryu fell to 1-3 in the 15-day tournament.

16/07/2025

This is an excerpt from “Going 15 Rounds With Jerry Izenberg.” The legendary sports columnist shares memories of Rabbi Joachim Prinz, who was an influential figure, a moral compass, in …

16/07/2025

Ohtani scored the first run in the MLB All-Star Game. After the AL rallied from a 6-0 deficit to tie the game, the NL won it in the first tiebreaker swing-off.

16/07/2025

Reporting on the 45th Japan-USA Collegiate Baseball Championship Series, the Samurai Blue's success in the East Asian men's soccer tourney and more.

13/07/2025

Japanese teenager Tokito Oda now owns a 12-9 head-to-head record against Alfie Hewett. He won his first Wimbledon title at age 17 in 2023.

Featured topics in this news digest: Reporting on the East Asian men's soccer tourney final round, Masataka Yoshida's 20...
11/07/2025

Featured topics in this news digest: Reporting on the East Asian men's soccer tourney final round, Masataka Yoshida's 2025 MLB debut, Naoya Inoue's next fight and a high-profile B.League signing.

Reporting on the East Asian men's soccer tourney final round, Masataka Yoshida's 2025 MLB debut, Naoya Inoue's next fight and a high-profile B.League signing.

10/07/2025

With Hoshoryu and Onosato earning promotion to the sport's highest rank, two yokozuna are poised to compete in a sumo tournament for the first time since 2020.

10/07/2025

This featured appears on the JAPAN Forward website. By Ed Odeven Forty years ago, legendary Miami Herald sports columnist Edwin Pope devoted one of his columns to introduce golfer Isao Aoki to a br…

From the archives:TOKYO (Oct. 10, 2014) — Art Spander belongs on any who’s who list of premier sports journalists of the...
09/07/2025

From the archives:
TOKYO (Oct. 10, 2014) — Art Spander belongs on any who’s who list of premier sports journalists of the past 50-plus years.

His work is prolific. The streaks he’s put together (see below, in his own words) are jaw-dropping. And he continues to pursue big-time assignments.

In other words, he’s been there and done that.

But now in his mid-70s, Spander remains busy, filing stories for various print publications and websites. He traveled to Scotland for the recent Ryder Cup. He remains a fixture at Bay Area pro sporting events.

This is a wide-ranging interview with Spander, who’s received prestigious honors for his journalistic excellence from the PGA and NFL, among others

His work is prolific. The streaks he’s put together are jaw-dropping. And Art Spander continues to pursue big-time assignments. In other words, he’s been there and done that.

08/07/2025

After earning promotion to the second-tier EFL Championship, Birmingham City signed a bevy of players, including Kyogo Furuhashi, before the upcoming season.

07/07/2025

Ex-Chunichi Dragons starter Shinnosuke Ogasawara was the losing pitcher in a 6-4 defeat to the Boston Red Sox on July 6. He allowed four runs in 2⅔ innings.

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