COLUMNS
| Jack Gallagher
Sports Editor |
Jack Gallagher is the sports editor of The Japan Times. Named a top 10 columnist by the Associated Press Sports Editors for his work in 2004, he has been a sports journalist in Japan for more than 10 years. He has covered numerous events both domestically and internationally, including the Super Bowl, World Cup and Olympics. He was previously an executive in public relations in both the NBA and NFL Europe. He is a native of San Jose, Calif., and a graduate of the University of Southern California.
E-mail Jack at jack@japantimes.co.jp
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Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010
ICE TIME
In a development that hasn't even been acknowledged by the Japanese media, longtime coach Nobuo Sato was quietly nominated for the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame earlier this month.
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010
ICE TIME
Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009
ICE TIME
Friday, Dec. 4, 2009
ICE TIME
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| Ed Odeven
Sports Editor/Writer |
Ed Odeven covers basketball for The Japan Times. He previously worked for the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff, Ariz., reporting on high school, collegiate, professional and Olympic sports (Flagstaff is a major international Olympic training site due to its high elevation) and writing a weekly column. A native of the Bronx, N.Y., Odeven is a graduate of Arizona State University. His articles have also appeared in Venezuela Online News, the Jamaica Gleaner, the Monitor (Uganda), The Moscow Times and Swimming World Magazine.
E-mail Ed at edward@japantimes.co.jp
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Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010
HOOP SCOOP
Basketball aficionados and casual fans alike remember Michael Jordan's clutch shots in the closing seconds of games. Other clutch shooters, such as Jerry West and Reggie Miller, have buried dozens of shots that separate them from the NBA's ordinary scorers.
Monday, Jan. 25, 2010
HOOP SCOOP
Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010
HOOP SCOOP
Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010
HOOP SCOOP
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| Jason Coskrey
Sports Editor/Writer |
Jason Coskrey is a sports writer for the Japan Times. His primary focus is Japanese baseball but he also has experience covering soccer, American football, boxing and basketball. He previously worked for the Marietta Daily Journal in Marietta. Ga. A native of Detroit, he is a graduate of the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
E-mail Jason at jason@ml.japantimes.co.jp
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Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
SPORTS SCOPE
The Yomiuri Giants have enough talent to run away with the Central League and Japan Series titles in 2010.
Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010
SPORTS SCOPE
Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010
SPORTS SCOPE
Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010
SPORTS SCOPE
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| Andrew McKirdy
Sports Editor/Writer |
Andrew McKirdy is a sports writer for The Japan Times. His main beat is soccer, but he has also previously covered rugby, tennis, volleyball, golf, and even tug-of-war. A native of the Scottish Borders, he has written for The Scotsman newspaper and organized filming for a program on Japanese soccer for ITV television.
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Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010
SOCCER SCENE
As national team manager Takeshi Okada would have it, last week's decision to end J. League player of the year Mitsuo Ogasawara's three-and-half-year international exile was just the next step on his road map toward the World Cup.
Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010
SOCCER SCENE
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009
SOCCER SCENE
Monday, Dec. 7, 2009
SOCCER SCENE
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| Wayne Graczyk
Baseball Columnist |
Wayne Graczyk has written the "Baseball
Bullet-In" column in The Japan Times since 1976. A native of New Jersey, he came to Japan in 1969 with the U.S. Air Force and
is a 1977 graduate of Tokyo's Sophia University. Wayne was the long-time (1977-2004) sports editor of the Tokyo Weekender
newspaper, he covers Yomiuri Giants baseball games for Nippon TV and, since 1976, has compiled the Japan Pro Baseball Fan
Handbook & Media Guide. He is a member of the Tokyo Sportswriters Club and the Foreign Sportswriters Association of Japan.
E-mail Wayne at Wayne@JapanBall.com
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Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010
BASEBALL BULLET-IN
I have never met Eri Yoshida, so I do not have her meishi (name card) but wonder if it reads, "Eri Yoshida, Female Knuckleballer."
Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010
BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010
BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010
BASEBALL BULLET-IN
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| Mark Buckton
Sumo Columnist |
Mark Buckton covers the world of sumo for The Japan Times Online. A long-time contributor to a wide range of the English-language print media in Japan as well as magazines and newspapers across Asia, the EU and North America, Buckton is also co-founder and editor-in-chief of the online Sumo Fan Magazine, which is published in four languages. He has even wrestled on a amateur level but hung up his mawashi many years ago.
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Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010
SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Asashoryu Akinori, to call him by his full Japanese name, remains as divisive as ever in the world of Japanese sumo.
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010
SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009
SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009
SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
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| Peter Vecsey
Basketball Columnist |
Peter Vecsey of the New York Post is the most prominent baskeball columnist in the world. He has covered the NBA for the past 30 years, and has been an expert analyst on both network and cable television in the United States. His inside information and access to the league's top players, coaches and executives have helped earn him recognition as one of the "Most Powerful People in Sports" by The Sporting News.
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Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010
NBA REPORT
The easiest columns to write are about people you love.
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010
NBA REPORT
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010
NBA REPORT
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
NBA REPORT
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| Christopher Davies
Soccer Columnist |
Christopher Davies of the London
Daily Telegraph is one of Britain's most prominent soccer writers. He regularly covers Premier League powers Arsenal and
Chelsea in the Champions League, and the Republic of Ireland internationally. Davies has covered eight World Cups and is a
former chairman of the Football Writers' Association in England.
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Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010
PREMIER REPORT
New manager, same old England. Or Englantalia.
Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010
PREMIER REPORT
Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010
PREMIER REPORT
Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010
PREMIER REPORT
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