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Peter Vecsey

Peter Vecsey of the New York Post is the most prominent basketball 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.

For Peter Vecsey's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Mar 11, 2009

Woodson doing good job of handling Smith

NEW YORK — Before Saturday night's come-from-behind victory over the Pistons, I wasn't sensing much love in Dixie, where Josh Smith and Hawks coach Mike Woodson dropped the verbal gloves at halftime of Friday night's seven-point loss to the Bobcats. It was shades of two seasons ago when the coach banished his starting forward to the locker room for questioning a decision to make Tyronn Lue the game-winning (missing) shooter in regulation against the 76ers at Philly.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Mar 4, 2009

Nelson needs to give new philosophy a rest

NEW YORK — While many Californians are unemployed, Don Nelson is ordering assorted healthy Warriors to take a night off from work, with pay, while fans pay full price for tickets as their beloved 20-39 sinkhole disappears deeper below the Pacific Rim.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Feb 25, 2009

Many reasons why Hughes is on move again

NEW YORK — Considering the squall of trade winds that relayed the names of Amare Stoudemire, Vince Carter, Shaq, Richard Jefferson and Gerald Wallace throughout the NBA it's safe to say none of the deals blew us away or remotely provoked anyone to exclaim, "Like, whoa!"

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Feb 18, 2009

Hawkins as elusive off court as he was on it

PHOENIX — For weeks and weeks I called every person I thought who might be able to put me in touch with Arizona's first sports superstar.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Feb 11, 2009

Kobe, LeBron embarrassed Knicks at home

NEW YORK — It's amazing the way the Knicks are genuflecting to superstars the days.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Feb 4, 2009

No respect for Love from assistant coaches

NEW YORK — Stumblebum that I am, I have stumbled across a situation whose level of egregiousness falls somewhere between Bernie Madoff and Bernie Goetz.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Jan 28, 2009

Iverson not having positive impact on Pistons

NEW YORK — Given a 21-gun salute Friday at The Palace by the Mavericks, the franchise formerly known as the Pistons "is playing with no emotion," a long-distance viewer observed.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Jan 21, 2009

Toronto's Bargnani starting to fulfill potential

NEW YORK — Not so long ago, Andrea Bargnani said to Raptors president Bryan Colangelo, "What's going on? Why is everybody looking at me like I can't play? All I need is 30 minutes a night to be effective."

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Jan 14, 2009

Time for Knicks to get tough with Marbury

NEW YORK — If I were the Knicks' supreme commander, the moment Stephon Marbury contemptuously announced he wouldn't accept a Lincoln penny less than his final season's $20.8 million salary calls for to become a free agent, I would have ended any and all absurd conjecture about him saddling up somewhere else for a championship drive.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Jan 7, 2009

Barkley lives up to reputation as buffoon

NEW YORK — To Charles Barkley's credit, his capacity for audacity and proclivity for stupidity are unrivaled in NBA annals.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Dec 31, 2008

Boozer should take vow of silence

NEW YORK — This week's Bernie Madoff Chutzpah Award goes to Carlos Boozer. In this epoch of bankruptcies and bailouts, unemployment and unsold tickets, he went out of his way recently to damage the reputation of the "Me" generation.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Dec 24, 2008

LeBron shows media savvy beyond his years

LOS ANGELES — Thought it brilliant strategy for LeBrontosaurus to indicate to the Cleveland Plain Dealer he'll weigh signing an extension with the Cavaliers this summer. Fact or fiction, it stops the reporters from crowding him with inane questions regarding free agency two summers away . . . when the Knicks, Nets, Pistons and other teams will be waiting in the weeds to offer him as much as legally possible . . . and more. The guy knows the (media) game.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Dec 17, 2008

D'Antoni proud of time with Suns despite team's failure to win a title

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Mike D'Antoni openly admitted Monday night's return to Phoenix, his home for six seasons, is a "big deal" to him.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Dec 10, 2008

Rondo running the show for Celtics

NEW YORK — After visiting the Indiana Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse on Tuesday, the 19-2 Celtics invade our nation's capital on Thursday. Given the way they're playing, David Stern has canceled the remainder of the season, called off the playoffs and ordered them to go straight to the White House.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Dec 3, 2008

Knicks, Marbury need resolution

NEW YORK — When Pacers' president Larry Bird decided prior to training camp to support coach Jim O'Brien's fervent desire to exile Jamaal Tinsley, I thought it was a lousy idea.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Nov 26, 2008

Walsh puts Knicks in position to get LeBron

NEW YORK — As a result of Friday's frolic into a future free agent market sprawling with superstars, Knicks president Donnie Walsh sealed NBA executive-of-the-year honors. In one sated afternoon at the trade table, Walsh accomplished last March's employment assignment:

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Nov 19, 2008

Nets landed gem in rookie center Lopez

NEW YORK — No disrespect to Josh Boone whose belligerence on both boards is greatly appreciated, but the guy is not a true center or an adroit shooter.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Nov 12, 2008

McDyess stood firm against return to Denver

NEW YORK — I assume the completion (finally) of the Pistons-Nuggets trade required the four involved players to report to their respective teams, not just those who felt like it, namely Allen Iverson, Chauncey Billups and the illustrious Cheikh Samb.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Nov 5, 2008

No truth to rumors Kidd on trading block

NEW YORK — Opening week in the NBA has been fraught with trade gossip concerning Jason Kidd, TV talk about Mike Woodson and Marc Iavaroni (to name two head coaches) beginning the season in grave job jeopardy;by the end of the telecasts both Atlanta and Memphis upset Orlando, picked by at least one ESPN expert to reach the Finals), and indispensable perishables, notably Greg Oden, again listed as damaged goods.

BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT

Oct 29, 2008

Carlesimo likely to be first coach out door

NEW YORK — How many NBA fans think the league is better off without the Sonics in Seattle?

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.

[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

When trying to trace your lineage in Japan, the "koseki" is the most important form of document you'll encounter.

Climbing the branches of a Japanese family tree

By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Vol. 34: Tokyo, a vanguard city for sustainability

Vol. 34: Tokyo, a vanguard city for sustainability

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