Features [JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] MLB Lockout Impacting Players’ Preparations for 2022 Season Reigning AL MVP Shohei Ohtani, who is looking to pick up where he left off in 2021, and slugger Seiya Suzuki, who is waiting... Ed OdevenFebruary 27, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics Beijing Olympians Show Off Range of Japan’s Talent and Skills with Great Results Team Japan finished the 2022 Winter Games with 18 medals, collecting top-three finishes in seven different sports. Ed OdevenFebruary 23, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | Finland Collects Men’s Hockey Gold For The First Time Hannes Bjorninen scored 31 seconds into the third period to lift Finland past Russia. SportsLookFebruary 20, 2022
Features [ODDS and EVENS] Many Memorable Olympic Tales Are Overlooked, but Deserve Our Attention While established powers collect most of the medals, smaller Olympic contingents and hometown heroes spanning the globe deliver compelling underdog stories. Ed OdevenFebruary 20, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | New Zealand’s Nico Porteous Soars and Flips to Freeski Halfpipe Gold Porteous dethroned two-time Olympic champion David Wise on the penultimate day of the Beijing Games. SportsLookFebruary 19, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | Japan Women’s Curling Team Edges Switzerland to Reach Gold-Medal Match for First Time Skip Satsuki Fujisawa and her teammates handled the pressure of a high-stakes match and played more consistently in a bounce-back win over the Swiss. Ed OdevenFebruary 19, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | Japan Clinches Spot in Women’s Curling Semifinals The 2018 Olympic bronze medalist advanced to the final four on a tiebreaker after Britain, Japan and Canada finished with identical records. SportsLookFebruary 17, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics Speed Skater Miho Takagi Wins Women’s 1,000-Meter Gold in Record Time Takagi powered across the finish line in 1 minute, 13.18 seconds to help soothe the pain of Japan’s late collapse in the women’s team... Ed OdevenFebruary 17, 2022
Features [ODDS and EVENS] Japan Women’s Curling Squad’s Success Story Buoyed by Coaching Continuity "You have to play against the best teams to get better,” said Canadian mentor J.D. Lind, who has served as the national team head... Ed OdevenFebruary 17, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | Slovakia Stuns US with Shootout Shocker in Men’s Ice Hockey Slovakia tied it late in regulation, survived a 10-minute 3-on-3 overtime, then won it in a shootout to advance to the semifinals. SportsLookFebruary 16, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | Akito Watabe Finishes Third in Nordic Combined Large Hill Event Sochi gold medalist Joergen Graabak and fellow Norwegian Jens Luraas Oftebro took the lead from Watabe and held on for the top two spots. SportsLookFebruary 16, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics Heartbreak on Ice: Nana Takagi Falls on Final Turn as Japan Settles for Silver Japan, which won Olympic gold in the team pursuit in 2018, held the lead before Takagi slid off the track in dramatic fashion against... Ed OdevenFebruary 15, 2022