Ed Odeven

1 day ago | japan-forward.com | Ed Odeven

Veteran MLB starter Yusei Kikuchi is enduring a disappointing first season with the Los Angeles Angels. The left-hander made his ninth start of the 2025 MLB season on Monday, May 12. Against the San Diego Padres, Kikuchi allowed seven hits and four runs (two earned) in six innings. He walked two and struck out four in the Angels' 9-5 victory at Petco Park. Kikuchi left the game with the Padres leading 4-3. It was his third straight no-decision. LA scored six runs in the top of the ninth.

1 day ago | featured.japan-forward.com | Ed Odeven

Veteran MLB starter Yusei Kikuchi is enduring a disappointing first season with the Los Angeles Angels. The left-hander made his ninth start of the 2025 MLB season on Monday, May 12. Against the San Diego Padres, Kikuchi allowed seven hits and four runs (two earned) in six innings. He walked two and struck out four in the Angels' 9-5 victory at Petco Park. Kikuchi left the game with the Padres leading 4-3. It was his third straight no-decision. LA scored six runs in the top of the ninth.

3 days ago | featured.japan-forward.com | Ed Odeven

Four teams remain in the hunt for the 2024-25 B.League title. Over the weekend of May 9-11, the Japan men's pro basketball circuit staged a quartet of best-of-three quarterfinal series, and the Ryukyu Golden Kings, Chiba Jets, San-en NeoPhoenix, and Utsunomiya Brex punched their tickets to the semifinals. The semifinal pairings are San-en (47-12 in the regular season) vs Ryukyu (46-14) and Utsunomiya (48-12) vs Chiba (42-18).

4 days ago | featured.japan-forward.com | Ed Odeven

Hoshoryu begins his quest to win his first Emperor's Cup as a yokozuna against komusubi Wakatakakage on the opening day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday, May 11. Promoted to sumo's highest rank in January 2025, Hoshoryu pulled out of the Spring Basho in Osaka on Day 10. He had compiled a 5-4 record over the previous nine days. Hoshoryu withdrew from the March tournament due to elbow pain and a neck injury.

6 days ago | japan-forward.com | Ed Odeven

To follow everything that's happening in the world of sports in, say, the course of a year, you need to be available 24/7 to monitor the news. For this column, though, let's focus on a handful of big stories from the past week or so ― soccer, baseball, basketball and tennis. Celtic FC forward Daizen Maeda was named the Scottish Players' Player of the Year award winner on Monday, May 5. It was hardly a surprise that Maeda got the nod for the award.