Welcome to Sports Chat on The Japan Times Online.
Every Tuesday at noon (Japan time), our sports columnists will be online to discuss and debate the latest sports topics with readers.
The rules:
- No obscene, racist or abusive language.
- Stay on the topic of sports.
- Use only English.
The chat is not taking place at the moment. Please see the schedule for the next chat.
SCHEDULE:
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Jan. 12, 22:00-23:00 — Mark Buckton (sumo)
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Jan. 19, 22:00-23:00 — Mark Buckton (sumo)
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Mar. 16, 22:00-23:00 — Mark Buckton (sumo)
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Mar. 23, 22:00-23:00 — Mark Buckton (sumo)
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May 11, 22:00-23:00 — Mark Buckton (sumo)
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July 13, 22:00-23:00 — Mark Buckton (sumo)
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July 20, 22:00-23:00 — Mark Buckton (sumo)
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Nov. 16, 22:00-23:00 — Mark Buckton (sumo)
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Nov. 23, 22:00-23:00 — Mark Buckton (sumo)
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Jan. 4, 22:00-23:00 — Mark Buckton (sumo)
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Jan. 11, 22:00-23:00 — Mark Buckton (sumo)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Mark Buckton covers things 'sumo' for the Japan Times. A former member of the British RAF decorated for his service 'between wars' in northern Iraq, his years of military service finally caught up with his body last year leading him to hang-up his mawashi after a brief venture into amateur sumo. A long time contributor to a wide range of the English language print media in Japan, Buckton is co-founder and editor-in-chief of the online, bilingual (soon to be trilingual) Sumo Fan Magazine. Heading a team of 17 from 9 nations, he is helping to take sumo to the world and has covered Japan's national sport for magazines and newspapers across Asia, the EU and North America.
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