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Ed Odeven
Ed Odeven covers primarily basketball for The Japan Times. He reported on a wide range of sports from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Summer Games for this newspaper. A native of the Bronx, N.Y., Odeven is a graduate of Arizona State University. 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. His articles have appeared in Venezuela Online News, The Gleaner (Jamaica), the Monitor (Uganda), The Moscow Times, Swimming World Magazine and numerous other publications.
BASKETBALL
Dec 6, 2009
Lottich leads HeatDevils past Grouses
Matt Lottich made a triumphant return to the bj-league on Saturday.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Dec 5, 2009
Parker earns November accolades
Do-it-all forward Michael Parker plays a starring role for the Rizing Fukuoka.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 4, 2009
Five Arrows fighting back after rough start
The Takamatsu Five Arrows have quietly crept into the conversation about the teams with the best chance to shake things up in the Western Conference playoff hunt.
BASKETBALL
Nov 30, 2009
Rizing knuckle down, come back with win
The Rizing Fukuoka were handed a dose of reality on Saturday, a reminder that no team is invincible in the bj-league. It was an embarrassing loss, a 24-point setback coming after coach Tadaharu Ogawa's team had reeled off eight straight victories.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 29, 2009
Rowsom says Lottich signing key addition for Oita
The Oita HeatDevils' reclamation project is far from finished.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 27, 2009
Sticky fingers help Phoenix to fast start
Take the ball away from your foe. It's one of the oldest strategies in any playbook, and opportunistic defense has helped the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix triumph in 11 of their first 12 games.
BASKETBALL
Nov 22, 2009
Washington, Evessa edge Golden Kings
After losing to the Ryukyu Golden Kings in the bj-league's playoff semifinals last May, Osaka Evessa forward Lynn Washington, a member of the team's three championship squads in the league's first three seasons, spoke about the team's desire to use that game as motivation for the coming season.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 20, 2009
Hannaryz trying to shake slump
Every expansion team is expected to struggle during its inaugural season. And if Aristotle had focused on athletics instead of classic philosophy, he could've written volumes about this subject.
BASKETBALL
Nov 16, 2009
Apache beat Broncos to halt losing streak
Tokorozawa, Saitama Pref. — Something had to give.
BASKETBALL
Nov 15, 2009
White, Knight ignite Phoenix to easy win
Sometimes nicknames are created in the blink of an eye.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 14, 2009
Time for Albirex to consider replacing Hirose as coach
When should a team fire a head coach?
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 13, 2009
Staggered start makes it tough getting out of gate
Before the dark days of the winter, the first five weeks of the season have essentially served as a dress rehearsal for the bj-league's 13 teams.
BASKETBALL
Nov 10, 2009
No place like home for Sendai's hoop wizards
For basketball fans in Tohoku and the Sendai 89ers, an unforgettable line from "The Wizard of Oz" succinctly summarizes the bj-league team's success this season: "There's no place like home."
BASKETBALL
Nov 8, 2009
Jointer leads Broncos past struggling Albirex
Mario Jointer scored the go-ahead basket with 4:33 remaining in overtime, leading the Saitama Broncos to an 82-81 road win over the Niigata Albirex BB on Saturday.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Nov 7, 2009
Pomare, Hamilton nab monthly honors
Here's how Gyno Pomare can sum up his first month in the bj-league: Seven games, seven double-doubles, seven memorable experiences.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 6, 2009
Kinjo coming into own for defending champs
While racking up the bj-league's Most Improved Player honors last season and collecting a championship ring, Ryukyu Golden Kings guard Shigeyuki Kinjo emerged as a genuine hero for countless youngsters in Okinawa.
BASKETBALL
Nov 2, 2009
Broncos beat Grouses for first win of season
Terrence Woodyard's valiant effort carried the Saitama Broncos to their first victory of the season on Sunday.
BASKETBALL
Nov 1, 2009
Golden Kings outplay Hannaryz
The Ryukyu Golden Kings used a balanced attack to beat the visiting Kyoto Hannaryz 90-84 on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 31, 2009
Experience helps Lakestars excel
The Shiga Lakestars have staged their own October surprise.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 30, 2009
Grouses get off to fast start after years of frustration
Triple overtime wins give a team a healthy dose of confidence — and plenty of exhaustion, too.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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