author

 
Menu
Search
 
July 17, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
Ed Odeven

Meta

Website

https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/

Twitter

@ed_odeven

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.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 22, 2009
Unions give athletes solidarity, provide more protection
Second in a two-part series
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 21, 2009
Injured Baker in limbo over cash dispute with Apache
First in a two-part series
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 19, 2009
Ryukyu's decision to let star Takushi go a mystery
In a little more than a year's time, the Ryukyu Golden Kings have had three distinct identities:
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 16, 2009
Hannaryz lay down groundwork at bj-league draft
As the bj-league's newest team, the Kyoto Hannaryz are building the foundation for their future.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Jun 14, 2009
Pierce looking to build on successful first season with Lakestars
The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with individuals in the bj-league — Japan's first professional basketball circuit — which wrapped up its fourth season in May. Head coach Bob Pierce of the Shiga Lakestars is the subject of this week's profile. Pierce guided the team to...
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 10, 2009
'Random' drug tests make JSA look bad
What a joke.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 10, 2009
Newton heads class in inaugural Top 20 list
The bj-league hit the nail on the head by naming Ryukyu Golden Kings center Jeff Newton the MVP of the 2008-09 regular season and the playoffs.
BASKETBALL
Jun 7, 2009
Oita decides not to renew Ogawa
After an atrocious 8-44 season, the Oita HeatDevils have decided not to offer head coach Tadaharu Ogawa a contract for the 2009-10 season.
BASKETBALL
Jun 6, 2009
Columbia star K.J. Matsui signs with Rera Kamuy
K.J. Matsui will begin his pro hoop career with the JBL's Rera Kamuy Hokkaido.
BASKETBALL
Jun 4, 2009
Mercury waive Oga
The Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA waived guard Yuko Oga on Tuesday, just days before the 2009 season tips off. She'll return to Japan to further rehabilitate her left wrist, which she fractured during a WJBL game in February.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 2, 2009
Ex-NBA player Benoit named head coach of expansion Hannaryz
The Kyoto Hannaryz have turned to David Benoit to lead the team from Day One.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 29, 2009
Veteran coach Neumann finished in Fukuoka
Although he guided the Rizing Fukuoka to the postseason in each of their first two seasons, coach John Neumann will not return to the bj-league team next season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
May 22, 2009
Phoenix's Nakamura looks back on team's first season in bj-league
Despite a 36-win regular season, the best record in the Eastern Conference, and a trip to the Final Four, Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix coach Kazuo Nakamura didn't describe his team's first season in the bj-league as a resounding success.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 21, 2009
Building title team a 'wonderful experience,' says Ryukyu GM
Two days after the Ryukyu Golden Kings captured the bj-league title in the team's second season, general manager Tatsuro Kimura reflected on the significance of this achievement.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 20, 2009
News and notes from the bj-league's Final Four
Nobody likes to lose back-to-back championship games.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 18, 2009
Another year, another title for Kings' Newton
Jeff Newton is a perfect 4-for-4.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 18, 2009
Ryukyu wins league crown
The Ryukyu Golden Kings have established a new standard of excellence in the bj-league this season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 17, 2009
Golden Kings end Evessa's reign with semifinal victory
It took a miraculous comeback to end the Osaka Evessa's bj-league championship dynasty.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 16, 2009
Apache must neutralize Gardener
Despite the fact that the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix rely on Michael Gardener to carry the offense, coach Kazuo Nakamura's team had multiple scoring options this season, including a 236-cm center named Sun Ming Ming, who can dunk without jumping, and Marcus Morrison, who averaged 17.8 points per...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 15, 2009
Newton, Washington reunited in Ryukyu-Osaka semifinal clash
When future historians document the early years of the bj-league, they'll spend plenty of time chronicling the achievements of Jeff Newton and Lynn Washington.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

Podcast

You can often see generations of families enjoying performances together at Fuji Rock Festival.
Japan’s summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one

Longform

Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
By Tomoko Otake

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Festival overcomes a nuclear accident and COVID
Festival overcomes a nuclear accident and COVID

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER