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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.
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 a 19-33...
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.
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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