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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
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: SWIMMING
Aug 17, 2008
Phelps wins fly, ties Spitz with 7th gold
BEIJING — Michael Phelps has obliterated swimming records left and right during the 2008 Beijing Games.
OLYMPICS
Aug 17, 2008
Entering uncharted waters
BEIJING — Countless media reports have reminded readers that Michael Phelps will probably make millions of dollars in endorsement deals after the Summer Olympics.
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 17, 2008
Opening week creates stories the world over
BEIJING — More than a week has rapidly gone by since the Beijing Olympics started, and in that time dozens of heart-warming stories have filled up space in newspapers from Swaziland to Saitama.
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: TRACK AND FIELD
Aug 17, 2008
Bolt cruises to 100m Olympic gold
BEIJING — And the winner is — Usain "Lightning" Bolt!
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: SWIMMING
Aug 17, 2008
Nakamura bags bronze in 200 back
It's an old saying — "It's not how you start the race but how you finish it" — but it still seems as fresh as the morning dew.
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: TRACK AND FIELD
Aug 16, 2008
Murofushi breezes in first round of hammer
BEIJING — Hammer thrower Koji Murofushi, the reigning Olympic gold medalist, is right where he wants to be: in position to defend his title.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 16, 2008
Big three cruise in 100m heats
The race is on for 2008's most coveted title in track and field.
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 16, 2008
Japan's boxers lose in first round
BEIJING — Turkey's Yakup Kilic outpointed Satoshi Shimizu 12-9 in a first-round featherweight (58 kg) match at Beijing Workers' Gymnasium on Friday.
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 16, 2008
Phelps on doorstep of unthinkable feat
BEIJING — This column begins with terrific inspiration: the Olympic flame, steadily casting a bright light high above the track at the National Stadium in Beijing.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: SWIMMING
Aug 15, 2008
Double glory as Kitajima repeats feat
BEIJING — Fifteen minutes after repeating as a double gold medalist at the Water Cube on Thursday morning, these were the final words of breaststroke specialist Kosuke Kitajima: "Ashita oyasumi."
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: SWIMMING
Aug 15, 2008
Phelps feeling a bit overexposed
BEIJING — Perhaps the quick quip below best sums up the exhaustive media coverage Michael Phelps is receiving around the world as he attempts to break Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / JAPAN NATIONAL BASEBALL TEAM
Aug 15, 2008
Japan loses to Cuba
BEIJING — Veteran poise carried Cuba to a 4-2 triumph over Japan in their 2008 Olympic opener on Wednesday night.
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: SWIMMING
Aug 14, 2008
Kitajima on target for double haul
BEIJING — Kosuke Kitajima remains on target for an unprecedented repeat double in the Olympic men's breaststroke competition.
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 14, 2008
'Underdog' Gay ready to face his date with destiny
BEIJING — I spent an hour listening to one of the three fastest men living on the planet speak in slow, articulate sentences earlier this week.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: SWIMMING
Aug 13, 2008
Phelps picks up third gold
Perfection is incredibly difficult to attain. Michael Phelps just makes it looks easy.
OLYMPICS
Aug 13, 2008
Phelps in esteemed company at top of Mount Olympus
BEIJING — Here's the answer to an obscure trivia question: Michael Phelps' middle name is Fred.
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 13, 2008
Kitajima's swimming feats inspire a nation
BEIJING — With his head tilted back and his mouth wide open in a victorious roar, Kosuke Kitajima's fist-pump celebration after winning the 100-meter breaststroke final on Monday morning produced Japan's iconic image of the 2008 Summer Games so far.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: GYMNASTICS
Aug 13, 2008
China's men ace gymnastics; Japan second
BEIJING — This story is a familiar one: China was devastated by the earthquake that hit Sichuan Province on May 12, instantly killing thousands and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: SWIMMING
Aug 12, 2008
Kitajima prevails in world-record fashion
BEIJING — Kosuke Kitajima became one of swimming's all-time great Olympians on Monday.
BASKETBALL
Aug 12, 2008
HeatDevils promote Ogawa to head coach
The Oita HeatDevils have upgraded Tadaharu Ogawa's job title. He is no longer the assistant coach; he's now the team's new head coach, the bj-league team has announced.
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.
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.
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.”
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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