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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
Apr 16, 2008
Peppers earns final week honors
Rookie forward Joshua Peppers was a reliable all-around scoring threat for the first-year Rizing Fukuoka this season, scoring 20 or more points 23 times. His team, meanwhile, earned a playoff berth on the final day of the bj-league's regular season on Sunday, a day in which he scored 23 points and matched...
BASKETBALL
Apr 15, 2008
Apache outlast HeatDevils in OT; earn right to host wild-card game
Seconds before overtime started on Sunday afternoon at Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo Apache coach Joe Bryant told his players the good news: The Takamatsu Five Arrows had just beaten the Niigata Albirex BB 90-85.
BASKETBALL
Apr 13, 2008
Teams scramble for playoff spots
Like a boxing match that's decided in the final 10 seconds during a frenetic exchange of punches, the 2007-08 bj-league season will go down to the wire.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 11, 2008
Playoff spots on line as season wraps up
It's a sign of strength, an indication of quality players and stellar coaching, that three bj-league teams enter the season's final weekend tied for the league's top record.
BASKETBALL
Apr 9, 2008
Albirex's Garrison collects award
Known for his knack for consistently putting points on the board, Niigata Albirex BB forward Matt Garrison did it again last weekend, helping his team sweep the Saitama Broncos and improve to 25-17 a week before the playoffs begin.
BASKETBALL
Apr 6, 2008
Evessa make statement with rout over 89ers in playoff-like showdown
Saturday's Osaka Evessa-Sendai 89ers game featured a playoff-like atmosphere at Osaka Central Gym.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 6, 2008
Japan IBL team set for 2009
Life is full of surprises, isn't it?
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Apr 5, 2008
St. Preux, Davis win March honors
"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.'' — Michael Jordan Bobby St. Preux emulates MJ's mental approach...
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 4, 2008
Evessa, 89ers set for clash in Osaka
Ladies and gentlemen, give the schedule-makers a round of applause.
BASKETBALL
Apr 2, 2008
DeWitz, Davis nab accolades
Big men have played a prominent roles for the Sendai 89ers and Tokyo Apache this season.
BASKETBALL
Mar 31, 2008
Osaka stakes claim to first place in win
The Takamatsu Five Arrows were co-leaders of the bj-league's Western Conference for less than 24 hours.
BASKETBALL
Mar 30, 2008
Takamatsu moves into tie for first with Osaka
With five regular-season games remaining, the Takamatsu Five Arrows now occupy a share of first place in the bj-league's Western Conference.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 30, 2008
Browne lands deal with WJBL's Koalas
Ree Browne, a former California State University-Dominguez Hills center, has signed a contract to play for the Mitsubishi Koalas of the WJBL, The Japan Times has learned.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 28, 2008
Rival point guards locked in battle for bj-league assist title
They may not speak about it day after day, but there's a spirited competition taking place for the bj-league's assist title this season between Oita Heat Devils point guard Tsubasa Yonamine and his counterpart from the Ryukyu Golden Kings, Naoto Takushi.
BASKETBALL
Mar 27, 2008
Sea Horses capture JBL title
The Aisin Sea Horses captured the JBL Finals title on Wednesday, topping the defending champion Toyota Motors Alvark 93-79 in the decisive Game 5 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium Annex. J.R. Sakuragi scored a team-high 25 points and grabbed 18 rebounds for Aisin, which controlled the glass by outrebounding...
BASKETBALL
Mar 26, 2008
Sea Horses even series with Alvark
The Aisin Sea Horses forced a decisive fifth game in the JBL Finals, defeating the defending champion Toyota Motors 88-69 on Tuesday at Yoyogi National Gymnasium Annex. Aisin outscored Toyota 30-15 in the fourth quarter, evening the series at two games apiece. J.R. Sakuragi led the Sea Horses with 25...
BASKETBALL
Mar 26, 2008
Apache's Davis receives award
Nick Davis, a major offseason pickup for the Tokyo Apache, has helped his team win seven straight games, including a series sweep over the Niigata Albirex BB last weekend. Davis is the Circle K Sunkus Player of the Week, the bj-league announced on Tuesday. Davis, a 31-year-old center, had 13 points,...
BASKETBALL
Mar 24, 2008
Nakamura's hot hand lifts Evessa to victory
Sharpshooter Naoto Nakamura was in a zone on Sunday afternoon, burying 3-point shot after 3-point shot in the Osaka Evessa's 95-80 home win over the Rizing Fukuoka.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 23, 2008
Columbia's Matsui aims to be a leader
Just days after his junior season concluded, K.J. Matsui has already set big targets for his final college basketball season at Columbia University.
BASKETBALL
Mar 22, 2008
Oga joins Mercury for camp
Point guard Yuko Oga has signed a training camp contract with the WNBA reigning champion Phoenix Mercury, the team announced. "Yuko is a point guard who will thrive in our up-tempo offense," Mercury coach Corey Gaines said in a press release earlier this week. "Her experience playing international ball...
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
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.
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.
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.
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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