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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
Nov 5, 2006
Evessa flex muscles in opener
There was only one winning team Saturday night. But, clearly, the bj-league is starting to win the hearts of basketball fans around Japan.
BASKETBALL
Nov 4, 2006
bj-league notebook
Here's a quick rundown on news and notes from around the bj-league:
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 4, 2006
MLB stars edge win
This game was worthy of its All-Star label. Both clubs played a solid, crowd-pleasing game Friday night at Tokyo Dome.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 4, 2006
MVP Washington set to lead champ Evessa's bid for repeat
Want the primer for winning the hearts of fans and a prominent spot in a sport's history books at the same time?
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BASKETBALL
Nov 3, 2006
Benoit happy to impart wisdom from NBA days to Broncos
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- He played in arenas with 20,000 people rooting against him and his teammates.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 2, 2006
Joe Bryant and Apache reaching out to community
It's 10:45 on Tuesday morning. Tokyo Apache coach Joe Bryant and his players are busy preparing for another day in the gym. They bring the necessary attire -- sneakers, baggy shorts, jerseys -- and, of course, their basketballs. They have a special audience, too.
BASKETBALL
Oct 25, 2006
Veteran Shoji looking forward to fresh start with Broncos in bj-league
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Some things are inevitable: political scandals in election years, bad hair days, predictable plots in action-movie sequels.
BASKETBALL
Sep 27, 2006
Evessa tops Korean hoops squad
The Osaka Evessa defeated the Samsung Thunders 87-80 Monday night at the Osaka City Central Gymnasium in the first of a two-game home-and-home series between the teams.
BASKETBALL
Sep 21, 2006
Apache's Bryant all smiles ahead of new bj-league season
Joe "Jellybean" Bryant walked into Ariake Colosseum Sunday with the same excitement as a kid entering a candy store.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 9, 2006
All NFL games now on Yahoo
The NFL and Yahoo announced Friday an agreement has been reached for football fans around the world to watch all NFL games live on the Internet.
BASKETBALL
Sep 5, 2006
Roundball at best (and worst) at FIBA
SAITAMA -- We've watched so much basketball over the past two weeks that we've started blurting out phrases such as "Dunk again, Gasol!" and "Hit another 3-pointer, Navarro!" in our sleep.
BASKETBALL
Sep 5, 2006
Spain's Hernandez the class of FIBA coaches
SAITAMA-- Spain has made a quantum leap.
BASKETBALL
Sep 5, 2006
Even loss doesn't temper excitement of golden Greek guard Papaloukas
SAITAMA -- Theodoros Papaloukas experienced something unfamiliar at the FIBA World Championship: a loss in a title game.
BASKETBALL
Sep 4, 2006
An ode to basketball
Pau Gasol holds up the James Naismith Trophy after the FIBA World Championship final between Spain and Greece at Saitama Super Arena on Sunday. KYODO PHOTO
BASKETBALL
Sep 4, 2006
Spain thrashes Greece in final
SAITAMA -- It seemed only fitting that when the public-address announcer called out the names of the players before Sunday's FIBA World Championship final the first name he said was Pau Gasol's.
BASKETBALL
Sep 3, 2006
U.S. outmuscles Argentina
SAITAMA -- Humbled by defeat to Greece on Friday, Team USA responded with a character-building win over Argentina in the FIBA World Championship third-place game.
BASKETBALL
Sep 3, 2006
Spain to face Greece without Gasol
SAITAMA -- Can Spain replace Pau Gasol's productivity?
BASKETBALL
Sep 2, 2006
Hot-shooting Greeks upset USA
SAITAMA -- There's jubilation in Athens. There's disappointment in America.
BASKETBALL
Sep 1, 2006
Expect a thriller in 2nd semi
SAITAMA -- Friday's Argentina-Spain semifinal matchup should be the most entertaining game of the FIBA World Championship.
BASKETBALL
Sep 1, 2006
Gutsy Greece aims to shock Team USA
SAITAMA -- In the long road to the semifinals, 74 games have been contested at the FIBA World Championship.
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.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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