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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.

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BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...

Oct 6, 2012

Newton confident Ryukyu will contend for another title

The Japan Times features periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. Jeff Newton of the Ryukyu Golden Kings is the subject of this week's profile.

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BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK

Oct 5, 2012

Nash hungry to build off Grouses' success last season

Bob Nash has been around the game long enough to know that he doesn't need to go out of his way to complicate things.

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BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP

Sep 30, 2012

Panasonic helped bring foreign players to Japan

Just as the Japan Basketball League is preparing to re-brand itself as the National Basketball League (NBL) for 2013-14, it is also coping with the planned loss of one of Japan's most successful basketball clubs, the Panasonic Trians.

BASKETBALL

Sep 29, 2012

Peppers back with Rizing Fukuoka

High-scoring forward Josh Peppers has returned to the Rizing Fukuoka, the bj-league team he played for during the Kyushu franchise's inaugural season. The announcement was made on Thursday.

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BASKETBALL

Sep 29, 2012

Former Evessa star Washington claims he is 'blackballed' despite exoneration

The Osaka Evessa and bj-league office claimed that Lynn Washington, one of the league's original superstars, retired on April 9 after he was exonerated of all charges following his arrest and 18 days in Osaka Prefectural Police custody.

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BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK

Sep 28, 2012

Parker not expecting to win fifth straight scoring title

Shimane Susanoo Magic forward Michael Parker, the four-time reigning scoring champion, predicted on Monday he won't win the scoring title this season.

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BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...

Sep 26, 2012

Kreckovic facing huge rebuilding task in Osaka

The Japan Times periodically features interviews with personalities in the bj-league. Coach Zoran Kreckovic of the Osaka Evessa is the subject of this week's profile.

BASKETBALL

Sep 24, 2012

Cinq Reves struggle in exhibition play

The expansion Tokyo Cinq Reves fell to 0-4 in exhibition play on Sunday, losing 86-69 to the Sendai 89ers in the second day of the Tohoku Cup in Akita.

BASKETBALL

Sep 23, 2012

Veteran star Arnold joins Lakestars

Sharpshooter Wayne Arnold, one of the top all-around performers for the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix during the past three seasons, has joined the Shiga Lakestars. The move became official late Saturday night.

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BASKETBALL

Sep 22, 2012

Evessa GM Nomamoto fired after team's rocky preseason start: sources

Hirotaro Nomamoto, the Osaka Evessa general manager since the team entered the bj-league in 2005, was relieved of his duties on Wednesday, sources familiar with the situation told The Japan Times.

OLYMPICS

Sep 21, 2012

Taiwanese IOC member assures Tokyo over vote

Relations between Japan, China and Taiwan have spiraled out of control over the past week, but a longtime Taiwanese International Olympic Committee member is not using that as a pretext for his vote for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK

Sep 21, 2012

Preseason tournament gives teams valuable tuneup

For Ryuji Kawai, his second season at the helm has the same aspiration as the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix's daily message throughout the 2011-12 season: A championship is the only goal. And the high-profile team will aim for that target as a first-year member of the Western Conference after spending...

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BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK

Sep 14, 2012

Ex-referee says bj-league made wrong call with Yuzuki

Kunio Kurata, the bj-league's director of officials since its establishment in 2005, has quietly retired. That shouldn't come as a big surprise; after all, the Shizuoka Prefecture native will turn 61 on Nov. 27, so he reached the mandatory retirement age early in the 2011-12 season.

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OLYMPICS / ANALYSIS

Sep 12, 2012

Island disputes could cost Tokyo 2020 Olympics

With the vote to determine the host of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games less than one year away, Tokyo's chances of landing the global extravaganza could slip away in the wake of Japan's ongoing involvement in island disputes with South Korea, China, Russia and Taiwan.

BASKETBALL

Sep 9, 2012

Jets sign ex-Georgia Tech guard Bell

Former Georgia Tech guard D'Andre Bell has joined the Chiba Jets for the 2012-13 season, the bj-league team announced on Saturday.

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BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK

Sep 7, 2012

Players take Greek offers

The Greek economy is in horrible shape. The eurozone has been on shaky ground for years. And, yes, the Greek League is barely surviving.

BASKETBALL

Sep 1, 2012

Chiba Jets sign pair of veteran forwards

If the current rate of signings keeps up, don't be surprised if a Cameroon basketball fan club is soon established in Japan.

Japan Times

BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK

Aug 31, 2012

Preseason contests signal start of league's eighth season

After another offseason of major changes, the bj-league is entering year eight of its curious existence.

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BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK

Aug 24, 2012

Ashby makes Rizing Fukuoka fifth team in Japan career

Another season, another team for Julius Ashby.

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SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS

Aug 19, 2012

Taking a look back at the spectacular London Games

Before boarding the plane on Wednesday to return to Japan, here are items I scribbled down on paper from the Olympics extravaganza of the past few weeks, days that will always remain in my memory.

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