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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 / HOOP SCOOP
Oct 30, 2009
Teams need true home venues for legitimacy
The Toyama Grouses are listed as the home team at nine venues for the bj-league's 2009-10 season. The Rizing Fukuoka and Osaka Evessa are both listed as the home team at eight different venues, while the Oita HeatDevils are scheduled to use seven home venues this season.
BASKETBALL
Oct 26, 2009
Apache gather steam with win over Broncos
After a slow start this season, the Tokyo Apache are starting to hit on all cylinders.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 23, 2009
Solid nucleus helps Sendai to league-best 6-0 mark
With six victories in as many games, including a series sweep over the Niigata Albirex BB last weekend the Sendai 89ers have a well-deserved break this weekend.
BASKETBALL
Oct 19, 2009
Five Arrows hit target for first win of season
The run-and-gun Takamatsu Five Arrows picked up their first victory of the season on Sunday, prevailing 95-91 over the visiting Kyoto Hannaryz.
BASKETBALL
Oct 18, 2009
Golden Kings remind rivals of title pedigree
The Ryukyu Golden Kings put 70 points on the board after halftime on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 17, 2009
Johnson has work cut out for him in trying to turn around hapless Grouses
There have been few highlights for the Toyama Grouses during their brief existence as a pro basketball team.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 16, 2009
NBA lockout gives Greene a shot at big time
Considered a top official during the bj-league's first four seasons, Tim Greene is now in uncharted territory.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 14, 2009
Albirex's efficient attack too much for Apache
The Tokyo Apache are struggling to find a collective identity and successfully combine all the elements of new coach Motofumi Aoki's game plan.
BASKETBALL
Oct 12, 2009
Champ Golden Kings split series with Evessa
Despite the absence of Jeff Newton from the lineup on Sunday, the Ryukyu Golden Kings earned a series split in the season-opening battle of the bj-league's Western Conference powers.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 9, 2009
Coach Rowsom faces tough task in rebuilding HeatDevils
From humble beginnings growing up in a town of 900 people in North Carolina, Brian Rowsom defied the odds by making it to the NBA.
SPORTS / BOOS AND BRAVOS
Oct 9, 2009
Kameda clan stoops to a new low
BOO — Good sportsmanship isn't something the Kameda family comprehends. Review the facts from October 2007 to see the stunts the Kameda brothers pulled in the ring.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 9, 2009
Kings GM Kimura recalls title run in new book
A positive symbol of the bj-league's growth is contained in a new 240-page book written by Tatsuro Kimura, the Ryukyu Golden Kings' general manager and president.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 7, 2009
White comes through in crunch time to help Phoenix top Apache
Wendell White showcased his shooter's touch in crunch time on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 4, 2009
Joho, Schlatter lead Lakestars past Kyoto in bj-league season opener
KYOTO — A year ago, the Osaka Evessa handed the Shiga Lakestars a loss in their debut game in the bj-league.
OLYMPICS
Oct 2, 2009
Mills: IOC voters face difficult choice for 2016 Olympic bid
Running legend Billy Mills, a tireless ambassador for the Olympic movement and one of the world's greatest motivational speakers, took time out of his busy schedule to offer his thoughts on the 2016 Summer Olympics bid.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 2, 2009
Lakestars excited about adding Joho
The Shiga Lakestars made a bold move this week, acquiring Masashi Joho from the Tokyo Apache for forward Reina Itakura.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Sep 30, 2009
Hopes of Hannaryz riding on Abdul-Rauf
The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. The league's fifth season begins on Saturday. Guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf of the expansion Kyoto Hannaryz is the subject of this week's profile.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Sep 27, 2009
Source says JBL teams in trouble, league not viable in long term
Japanese basketball is suffering from an identity crisis. Besides Yuta Tabuse, the average citizen cannot name a handful of other top-level Japanese players. Indeed, this is problem No. 1.
BASKETBALL
Sep 26, 2009
Five Arrows will play as search for sponsors continues
The Takamatsu Five Arrows are still in dire financial straits, but they are moving along to prepare for the season's opening game against the host Sendai 89ers on Oct. 3.
BASKETBALL
Sep 25, 2009
Five Arrows won't skip season
It's official: The Takamatsu Five Arrows will play in the 2009-10 season, putting to rest the question of whether the team would suspend operations for the upcoming bj-league campaign and try to re-enter the league next season.
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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