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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
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Sep 23, 2009
Murray rips Rawl for reneging on offer to coach Oita
The Oita HeatDevils were in shambles last season, including in the team's front office. Not only did the club manage to lose a league-worst 44 games (it played 52), it also created unnecessary headaches for the bj-league.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Sep 20, 2009
Chances for Sojourner to play this season look dim
After a decade in Japan, much of it devoted to spreading his love of basketball to the masses, Isaac Sojourner is without a team for the upcoming season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 19, 2009
Fate of Five Arrows still unclear as season looms
The bj-league's fifth season begins on Oct. 3 — with or without the Takamatsu Five Arrows.
SPORTS / BOOS AND BRAVOS
Sep 11, 2009
Matsui's August exploits prove he can still be a dependable hitter
BRAVO — Who says Godzilla has reached the point where he's no longer a valuable contributor on the baseball field?
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 11, 2009
Ichiro produces magic with baseball bat in his hands
Ichiro Suzuki is a hitting machine.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 6, 2009
Two-time MVP Washington re-signs with Evessa
Two-time bj-league MVP Lynn Washington will return to the Osaka Evessa this season, he confirmed on Friday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 29, 2009
Ex-NCAA star Abdul-Rauf signs with Kyoto Hannaryz
Ex-NBA shooting guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, who rose to national prominence as one of college basketball's most prolific scorers, will play for the expansion Kyoto Hannaryz this season, the team has announced.
BASKETBALL
Aug 26, 2009
Five Arrows may skip season over finances
Just days before bj-league teams begin playing preseason games, the Takamatsu Five Arrows' season and future existence are in limbo.
SPORTS / BOOS AND BRAVOS
Aug 26, 2009
Lowlights, highlights make sports compelling every week
Editor's note: This is the first in an occasional column that highlights feats and disappointments in Japanese sports. (This column was originally filed on Aug. 20).
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Aug 23, 2009
JBA leaders should resign following national team's poor showing
It's foolish to think the Japan Basketball Association understands what it takes to build a successful men's basketball program.
BASKETBALL
Aug 21, 2009
Miyazaki, Shimane to join bj-league
The fast-growing, upstart bj-league will feature 16 teams for the 2010-11 season, the league announced on Tuesday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 14, 2009
Sprint queen Fukushima looking forward to challenge at worlds
How quickly things can change.
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 9, 2009
Swim legend Furuhashi inspired Japan at tough time
There are historical icons in every nation. But only a few individuals can be considered symbols of a nation's collective psyche during a particular era.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 6, 2009
JAAF gives national team warm sendoff
Just days away from the start of track and field's biggest competition of 2009, top officials from the Japan Association of Athletics Federations expressed pride in its athletes and confidence that they'll have a successful showing in Germany.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Aug 5, 2009
Time for Apache to do right thing with Joe Bryant
It's been 2 1/2 months since the Ryukyu Golden Kings defeated the Tokyo Apache in the bj-league championship game.
BASKETBALL
Jul 31, 2009
Apache says dispute with Baker resolved; source begs to differ
Weeks after undergoing surgery at a Tokyo hospital to repair a torn Achilles tendon he sustained in the bj-league championship game, Dameion Baker returned to his home in North Carolina in late June.
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 30, 2009
No hurry for Kitajima to return to spotlight
With four Olympic gold medals on his sterling resume, breaststroker Kosuke Kitajima has already attained a level of success that millions of athletes can only dream of.
BASKETBALL
Jul 25, 2009
Lowly Grouses hire Johnson as head coach
As the summer heats up, bj-league teams continue to make preparations for the 2009-10 season.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jul 8, 2009
Tornadoes learn lessons from 0-18 season
Nobody wants to play 18 games and lose every single one of them.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 24, 2009
Five Arrows hire Neumann
The Takamatsu Five Arrows have filled their coaching vacancy, hiring veteran floor boss John Neumann as the team's new head coach. The announcement was made on Tuesday.
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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