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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 / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 13, 2009
Addition of Peppers could boost Sendai
The bj-league's version of interleague play returns this week as all six weekend series pit Eastern Conference clubs against their Western Conference foes.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Mar 10, 2009
Tennichi searching for key to keeping defending champions on top
The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with individuals in the bj-league — Japan's first professional basketball circuit — which began its fourth season in October. Head coach Kensaku Tennichi of the three-time defending champion Osaka Evessa is the subject of this week's profile....
BASKETBALL
Mar 9, 2009
Phoenix hit top gear in win over HeatDevils
The Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix recorded their fourth straight blowout victory on Sunday, coach Kazuo Nakamura's club cruising to a 98-66 road triumph over the host Oita HeatDevils.
BASKETBALL
Mar 8, 2009
Washington propels Evessa past Grouses
Lynn Washington's triple-double sparked the Osaka Evessa to a 105-92 home win over the Toyama Grouses on Saturday night.
BASKETBALL
Mar 7, 2009
Pesky Lakestars edge Apache in overtime
The Shiga Lakestars had plenty of offensive firepower in the opening minutes of Friday's game against the Tokyo Apache. But they had plenty of scoring punch in overtime, too.
BASKETBALL
Mar 6, 2009
Apache rebound with win
How a team plays in the game after a loss is often a more revealing test of a team's character than a game that occurs after a victory. Ancient Greek philosophers have said similar things, but they never watched basketball.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 6, 2009
Neumann's Rizing gear up for run at playoffs
It's time to separate the contenders from the pretenders.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Mar 4, 2009
Nakagawa, Ashby cited for performance in Feb.
With the addition of point guard Kazuyuki Nakagawa, the Takamatsu Five Arrows became a more potent basketball team in January.
BASKETBALL
Mar 2, 2009
Sojourner spring leads Broncos past Apache
Veteran forward Isaac Sojourner made an immediate impact when he joined the Saitama Broncos, scoring 28 points in his Broncos debut on Jan. 30.
BASKETBALL
Mar 1, 2009
Kinjo lifts Golden Kings
Shigeyuki Kinjo drained a game-winning free throw with no time left on the game clock to lead the Ryukyu Golden Kings to a dramatic 70-69 road win over the Shiga Lakestars on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 27, 2009
FIBA promotes unity between Japan's leagues
Desperate times call for desperate measures, someone once said. And it's safe to say these are desperate times for the Japan Basketball Association.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 27, 2009
Five Arrows aiming to continue good run
The Rizing Fukuoka face the daunting task of playing host to the Takamatsu Five Arrows this weekend. It's a job nearly as challenging as, well, hosting the Oscars.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Feb 24, 2009
Kinjo reaps benefits of workouts
The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in the bj-league — Japan's first professional basketball circuit — which began its fourth season in October. Shigeyuki Kinjo of the Ryukyu Golden Kings is the subject of this week's profile.
BASKETBALL
Feb 23, 2009
Okada's late 3-pointer sparks Five Arrows to 11th straight victory
The Ryukyu Golden Kings own the bj-league's best record after 34 games, but the Takamatsu Five Arrows, winners of 11 straight games, are the league's hottest team.
BASKETBALL
Feb 22, 2009
Streaking Apache fire on all cylinders in win
The more options a coach has, the better chance that team will be successful in the long run.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 20, 2009
Nakagawa providing spark for streaking Takamatsu
When steady center George Leach sustained a season-ending knee injury in mid-January, it appeared the Takamatsu Five Arrows faced an uphill battle to remain one of the bj-league's elite teams.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Feb 19, 2009
Time for bj-league to take stock, make necessary changes
Baseball and soccer are well-established professional sports in Japan. And now it's time for the bj-league, Japan's first professional basketball league, to take necessary steps to earn its place as an established, respected league.
BASKETBALL
Feb 16, 2009
Apache, Five Arrows make big statements
Two second-place clubs posted statement-making sweeps and moved within a game of the bj-league's conference leaders over the weekend.
BASKETBALL
Feb 15, 2009
Apache victorious in Baker's season debut
Veteran standouts John "Helicopter" Humphrey and Nick Davis gave the Tokyo Apache a big spark in their return to the lineup and forward Dameion Baker, who has had two previous stints on the team, made his season debut in a 96-72 rout of the visiting Toyama Grouses.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 13, 2009
Teams look to solidify playoff spots on road
Three teams enter this weekend's action with 12-18 records, and all three can enhance their playoff position with a two-game road sweep.
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.
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.
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.”
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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