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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
Feb 10, 2009
Golden Kings maintain hot form
The Ryukyu Golden Kings improved to 24-6 by beating the visiting Rizing Fukuoka 87-73 on Sunday.
BASKETBALL
Feb 8, 2009
Energetic 89ers end Phoenix's win streak
The streak is over.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Feb 8, 2009
Horne fired up about playing for Benoit, Broncos
The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in the bj-league, Japan's first professional basketball circuit. Steve Horne of the Takamatsu Five Arrows is the subject of this week's profile.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 6, 2009
Ongoing block party key for Golden Kings
"Who's to say where the wind will take you?/Who's to say what it is will break you?/I don't know which way the wind will blow." — U2's Bono sings on "Kite," a song from "All That You Can't Leave Behind."
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 5, 2009
Apache slump continues as Albirex overpower hosts
Since losing to the Osaka Evessa in the bj-league championship game last season, the Tokyo Apache have had one goal in mind: to earn a championship this season.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Feb 5, 2009
Holm earns defensive award for big January
Sendai 89ers center Chris Holm has become the bj-league's chairman of the boards.
BASKETBALL
Feb 2, 2009
Apache frustrated by bogey team Phoenix
Psychologically and mathematically, the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix have the Tokyo Apache's number.
BASKETBALL
Feb 1, 2009
Newton leads the way as Ryukyu tops Osaka
Jeff Newton, this season's leading MVP candidate in the bj-league, lived up to his reputation on Saturday afternoon in Kansai.
BASKETBALL
Jan 31, 2009
Humphrey sidelined
Veteran guard John "Helicopter" Humphrey, one of the most prolific scorers since the bj-league's inception, is expected to be sidelined for at least a month due to a broken left wrist, the Tokyo Apache announced on Friday.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 31, 2009
Five Arrows lose Leach for season
The Takamatsu Five Arrows will vie for the franchise's first championship without one of their most vital players, center George Leach.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 30, 2009
MVP St. Preux never gave up hoop dreams
BEPPU, Oita Pref. — Contrasting images fill my head as I sit down to write this. Bouncing basketballs heard after endless hours in the gym and the pleasant silence of the local onsen (hot springs) clash for control. No problem. I'm relaxed.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 26, 2009
East beats West as All-Star game delivers spectacle
BEPPU, Oita Pref. — Sporting events — universally known as fun and games to 8-year-olds and octogenarians alike — are expected to be entertaining spectacles. All-Star games, on the other hand, are supposed to be wildly entertaining, taking that concept to a higher level.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME NOTEBOOK
Jan 26, 2009
Hometown hero Suzuki pips Garrison in 3-Point Contest
Oita HeatDevils guard Yukinori Suzuki triumphed in the 3-Point Contest, ending Matt Garrison's two-year reign as champion.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 25, 2009
Phoenix roll into All-Star break
The streak began on Dec. 20, and so much has changed since then — their season and, possibly, the foundation of the world's geopolitical order.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 24, 2009
Neumann analyzes Curry, recalls Pistol Pete
Every dozen years or so, a young athlete arrives on the scene — Cristiano Ronaldo, Usain Bolt or LeBron James, for instance — with the demeanor, athleticism and poise beyond their years to be the next standard-bearer of excellence in that sport.
BASKETBALL
Jan 19, 2009
Apache hold off charging Broncos
Masashi Joho had the hot hand in the first quarter. Draining shots left and right, he helped the Tokyo Apache take control of Sunday's game from the get-go.
BASKETBALL
Jan 18, 2009
Joho's heroics carry Tokyo to OT triumph
Clutch shooting never goes out of style.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 17, 2009
Top stars left out of bj-league All-Star Game
It's simply preposterous to believe Lynn Washington, John "Helicopter" Humphrey and Nick Davis are not among the bj-league's best 20 players. These guys have been a big part of the league's growth — and success — since Day One.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 16, 2009
Ashby contributing for Bryant's Apache
Jerod Ward and Nile Murry suited up for the then-expansion Toyama Grouses in the 2006-07 season, and Julius Ashby made his mark as the starting center for the first-year Takamatsu Five Arrows.
BASKETBALL
Jan 12, 2009
Parker, Kawazura combine to lead Fukuoka to OT victory over Shiga
Michael Parker handled the heavy-duty offensive workload, scoring 44 points, and teammate Tsuyoshi Kawazura reminded us that quality is just as important as quantity in sports.
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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