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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
Oct 31, 2008
Three clubs unbeaten as Week 4 play begins
Parity can be a good thing in sports, keeping fans' attention throughout a long season. And already that is what we are seeing in the bj-league this season.
BASKETBALL
Oct 27, 2008
Live-wire Kitamuki provides spark as Broncos score win over Albirex
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — While opening the season with four wins in as many games, the Saitama Broncos have discovered a new sparkplug.
BASKETBALL
Oct 26, 2008
Productive Sun helps Phoenix rout Apache
Sun Ming Ming took a big step forward on Saturday and helped his team earn a runaway victory in the process.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 25, 2008
Hasegawa qualified to manage WBC team
There has been much discussion about who should be the manager for Japan's 2009 World Baseball Classic team. The now-retired Sadaharu Oh won't be the skipper and Senichi Hoshino has repeatedly stated he will refuse to accept the job if it is offered to him.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 19, 2008
Sun blocks out Sendai in first game
HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka Pref. — Sun Ming Ming didn't steal the spotlight in his highly anticipated bj-league debut, but he enjoyed a respectable outing in the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix's first game of the 2008-09 season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 18, 2008
Western Conference wide open after Evessa lose three key players
Until proven otherwise, the Osaka Evessa are the elite team in the Western Conference and the bj-league as a whole.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 18, 2008
Sun hopes to help Phoenix rise in Eastern Conference
The bj-league begins the Sun Ming Ming era on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 17, 2008
Bryant likes Apache's chances to win bj-league title this season
The Tokyo Apache begin their fourth season with the same goal that was within their reach at the end of last season: a bj-league title.
BASKETBALL
Oct 13, 2008
Newton helps Ryukyu to win over Fukuoka
Jeff Newton's former team is 2-0. His new team began the weekend with a pair of victories, too.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 12, 2008
Lakestars push Evessa to limit in debut game
OTSU, Shiga Pref. — The Shiga Lakestars posted a loss in their first-ever game, but the outcome wasn't decided until the final buzzer.
BASKETBALL
Oct 11, 2008
Goya eager to make positive impact for Evessa
Point guard Takanori Goya was the No. 1 pick in the bj-league's 2006 draft. After two losing seasons, he was traded to the Osaka Evessa.
BASKETBALL
Oct 11, 2008
Evessa begin quest for fourth straight championship
A year ago, Osaka Evessa fans, opponents and media members shared a common inquiry: Will Kensaku Tennichi's team complete its quest for a three-peat?
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 11, 2008
Washington confident about Evessa's lineup
Lynn Washington is ready to make a major proclamation.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 11, 2008
Rizing aim for successful second season
The expansion Rizing Fukuoka defied the odds last season, winning eight of 11 games, including a wild-card upset triumph over the host Takamatsu Five Arrows, to advance to the playoff semifinals.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Oct 11, 2008
Newton fired up to play in Okinawa
His bj-league resume is as impressive as anyone's in the circuit's brief history. Three championship seasons are his crowning achievement — so far.
BASKETBALL
Oct 10, 2008
Lakestars set to tip off against champ Evessa
Halloween is three weeks away, but Lake Biwa-area basketball fans will receive an early October treat this year.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Sep 28, 2008
Fanfare greets Tabuse in return
UTSUNOMIYA, Tochigi Pref. — For 40 minutes of action, all eyes focused on him. Pride, curiosity and excitement characterized the occasion.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 24, 2008
Mercury coach thinks Oga has potential
After winning the WNBA title last season, the Phoenix Mercury disappointed their fans by failing to make the playoffs in this recently concluded season. The Mercury finished the 2008 season with a 16-18 record and tied the Minnesota Lynx for the worst record in the seven-team Western Conference.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Sep 21, 2008
Marshall bids bj-league farewell
Any new sports league will face bumps on the road to respectability. Players, coaches and front-office types will work incredibly long hours as they strive to give the fans a product they want to care about.
BASKETBALL
Sep 14, 2008
Big changes across bj-league in offseason
The bj-league's offseason shakeup continues.
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.
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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