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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
Sep 4, 2008
Kyoto awarded bj-league's 13th franchise; team to begin play in 2009
The bj-league's 13th franchise will be based in Kyoto, the league announced on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Sep 3, 2008
Kitajima, softball team showed mettle in Beijing
Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part series. Part one appeared in Sunday's newspaper.
Japan Times
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 31, 2008
Beijing Games chock full of memorable moments
Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series. The second part will focus on Japan's 2008 Olympic experience.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: BASKETBALL
Aug 25, 2008
Team USA back on top of basketball
BEIJING — Chinese culture, it has been said, emphasizes group harmony over individual desires. Western culture is supposed to stress the opposite dynamic.
OLYMPICS
Aug 25, 2008
Rubio becomes youngest medalist in Olympic men's basketball
BEIJING — Spain guard Ricky Rubio is the youngest Olympic medalist in men's basketball history.
Japan Times
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 24, 2008
Japan leaves Beijing with nothing but regrets
BEIJING — What went wrong for "Hoshino Japan" at the 2008 Summer Olympics?
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: BASEBALL
Aug 24, 2008
S. Korea edges Cuba in title game
BEIJING — The South Korea baseball team waited eight years to return to the Olympics. It will need to wait at least eight more years to defend its title.
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 23, 2008
Japan beats U.S. for softball gold
BEIJING — This was on-field drama at its best: workhorse pitcher Yukiko Ueno playing the starring role, Ayumi Karino and Eri Yamada shining in their supporting roles and Japan destroying the U.S. softball team's aura of invincibility.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 22, 2008
Japan outplays U.S. to win softball gold
BEIJING — This was on-field drama at its best: workhorse pitcher Yukiko Ueno playing the starring role, Ayumi Karino and Eri Yamada shining in their supporting roles and Japan destroying the U.S. softball team's aura of invincibility.
OLYMPICS
Aug 22, 2008
Team USA hoping for golden birthday treat
BEIJING — Kobe Bryant turns 30 on Saturday. U.S. basketball teammate Michael Redd celebrates his 29th birthday on Sunday.
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: TRACK AND FIELD
Aug 22, 2008
Bolt blazes to 200m gold in record 19.30
BEIJING — Usain Bolt confirmed his greatness in style, starting in Lane 5 and ending in a one-for-the-ages celebration before a worldwide audience.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Aug 22, 2008
U.S. pumped up for showdown with defending champ Argentina
BEIJING — Team USA is two wins away from reclaiming its place atop basketball's world pecking order.
Japan Times
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 21, 2008
China taking small steps to baseball success
BEIJING — Baseball is experiencing growing pains in China. In order to take a big step forward, China needs time to establish a foundation for the future.
Japan Times
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 20, 2008
Beach volley provides good fun for everyone
BEIJING — I think I've discovered a very important fact: The public-address announcer at the Olympic women's beach volleyball matches considers himself to be the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
OLYMPICS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 19, 2008
Japan's judoka should be saluted
BEIJING — Every four years there are great expectations for Japan's judoka at the Summer Olympics.
Japan Times
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 19, 2008
Liu withdrawal shocks fans, athletes in Beijing
BEIJING — Two billion Chinese eyes shed a collective tear.
OLYMPICS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 18, 2008
Phelps' achievement leaves nothing to the imagination
BEIJING — There was little time to ponder the significance of Michael Phelps' record-tying seventh gold medal in a single Olympiad on Saturday. There were other stories to write before heading out to National Stadium to see the evening's track and field competition. And, oh yeah, lunch was on the agenda,...
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 18, 2008
Murofushi falls short in hammer defense
BEIJING — Koji Murofushi's reign as Olympic champion ended on Sunday.
OLYMPICS
Aug 18, 2008
Gay has no excuses for failure
BEIJING — A year ago, Tyson Gay was on top of the world. He outdueled Jamaica's Asafa Powell in the 100-meter final at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Osaka. He also took home gold medals in the 200 and 4x100-relay as well.
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 18, 2008
Rivals heap praise on fastest man Bolt
BEIJING — The Los Angeles Times billed it as the "clash of the dash."
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
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.
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.
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.
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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