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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.

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OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: SWIMMING

Aug 17, 2008

Phelps wins fly, ties Spitz with 7th gold

BEIJING — Michael Phelps has obliterated swimming records left and right during the 2008 Beijing Games.

OLYMPICS

Aug 17, 2008

Entering uncharted waters

BEIJING — Countless media reports have reminded readers that Michael Phelps will probably make millions of dollars in endorsement deals after the Summer Olympics.

SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS

Aug 17, 2008

Opening week creates stories the world over

BEIJING — More than a week has rapidly gone by since the Beijing Olympics started, and in that time dozens of heart-warming stories have filled up space in newspapers from Swaziland to Saitama.

OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: TRACK AND FIELD

Aug 17, 2008

Bolt cruises to 100m Olympic gold

BEIJING — And the winner is — Usain "Lightning" Bolt!

Japan Times

OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: SWIMMING

Aug 17, 2008

Nakamura bags bronze in 200 back

It's an old saying — "It's not how you start the race but how you finish it" — but it still seems as fresh as the morning dew.

OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: TRACK AND FIELD

Aug 16, 2008

Murofushi breezes in first round of hammer

BEIJING — Hammer thrower Koji Murofushi, the reigning Olympic gold medalist, is right where he wants to be: in position to defend his title.

Japan Times

OLYMPICS

Aug 16, 2008

Big three cruise in 100m heats

The race is on for 2008's most coveted title in track and field.

OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS

Aug 16, 2008

Japan's boxers lose in first round

BEIJING — Turkey's Yakup Kilic outpointed Satoshi Shimizu 12-9 in a first-round featherweight (58 kg) match at Beijing Workers' Gymnasium on Friday.

SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS

Aug 16, 2008

Phelps on doorstep of unthinkable feat

BEIJING — This column begins with terrific inspiration: the Olympic flame, steadily casting a bright light high above the track at the National Stadium in Beijing.

Japan Times

OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: SWIMMING

Aug 15, 2008

Double glory as Kitajima repeats feat

BEIJING — Fifteen minutes after repeating as a double gold medalist at the Water Cube on Thursday morning, these were the final words of breaststroke specialist Kosuke Kitajima: "Ashita oyasumi."

OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: SWIMMING

Aug 15, 2008

Phelps feeling a bit overexposed

BEIJING — Perhaps the quick quip below best sums up the exhaustive media coverage Michael Phelps is receiving around the world as he attempts to break Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / JAPAN NATIONAL BASEBALL TEAM

Aug 15, 2008

Japan loses to Cuba

BEIJING — Veteran poise carried Cuba to a 4-2 triumph over Japan in their 2008 Olympic opener on Wednesday night.

OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: SWIMMING

Aug 14, 2008

Kitajima on target for double haul

BEIJING — Kosuke Kitajima remains on target for an unprecedented repeat double in the Olympic men's breaststroke competition.

SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS

Aug 14, 2008

'Underdog' Gay ready to face his date with destiny

BEIJING — I spent an hour listening to one of the three fastest men living on the planet speak in slow, articulate sentences earlier this week.

Japan Times

OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: SWIMMING

Aug 13, 2008

Phelps picks up third gold

Perfection is incredibly difficult to attain. Michael Phelps just makes it looks easy.

OLYMPICS

Aug 13, 2008

Phelps in esteemed company at top of Mount Olympus

BEIJING — Here's the answer to an obscure trivia question: Michael Phelps' middle name is Fred.

SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS

Aug 13, 2008

Kitajima's swimming feats inspire a nation

BEIJING — With his head tilted back and his mouth wide open in a victorious roar, Kosuke Kitajima's fist-pump celebration after winning the 100-meter breaststroke final on Monday morning produced Japan's iconic image of the 2008 Summer Games so far.

Japan Times

OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: GYMNASTICS

Aug 13, 2008

China's men ace gymnastics; Japan second

BEIJING — This story is a familiar one: China was devastated by the earthquake that hit Sichuan Province on May 12, instantly killing thousands and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.

Japan Times

OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: SWIMMING

Aug 12, 2008

Kitajima prevails in world-record fashion

BEIJING — Kosuke Kitajima became one of swimming's all-time great Olympians on Monday.

BASKETBALL

Aug 12, 2008

HeatDevils promote Ogawa to head coach

The Oita HeatDevils have upgraded Tadaharu Ogawa's job title. He is no longer the assistant coach; he's now the team's new head coach, the bj-league team has announced.

You can often see generations of families enjoying performances together at Fuji Rock Festival.

Japan’s summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one

Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.

The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'

By Tomoko Otake

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