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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.

BASKETBALL

Dec 21, 2006

Shimizu earns bj-league award

Saitama Broncos guard Taishiro Shimizu is the Circle K Sunkus Player of the Week, the bj-league announced Tuesday.

BASKETBALL

Dec 18, 2006

Broncos top 89ers in double OT

The host Saitama Broncos outlasted the Sendai 89ers 97-90 in double overtime Sunday in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture. Marcus Toney-El scored 23 points and Gordon James scored 22 for the Broncos, while Michael Chappell had 27 for the 89ers.

BASKETBALL

Dec 17, 2006

89ers keep it simple in Broncos victory

KASUKABE, Saitama Pref. -- The Sendai 89ers started strong and closed out Saturday's 86-74 victory over the Saitama Broncos with a stick-to-the-fundamentals approach.

BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK

Dec 15, 2006

Several Japanese standouts emerging in bj-league

Who's the best Japanese player in the bj-league?

BASKETBALL

Dec 10, 2006

Osaka defeats Tokyo - again

The host Osaka Evessa defeated the Tokyo Apache 74-68 in Saturday's bj-league action, their third victory in as many games against Joe Bryant's squad this season.

BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP

Dec 9, 2006

Apache's Humphrey flying high in second season in Tokyo

John Humphrey possesses the bj-league's best nickname.

BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK

Dec 8, 2006

Albirex looking good, but season is still young

The 2006-07 bj-league season has reached the end of its metaphorical first quarter. And with each of the league's eight teams having played 10 of their 40 games, some patterns have developed.

BASKETBALL

Dec 3, 2006

HeatDevils scorch Apache at Ariake

The Oita HeatDevils delivered a big-time payback on Saturday night at Ariake Colosseum, leading from start to finish in a 107-79 victory over the Tokyo Apache.

BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...

Dec 3, 2006

Marshall calls upon wisdom of legendary coach Knight

The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in Japan's bj-league -- the nation's first pro basketball circuit -- which has started its second season. Mikey Marshall of the Oita HeatDevils is the subject of this week's profile.

BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH

Dec 1, 2006

Humphrey, Davis win monthly honors

Each month during the 2006-07 season, The Japan Times will select bj-league Offensive and Defensive Players of the Month.

BASKETBALL

Dec 1, 2006

bj-league's 10th team to play in Fukuoka

Japan's first professional basketball league keeps growing. Next season, 10 bj-league teams will compete. The league's 10th franchise, the Fukuoka BB Boys, was revealed on Thursday. Earlier this fall, the league announced a to-be-named team will also begin play in 2007 in Okinawa.

BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK

Dec 1, 2006

Apache on fire after slow start

For a coach with a pen, a pad and a plan, this is never part of the winning formula: Open the season with three straight losses.

BASKETBALL

Nov 27, 2006

Apache win heart attack against Toyama behind 38-point 'Helicopter' ride

John "Helicopter" Humphrey craves the spotlight.

BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK

Nov 25, 2006

Tough defense key to success of Albirex

The Niigata Albirex reached the inaugural bj-league title game last season and lost the historic contest to the Osaka Evessa.

BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...

Nov 25, 2006

Terashita: Jordan my idol

Beginning this week The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in Japan's bj-league -- the nation's first pro basketball circuit -- which has started its second season. Daiki Terashita of the Niigata Albirex BB is the subject of this week's profile.

BASKETBALL

Nov 19, 2006

'Helicopter' lifts Tokyo past Oita

In Saturday's bj-league action, the visiting Tokyo Apache defeated the Oita HeatDevils 75-68.

BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP

Nov 18, 2006

Three teams share early bj-league lead

The third week of the bj-league season tips off this weekend. It started with Friday night's Osaka Evessa-Takamatsu Five Arrows contest in Takamatsu.

BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP

Nov 10, 2006

Hats off to expansion Grouses for road win in first game ever

Talk about a great start.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 6, 2006

MLB All-Stars power past Japanese

It started as a pitchers' duel. It ended as a hitters' showcase.

BASKETBALL

Nov 5, 2006

Tabuse selected in NBDL Draft

Guard Yuta Tabuse was a third-round selection (35th overall) of the Bakersfield Jam in the NBA Developmental League's Draft on Thursday.

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The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'

By Tomoko Otake

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