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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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SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS

Aug 14, 2012

Japan exceeded expectations during London Games

Sixteen action-packed days of competition — plus a few days of soccer that began before the Opening Ceremony on July 27 — delivered a better-than-expected performance for Japan at the 2012 London Olympics.

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OLYMPICS

Aug 14, 2012

London bids farewell to Olympics

The closing ceremony on Sunday night was a lot of things — boring wasn't one of them.

Japan Times

OLYMPICS

Aug 14, 2012

U.S. holds off Spain in final

Between them, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James have scored more than 48,000 points in their NBA careers.

Japan Times

OLYMPICS

Aug 13, 2012

Bolt, Farah, Felix win more gold in electric night on track

The two most recognizable stars heading into the 2012 London Olympics were American swimmer Michael Phelps and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt.

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OLYMPICS

Aug 13, 2012

FIBA's Baumann doubts basketball age limit will be imposed

Patrick Baumann, FIBA's secretary general, believes an age-limit proposal won't be approved for the 2016 Rio Summer Games men's basketball tournament. Still, there could be some changes made to the current tournament format, he acknowledged.

SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS

Aug 13, 2012

A day in the life of an Olympic reporter

Woke up, got out of bed. . .

OLYMPICS / LONDON POSTCARD

Aug 12, 2012

Wishing the show could continue on indefinitely

There's a different vibe in the air as I walked around Olympic Park on Friday.

Japan Times

OLYMPICS

Aug 12, 2012

Murata wins close decision, will fight for gold

Boxer Ryota Murata demonstrated in 2011 that he can compete successfully on the world stage, placing runnerup as a middleweight at the world championships in Baku.

Japan Times

OLYMPICS

Aug 12, 2012

Bahamas pulls off huge upset in 4x400 relay

Turkey had a surprising 1-2 finish in the women's 1,500 to steal some of the spotlight from two of Friday night's marquee events: the women's 5,000, featuring a star-studded cast of world-class runners, and the women's 4x100 relay at the Olympic Stadium.

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OLYMPICS

Aug 12, 2012

South Korea reflects on successful Olympics

Not one of the largest nations competing in the Summer Olympics, South Korea had collected the fifth-most gold medals as of 9 p.m. on Friday.

Japan Times

OLYMPICS

Aug 12, 2012

Japan beats South Korea for historic volleyball bronze

One of the most appealing aspects of Olympic volleyball is the fast, furious pace of the matches.

Japan Times

SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS

Aug 11, 2012

Bolt has put himself on another level with latest run to Olympic glory

Pick a superlative, any superlative, and add two dozen or more synonyms. And still, the total wow factor created by Usain Bolt's Olympic body of work goes beyond what your list of words.

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OLYMPICS / ODDS AND EVENS

Aug 11, 2012

Supporters helped propel Icho, Obara to gold

Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, is not known for being Party Central. But that changed in a big way when freestyle wrestlers Kaori Icho and Hitomi Obara doubled Japan's gold medal total on Wednesday, making their hometown proud and bringing immense joy to Tohoku.

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OLYMPICS

Aug 11, 2012

Bolt completes historic sweep with 200 victory

Jamaica had a run for the ages on Thursday.

OLYMPICS / LONDON POSTCARD

Aug 10, 2012

A journalist's dilemma

There's so many events going on at the same time, that the only consistent thought swirling through my head on the topic is this: I wish I could be going to (fill in the blank), too.

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OLYMPICS

Aug 10, 2012

1936 water polo medalist enjoying action at 98

It's been said that age is nothing but a number.

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OLYMPICS / LONDON POSTCARD

Aug 9, 2012

Grenada's James provides Olympics with feel-good story

Some events are worth repeating in print shortly after the story originally appears, moments that highlight the best of the human spirit.

SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS

Aug 9, 2012

Coe a great spokesman for sport

What if the Soviet Union didn't invade Afghanistan in 1979?

Japan Times

OLYMPICS

Aug 9, 2012

Mexico keeps poise, rallies to beat Japan

The defense never rested, but it wasn't good enough.

BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP

Aug 9, 2012

Time to expand hoop tourney to 24 nations

Yao Ming's success in the NBA, short-lived but significant, sparked widespread interest in basketball in China. Furthermore, India has placed a growing emphasis on growing the sport at all levels.

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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