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Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Guitarist Dustin Wong hesitates for a split second. It’s a pause that would go unnoticed during most other sets, but Wong has spent the last 40 minutes seemingly in a trance while playing guitar and looping the notes via an array of pedals in ...
Tim Duncan saves the day as the Spurs hold off the Grizzlies in overtime
Ed Odeven covers basketball for The Japan Times. 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 also appeared in Venezuela Online News, the Jamaica Gleaner, the Monitor (Uganda), The Moscow Times and Swimming World Magazine.
For Ed Odeven's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
A 23-point loss to the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury in a Sunday exhibition game in Phoenix was the first big test for the Japan women’s national basketball team as it prepares for the 25th FIBA Asia Championship for Women. The continental competition is scheduled to ...
The Ryukyu Golden Kings failed to reach the Final Four for the first time since 2007-08, their inaugural season in the bj-league. That result proved to be unacceptable to team management. Thus, despite a league-record 42-10 record, head coach Koto Toyama’s contract was not ...
One team’s quest for a first title has ended. The other team’s fight will continue next season. The Yokohama B-Corsairs outplayed the Rizing Fukuoka in Sunday’s bj-league championship game, controlling the tempo for larger stretches and making enough timely baskets to fill an instructional ...
Masayuki Kabaya, the Yokohama B-Corsairs captain, knocked down five 3-pointers — all five attempts — in a mesmerizing 35-point performance that had fans from both teams dropping their jaws in astonishment. Kabaya was named the playoff MVP after helping Yokohama capture its first championship, ...
Unbelievable energy. Splendid self confidence. Never-wavering faith in his abilities or his teammates. Those are ingredients to success for Draelon Burns, the Yokohama B-Corsairs’ super substitute. Burns buried a remarkable three buzzer-beating shots to close out the three final quarters, and his team needed ...
It is impossible to hide their collective desire to win a championship. For the Rizing Fukuoka, the intensity of their 55th game this season produced a collective trademark that was evident since the start of the 2012-13 bj-league season: Reggie Warren’s fiery leadership, Julius ...
One victory separated the Eastern Conference regular-season champion Niigata Albirex BB and the second-place Yokohama B-Corsairs in the standings. That one game is indicative of the talent, roster depth, experience and quality coaching for both teams. Niigata finished 36-16 in Matt Garrison’s second season ...
The Rizing Fukuoka and Kyoto Hannaryz renew their rivalry on Saturday in the Western Conference final at Ariake Colosseum. Tipoff is set for 2:10 p.m. The winner will book a spot in the final for the first time, and face the Niigata Albirex BB-Yokohama ...
The Japan Times features periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. Marcus Cousin of the Kyoto Hannaryz is the subject of this week’s profile. Position: Center Age: 26 Ht: 211 cm Wt: 116 kg Hometown: Baltimore College: Houston (final two seasons), Seton Hall Noteworthy: ...
After three seasons in charge, Zeljko Pavlicevic is leaving the Shimane Susanoo Magic. The bj-league team, which reached the Western Conference playoff semifinals for the first time last week, made a formal announcement on Monday. Pavlicevic has accepted an offer to coach an NBL ...
Toyama Grouses coach Bob Nash guided his team to its first winning season, and that’s something the franchise, which began play in the fall of 2006, can consider a major accomplishment. Call it a big step in the right direction. The Grouses, who went ...
The Final Four is set, with a pair of returning teams and two which haven’t been to the big show for a few seasons. There will be a first-time champion this season. The reigning champion Ryukyu Golden Kings were knocked off by the fifth-seeded ...