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.
For Ed Odeven's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Despite last Friday's abrupt end to the B. League season, the campaign gave fans a number of memorable feats since its opening weekend last October. What’s more, there isn’t a 2019-20 B. League champion. Instead, there are three division champs based on their final win-loss ...
The second suspension of the B. League season last week — this time until at least April 1 — due to the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted plenty of attention around the world. After all, the overwhelming majority of leagues have stopped playing. Focusing on leagues that ...
Washington Wizards rookie Rui Hachimura is one of three NBA players who appear on a short video released on social media early Monday morning. The video provides a positive message during these uncertain times as the global COVID-19 pandemic creates countless challenges for people everywhere ...
Playing the game he professes to love, Sebastian Saiz was back in familiar surroundings on Sunday afternoon. It was normal in one sense (a 40-minute game). It was also strange (no spectators in the arena) at the same time. "Playing in a league without fans in ...
Former ice dancer Chris Reed, who represented Japan for more than a decade, died on Saturday of a heart attack in Detroit, according to a published report. He was 30. Yahoo Japan was the first media outlet to report his death. The Japan Skating Federation ...
The Sunrockers Shibuya pulled ahead late and finished strong in an 84-79 victory on Sunday over the Akita Northern Happinets in a game that was a near replica of the series opener. Shibuya (27-14), which dropped the opener 87-83, outscored Akita 14-4 to close out ...
In a clash of title-chasing rivals, the Utsunomiya Brex outplayed the Chiba Jets on Saturday afternoon as the B. League held its first games since Feb. 17 due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Brex's 88-80 triumph, which was played without spectators at Funabashi Arena, was ...
Texas Legends assistant coach Takuma Ito has grown more comfortable in his role as part of the team's supporting cast this season, his second with the NBA G League club. Under first-year head coach George Galanopoulos, who also guides the Uganda men's national team, Ito's ...
The revamped playoff format, which was revealed on Tuesday, created a different reality for teams in the hunt for the 2019-20 title: a smaller margin of error. Every possession, every quarter, every half and every game will have a greater impact on the season's final ...
Rui Hachimura has demonstrated throughout his rookie season that he's a capable scorer, using his athleticism to get plenty of close-to-the-basket shots and perimeter scoring chances. The Washington Wizards power forward has also shown that he has the stamina and strength to be a solid ...
