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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Power forward Nick Mayo will begin his pro career with the Chiba Jets Funabashi, the two-time B. League championship runner-up squad announced on Friday. Mayo starred for Eastern Kentucky University over the past four years. He is the program's all-time leading scorer (2,316 career points). "I ...
The Nishinomiya Storks on Tuesday appointed veteran Greek coach Christos Marmarinos as their new bench boss. Marmarinos replaces Miodrag Rajkovic, the Serbian who led the second-division team this past season. The Storks went 34-26 under Rajkovic, placing third in the six-team Central Division, 14 games behind ...
After an NBA Board of Governors meeting earlier this week, commissioner Adam Silver addressed the media, and that gathering in New York included an assessment of the rise in Japanese players during the ongoing NBA Summer League. The commissioner also commented on the positive impact ...
The first three seasons in league history zoomed by — or so it seemed — in the blink of an eye, with new stars emerging before our eyes and dominant teams and individuals producing many unforgettable moments and games. Team and league officials are now ...
After winning just 10 of 60 games this past season, the Levanga Hokkaido are aiming to flip the script. For Tomohide Utsumi's first full season as head coach, Hokkaido is revamping its roster. Among the changes: the East Division squad on Wednesday announced the signing ...
B. League Final MVP Yudai Baba is returning to the United States just a few weeks after attending a Dallas Mavericks minicamp. The Alvark Tokyo shooting guard was invited to play for Dallas at the upcoming NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. Mavericks assistant coach Mike ...
In an attempt to resurrect the franchise and usher in a new glory era, the Osaka Evessa have hired former bench boss Kensaku Tennichi. The Evessa confirmed what's been expected for weeks on Thursday, announcing the move on their website. Tennichi guided the Evessa to a ...
The Tochigi Brex fell short of their ultimate goal this past season as injuries took a toll on the title-chasing club. But team management believes continuity is its best plan coming off a 49-11 campaign that ended in the playoff semifinals against the Chiba Jets ...
Rui Hachimura's rise to national icon didn't happen overnight. But he's now a household name throughout the Japanese archipelago — and this is only the beginning. The 2019-20 NBA season is still months away. Hachimura, a first-round draft pick (No. 9 overall) of the Washington Wizards ...
Rui Hachimura made history on Thursday night in New York. Half a world away, the upbeat news provided a positive buzz throughout Hachimura's homeland on Friday morning. At 9:32 a.m., Hachimura's immediate future in basketball was announced to a global audience. The 21-year-old Gonzaga University forward ...
