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:
Momentum can change a game in the blink of an eye. For instance, Kohei Sekino's layup and free throw had given the Levanga Hokkaido a 74-72 lead with 2:35 to play in overtime against the visiting Akita Northern Happinets on Friday night. Akita turned the tide ...
Nearly two months after longtime secretary general Patrick Baumann's death on Oct. 13 in Buenos Aires, FIBA has appointed his successor. At a FIBA Central Board meeting on Dec. 7 in Mies, Switzerland, Andreas Zagklis was unanimously approved as the next secretary general. The 38-year Greek ...
The Tochigi Brex are playing at an astonishingly high level this season. But it really shouldn't be a big surprise. After all, the nucleus of the team's 2016-17 B. League championship campaign is still mostly intact. At the same time, head coach Ryuzo Anzai, an assistant on ...
Yuta Watanabe has demonstrated in the early days of his pro basketball career that he has the all-around skill set to be a quality contributor. Those he's only played two games so far for the Memphis Grizzlies, the rookie forward out of George Washington University ...
It's not every day that a brother who lives on the other side of the Pacific Ocean gets the chance see a younger sibling play a starring role in a professional sports event far from home. But that's exactly what happened on Sunday at Brex ...
Robert Dozier's 20-point, 13-rebound performance helped lead the San-en NeoPhoenix to a 69-60 win over the Shiga Lakestars on Saturday. Dozier also made two steals and swatted two shots in the NeoPhoenix's series-opening victory in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture. Shuto Tawatari poured in 13 points, Atsuya Ota ...
After the first quarter ended, the SeaHorses Mikawa held the slimmest of margins on Friday night in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture. Then the SeaHorses heated up on offense and seized control of their game against the Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka. The hosts dominated the second and third quarters, ...
Third in a three-part series In his book "Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King," the late author Jack Newfield noted that Sonny Liston had made a big impression on George Foreman. This influenced Foreman's demeanor as a fighter, including his facial expressions, ...
As the Levanga Hokkaido return to action after the B. League's break due to FIBA World Cup Asia qualifying, a new bench boss will be calling the shots. The Levanga on Wednesday named Tomohide Utsumi the team's new head coach. He had previously served as ...
Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, has been chosen to host next year's FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final, basketball's global governing body announced on Friday. The event is scheduled to be held Nov. 2 and 3, providing local fans with a glimpse of the halfcourt version of the ...
