By Ed Odeven
TOKYO (Updated on September 30, 2020) — I’ve been building up the site with a variety of interviews for nearly seven years. Here are many of them in one place. Most of them were done exclusively for this site.
From A to Z…
*Sean Anthony (Hypo2 Sport founder, longtime behind-the-scenes guy for Olympic athletes)
*Paul Baker (president of Stadium Journey, a website that chronicles the fan experience at sports venues spanning the globe)
https://edodevenreporting.com/2020/07/08/a-conversation-with-stadium-journey-president-paul-baker/
*Alex Belth (journalist, curator, the creative force behind the Bronx Banter Blog and The Stacks Reader)
*Steve Bitker (sports announcer, author)
*Paola Boivin (sports columnist for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com)
*Stephen Brunt (Sportsnet columnist, best-selling Canadian author, broadcaster)
An eight-part summer series in 2018:
Part 3: https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2018/06/15/stephen-brunts-twitter-free-existence/
*Brin-Jonathan Butler (author, sports journalist, documentary filmmaker)
*Marco Cianfanelli (South African artist who created Nelson Mandela boxing sculpture)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/a-conversation-with-artist-marco-cianfanelli/
*Wayne Coffey (sports reporter, author)
*Karen Crouse (New York Times sports writer)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2015/02/25/karen-crouses-quest-for-knowledge/
*Jack Curry (baseball author, sports reporter)
*Christopher Davies (soccer journalist, author)
*John Eisenberg (sports columnist, author)
*Anthony Famiglietti (Olympic runner, entrepreneur)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2014/03/16/catching-up-with-anthony-famiglietti/
*Pat Farabaugh (author of a book on former NBA teammates Maurice Stokes and Jack Twyman)
*James Fiorentino (portrait artist, painter)
*Steven Goldman (journalist, author)
*Kara Goucher (Olympic runner, co-host of “Clean Sport Collective” podcast)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2020/02/18/kara-goucher-explains-mission-of-clean-sport-collective-podcast-outlines-future-goals/
*Aram Goudsouzian (historian, author)
*Derrick Hall (Arizona Diamondbacks president)
*Dave Hannigan (journalist, author)
*Thomas Hauser (boxing columnist, author)
*Mark Heisler (longtime NBA reporter, columnist)
*Bob Hill (former NBA head coach)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/qa-with-ex-bob-hill/
*Ron Higgins (sports columnist, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune)
*Jerald Hoover (sports journalist, playwright, documentary director)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/getting-to-know-jerald-hoover/
*Dave Hyde (sports columnist)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/getting-to-know-sports-columnist-dave-hyde/
*Zak Keefer (sports journalist)
*Peter Kerasotis (sports journalist)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2013/11/15/getting-to-know-peter-kerasotis-2/
A second interview with Peter about working with Felipe Alou on his memoir:
*Greg Logan (longtime Newsday sportswriter, author)
*Lopez Lomong (Olympic runner, author, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, American citizen)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/qa-with-olympic-runner-lopez-lomong/
*Terry Lyons (former NBA PR executive for global communications)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2014/10/02/thedefinitiveinterviewwithterrylyons/
*Karan Madhok (basketball journalist from India)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/an-inside-look-at-basketball-in-india/
*Andrew Maraniss (author, former MLB media relations staff for Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
*Howard Megdal (sports journalist, author)
*Peter Mehlman (writer, producer, journalist, comedian)
*Javier Morales (sports writer, website operator)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/catching-up-with-javier-morales/
*Craig Morgan (NHL reporter, specializing in Arizona Coyotes coverage)
*Dave Ord (sports writer, soccer fanatic, FC Tucson historian and statistician)
*Opie Otterstad (painter, specializing in sports portraits)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/a-conversation-with-painter-opie-otterstad/
*Jeff Pearlman (sports journalist, author)
*Ron Rapoport (sports journalist, author)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2014/08/31/a-conversation-with-ron-rapoport/
*Linda Robertson (sports columnist)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2015/10/07/getting-to-know-linda-robertson-part-i/
*Carlo Rotella (director of American Studies at Boston College, writer, journalist)
*Pat Shannahan (photographer)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/a-photographers-work/
*Art Spander (sports journalist)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/a-conversation-with-art-spander-part-i/
*Marc Stein (NBA writer for ESPN at the time of this Q&A; now with The New York Times)
*Peter Vecsey (longtime NBA columnist, insider and analyst, ABA expert)
*Mark Whicker (longtime sports columnist, Nat Fleischer Award recipient for sustained excellence in coverage of boxing)
*Alexander Wolff (longtime Sports Illustrated writer, author)
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This interview was done during the 2006 FIBA World Basketball Championship in Japan.
*Adam Simon (Miami Heat scout)
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The two below were published in the Arizona Daily Sun.
*Bob Melvin (MLB manager)
https://edodevenreporting.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/qa-with-bob-melvin-at-the-flagstaff-mall/
*Ernie Harwell (Longtime MLB announcer)
COLUMN: A June 2002 conversation with legendary MLB announcer Ernie Harwell – Ed Odeven Reporting
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