In addition to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and the Honolulu Advertiser at various times since 1981, he worked at the Gainesville Sun in Florida, and his writing has also appeared in national publications including Sports Illustrated and the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. He has won more than 10 state or national awards for sports column, feature and news reporting while at one time or another covering every sports beat in Hawaii, and has also been honored for nutrition and medical reporting while at Island Scene magazine.
In his free time he teaches sports journalism at UH-Manoa and does volunteer work.
Mia ‘Uhila scored nine of her 11 points in the first half as the University of Hawaii women’s basketball team won its tenth game in a row, beating Cal Poly 67-41 at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center on Thursday. Read more
Hawaii enters tonight’s women’s basketball game against Cal Poly with nine consecutive wins — a streak that started against these same Mustangs, Jan. 4 at their homecourt in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Read more
The original Aloha Stadium construction project in the 1970s forced people out of their homes. The one that is being planned to replace it will create housing. Read more
As I watched some of the Pro Bowl Games “skills” contests Friday on ESPN, my first thought was that Hawaii could do a much better job hosting that. Read more
A state House bill similar to one in 2024 that died in the Senate intending to move $350 million earmarked for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District to building a stadium on the University of Hawaii campus instead is making the rounds through House committee hearings. Read more
Ryan Andrews is leaving as Aloha Stadium manager after four years, and 13 total at the stadium, effective Sunday. He starts Monday as director of student recreation services at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Read more
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First, a disclaimer. I am not a Kansas City Chiefs hater. I don’t think they are lucky because they win so many close games. Nor do I believe their three Super Bowl victories in the past five years are the result of a rigged or scripted NFL. Read more
Nine months is way too long for a Division I program to be without an athletic director who doesn’t have the interim or acting tag. Read more
The man who became synonymous with broadcasting baseball and longevity in Hawaii ended up making the islands his home partly because they were between Japan and the continental U.S. Read more
Robbs, who turned 88 on Monday, died peacefully at his Pearl City home of natural causes with family by his side, his son, Scott Robbs, said. Read more
College football players opting out of bowl games was bad enough. Now there’s talk of entire teams pulling out of conference championship games. Read more
Coach Laura Beeman met her goal of keeping everyone under 25 minutes played, as the Rainbow Wahine routed Cal State Bakersfield at the Roadrunners’ Icardo Center. Read more
The Polynesian Bowl is in its eighth year but already has a rich history — as does its parent organization, the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame, now in its 12th year after its founding by Super Bowl champions Jesse Sapolu and Ma’a Tanuvasa. Read more
The New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District is about a lot more than entertainment. Read more
Nick Taylor knows how to drive clutch. The Canadian who is now 3-0 in playoffs can chip and putt in the highest-leverage situations, too. Read more
Nick Taylor of Canada beat Nico Echavarria on the second playoff hole today to win the Sony Open in Hawaii at Waialae Country Club. Read more
Spaun stands alone at 13 under for the tourney, a shot ahead of second-round co-leader Patrick Fishburn, Stephan Jaeger and Eric Cole in the PGA Tour’s first full-field event of the season. Read more
Spaun has won once on the PGA Tour, at the 2022 Valero Texas Open. Read more
Patrick Fishburn and Denny McCarthy finished the day tied for first at 10 under par in the PGA Tour’s first full-field event of the season. Read more
The top of the first-round leaderboard at the Sony Open in Hawaii is the most clogged it’s been in 15 years. Six players start today’s second round of the PGA’s first full-field event of the season tied for the lead after shooting 6-under-par 64 at Waialae Country Club on Thursday. Read more
When the horn sounded at 6:10 p.m. Thursday at Waialae Country Club, players still on the course had the option to finish the hole they were Read more
