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.
The Warriors of the Kauai Interscholastic Federation prevailed over the host Lunas at Sue B. Cooley Stadium to advance to the semifinals of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Division I state football championships. Read more
The vast majority of people who plan to see some of the nation’s best college basketball teams play in person Nov. 20-22 will need to find their way to the University of Hawaii’s lower campus without parking at UH. Read more
The oddsmakers are pretty sure about a happy Veterans Day for the Air Force football team Saturday. The Falcons are favored by between 18 and 191⁄2 points at Hawaii. Read more
Saturday’s victory could be a turning point for the University of Hawaii football team. Too bad there are just three games left. Read more
We can all agree this is not the best of times for University of Hawaii football. Read more
Is it rock-bottom at the quarry yet? If not, it’s pretty close. Read more
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An agreement in principle is in place to hold the state high school football Open Division championship game at the University of Hawaii’s Ching Complex on Nov. 24. A contract will be signed next week, officials told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Read more
Don’t worry if you’re running late or the cable is out at the beginning of the University of Hawaii football team’s homecoming game Saturday. Read more
This was homecoming in its truest sense, as the Lunas played at their home field for the first time after the fire, culminating the first week of returning to school. They had been attending classes and practicing in Kihei, more than 20 miles away. Read more
Where did all that senseless hate aimed at Tua Tagovailoa go? Read more
The Warriors looked like they could forget about the pressure of being the state’s team for a few minutes and, instead, enjoy playing a kids’ game. Read more
If a sport is under consideration for inclusion in the Olympics, there’s a good chance that it might be an appropriate one for interscholastic competition. Read more
In Saturday’s biggest college football game, a son of one of Wagner’s brightest Rainbow Warriors stars beat a team coached by a BYU alum — and not just any Cougar, but one who was part of ending Wagner’s tenure at UH. Read more
The last (and only) time the University of Hawaii played a football game on a neighbor island, the Warriors were led to victory by a sophomore quarterback. Read more
Maybe someday there will be a movie about them. Today, though, it’s back to the grind of practice for the Lahainaluna High School football teams. Read more
Lahainaluna won four state Division II championships in a row, from 2016 through 2019. But, for now, success is measured in being allowed to compete and represent their grief-stricken community. Read more
At the end, the scoreboard was just like how the geniuses said it would be. But there’s no way they could have predicted the route the Rainbow Warriors took to get to their 20-17 victory over New Mexico State. Read more
Spoiler alert: Those of us old enough to remember the no-blood, no-foul intensity of the NBA of the 1980s are spoiled. Read more
A player named Bryan Addison had a chance at a spectacular grab of a Brayden Schager bomb in the second quarter, nearly making an over-the-helmet basket catch Saturday at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore. Read more
One key issue was if the Lahaina Civic Center would be available. Read more
Rick Blangiardi managed a group of about 10 young men long before he ran a city and county of more than a million inhabitants. Read more
