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.
David Matlin started as University of Hawaii athletic director in 2015. On his last day at the job Friday, he said the over-under eight years ago for how long he’d last was 18 months. Read more
David Matlin, the longest-serving University of Hawaii athletic director since the early 2000s, put in his last day as the top sports executive at UH today. Read more
Who needs the draft? Anthony Carter didn’t. And neither did the Miami Heat for most of its players that are headed to the NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets. Read more
The obvious storyline is the neighborhood and the high school … the incongruity of a tennis champion coming from Kalihi and Farrington. Read more
The state government forces are now officially all aligned, but the private-sector partner, which will now be responsible for both the stadium and the development around it, must be enlisted. Read more
The previous plan called for separate private-sector teams; one for the stadium itself and another for the district. Read more
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Dear Craig Angelos, Thank you for your interest in the position of Director of Athletics for the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Read more
Was Angelos, 61 and a second-in-command for most of his 30 years working at university athletic departments, really the best candidate available? Read more
He’s waited 11 years between jobs as an athletic director, and on his flight to Hawaii he was in a middle seat for 11 hours. Read more
Craig Angelos replaces David Matlin who has been the UH athletic director the past eight years. Read more
Getting hired as athletic director at the highest level of college sports is as much about timing as it is ability, said a friend and former colleague of Craig Angelos. Read more
Angelos is the senior deputy director of athletics at Long Island University. Read more
Raya Nakao of Punahou successfully defended her state individual crown and Kalani won its first team title Wednesday at the David Ishii Girls Golf Championships at Wailua Golf Course on Kauai. Read more
My friends on social media tend to be a little bit over the median age in Hawaii, which is just under 40. That means that we … unh, I mean they … tend to be less prisoner of the moment and a little more nostalgic than the typical local sports fan. Read more
Bill Von Osdol, better known as Billy V, said it best afterward. The Michael Buffer of University of Hawaii sports (but more talkative) compared it to heavyweight boxers trading blows. Read more
A little bit of home away from home can be a good thing, especially when you’re from Hawaii. Read more
He was an All-Star, a certified big leaguer. But his style has always been small ball, all the way. Read more
Brennon Morioka is the new chair of the Aloha Stadium Authority board — new in title only, that is. Read more
This is one of those times when winning seems contagious among the University of Hawaii’s sports teams. Read more
Jewels Hanawahine — who said she had some help from above — drove in four runs with a double and a home run in the first three innings as Kamehameha beat ‘Iolani 9-4 on Monday for the Warriors’ first Interscholastic League of Honolulu softball championship since 2016. Read more
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union fought each other in some unconventional ways, and not all of the surrogate wars resulted in bloodshed. Read more
