At UCF, it should be understood, the record-setting Gabriel is regarded as the franchise and the future. He led the nation in passing yards per game (357) this past season, was second in total offense (373.9) and top five in several categories. Read more
Curt Otaguro recalls a time when newly opened Aloha Stadium seemed a place of magic where dreams and redemption came true for wide-eyed high school football players such as himself. Read more
Even if the Legislature appropriated funds to repair portions of crumbling Aloha Stadium, it is unlikely the facility would be ready in time for University of Hawaii to play in front of fans there this season, the State Comptroller said Thursday. Read more
Without a $1.5 million emergency appropriation from the legislature this session, Aloha Stadium might have to cease operations, lawmakers have been told. Read more
Without a significant amount of investment in repair and maintenance, the operation of the current Aloha Stadium will be without fans in the stands, officials acknowledged to lawmakers on Wednesday. Read more
Addressing the HCDA and stadium authority, Tarnas said, “The two of you need to figure this out through an MOA.” Read more
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Coaches salaries and benefits, which add up to approximately $8.5 million per year, are one of the department’s biggest expenses and increased by $1 million alone between fiscal 2018 and ’19. Read more
For the sake of all concerned, somebody needs to make a call fairly quickly. And it would be nice if the state’s highest elected official was neither wishy nor washy about it. Read more
Nobody, it seems, not even the players themselves, have been able to cool off Takatsuka or the program he heads entering today’s game with Chaminade. Read more
The comments on Monday, during a wide-ranging interview on the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s Spotlight Hawaii, quickly stunned some legislators and proponents of the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District. Read more
It starts with a birdie putt that begins running straight and true and finishes with a race to the cup between the ball and the golfer who just launched it, Kevin Na. Read more
When time ended in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday, so, too did the remarkable career of somebody else on the field at the elite level of his game that night — head linesman George Gusman. Read more
Until COVID-19 began to roar, Reagan Cink was working in flight operations for Delta Airlines in Atlanta. Read more
On days like Thursday, when a flurry of nine birdies helped lift Peter Malnati into a three-way share of the first-day lead at the Sony Open in Hawaii, it has usually meant that one of the Midwest’s largest pizza chains has had to come up with some dough. Read more
The award is presented annually to the most outstanding Polynesian college football player that epitomizes great ability and integrity. Read more
Imagine University of Hawaii football coach Todd Graham showing a blue chip prospect from his former high school, Allen (Texas) High, around the Rainbow Warriors’ new home field at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex. Read more
Some legislators say they haven’t closed the door on the Stadium Authority finding a pathway for the University of Hawaii football team to play at crumbling Aloha Stadium and are urging the parties to find common ground. Read more
With a strongly worded memorandum, the University of Hawaii is pressing the state to grant what it terms “fundamental requirements” it says it needs to be successful in the planned New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District. Read more
UH said it is “apparent that” the school has, “no assurance that the NASED project will be a viable solution to our longstanding financial issues playing at Aloha Stadium.” Read more
Instead of letting his life remain shattered when a 1984 car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down, John Howard Greer decided to take the world on from his new wheelchair one set of tennis at a time. Read more
The Hawaii Tourism Authority will be a presenting sponsor for three Big West Conference championship events, including bringing the men’s volleyball tournament to SimpliFi Arena for the next two years. Read more
