Tsai reported for The Honolulu Advertiser for 29 years and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser since 2010. The National Sports Media Association has named Tsai as Hawaii's Sportswriter of the Year seven times. He served three terms as president of the Asian American Journalists Association's Hawaii chapter.
Tsai was born in New York City, and is a graduate of Roosevelt High and the University of Hawaii. Tsai and his wife have two daughters, a fireknife-performing son and five grandchildren.
For NCAA student-athletes, there has been a time-tested sequence of goals: Earn a scholarship, become a starter (or star), do well academically and then go out into what every adviser, coach or parent calls the “real world.” Read more
To end the Hawaii football team’s three-game slide, head coach Timmy Chang went to the proverbial drawing board. Read more
On homecoming night, the Hawaii football team brought back its grit and scrappiness for a 34-13 victory over Nevada at the Ching Complex. Read more
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Of all of wide receiver Spencer Curtis’ routes, the most daring was going to Hawaii. Read more
Let’s see, there are the exit fees from five schools leaving the Mountain West in 2026 … and the poaching penalties from the Pac-12 … and the University of Hawaii no longer having to pay travel subsidies to visiting football teams … and carry the 3 … it appears the Rainbow Warriors are due to net a one-time cut of about $7 million. Read more
Season tickets for University of Hawaii men’s and women’s basketball games go on sale Monday. Read more
After working in a restaurant last year, Tama Uiliata is used to calling “next.” Read more
In the end, it was crimson and turnovers, over and over, that U-turned UH drives into Washington State touchdowns. Read more
The Rainbow Warriors lost two fumbles, were intercepted and missed a make-able field-goal attempt — all of which the Cougars parlayed into touchdowns. Read more
It’s Washington State’s homecoming weekend, and the town of Pullman is brightened with crimson-and-gray enthusiasm. Read more
It has been a series of Whac-A-Mole challenges for the Warriors. In the past two games, four drives started inside the 20 following kickoffs. Read more
This season, the Hawaii football team has relied on safeties in numbers. Read more
Last year, the Rainbow Warriors were picked to finish third. The ’Bows finished fourth with an 11-9 Big West record. Read more
Ahead of Washington State’s homecoming game on Saturday, the Rainbow Warriors pumped up the volume of a recording of crowd noise during drills and scrimmage-like sessions. Read more
Most of the University of Hawaii’s non-football sports will be joining the Mountain West, UH athletic director Craig Angelos confirmed on Monday night. Read more
It is halftime of the University of Hawaii football team’s 12-game regular season, but there is no break. Read more
During the Hawaii basketball team’s recent skills testing, point guard Kody Williams soared to a gravity-defying 471⁄2 inches on his vertical jump. Read more
UH quarterback Brayden Schager was sacked eight times against a six-in-the-box attack; the receivers dropped six passes, and the Warriors committed 11 penalties for 95 yards. Read more
