Hawaii basketball adds versatile 6-7 guard from Evansville
Cuff, who is 6 feet 7 and 210 pounds, can play both guard positions, the wing and the four spot. Read more
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UH baseball team overpowers UC Davis
Dominating all phases, the Hawaii baseball team overpowered UC Davis 16-0 today at Les Murakami Stadium. Read more
Tokyo Series featuring Ohtani delivers record-breaking event for MLB
Major League Baseball on Friday called this week’s Tokyo Series between Japanese standout Shohei Ohtani’s World Series champions Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs the largest standalone international event in its history. Read more
George Foreman, boxing legend and grill pitchman, dies at 76
“A humanitarian, an Olympian, and two time heavyweight champion of the world, He was deeply respected — a force for good, a man of discipline, conviction, and a protector of his legacy, fighting tirelessly to preserve his good name — for his family,” the family said, describing Foreman in a post on Instagram. Read more
Hawaii women’s basketball sees season end in WBIT
Senior guard Lily Wahinekapu scored 12 of her game-high 18 points in the fourth quarter for Hawaii, which finishes the season 22-10 and remains winless in nine postseason games under head coach Laura Beeman. Read more
Celtics sold for $6.1B, highest price in North American sports
The sale price is the highest for a North American sports franchise, topping the $6.05 billion paid for the NFL’s Washington Commanders by a group led by Josh Harris and far surpassing the $4 billion valuation of the Phoenix Suns when Mat Ishbia bought the team in 2023 — the previous high for an NBA team. Read more
Ohtani homers to cap sweep of Cubs in Tokyo
Ohtani was joined by Dodgers teammates second baseman Tommy Edman and outfielder Kike Hernandez in recording their first home runs of the 2025 season. Read more
University of Hawaii moves forward with search for next AD
UH is seeking a replacement for Craig Angelos, who was fired as athletic director after 18 months. Read more
Conor McGregor’s White House immigration comments draw Irish PM rebuke
McGregor, wearing a green pinstripe suit, visited with Trump and senior administration officials. Read more
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Hawaii pitchers combine on 4-hitter to beat No. 15 UC Santa Barbara 1-0
Cooper Walls and Isaiah Magdaleno combined on a four-hitter in Hawaii’s 1-0 baseball victory over 15th-ranked UC Santa Barbara today at Les Murakami Stadium. Read more
Hawaii draws UNLV in first round of WBIT
The game marks the fourth consecutive season Hawaii will play in a postseason game. The Rainbow Wahine made the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back years before playing in the first round of the WBIT last year. Read more
Cindy Luis, retired Star-Advertiser writer and trailblazer for women’s sports, dies at 70
Cindy Luis, a trailblazer as a woman sportswriter and editor in Hawaii, died overnight peacefully at her home in Kailua, her son, Tiff Wells, said today. Read more
Dodgers’ Tokyo Series trip confirms the team’s ‘overwhelming’ hold on Japan
For much of the last two years, the Dodgers have felt like Major League Baseball’s Team of Japan. Read more
Hawaii men’s volleyball sweeps Penn State
Hawaii has won 10 matches in a row. Read more
Hawaii adds defensive lineman from Richmond
Adding to the interior design of the defensive line, the University of Hawaii football team received a commitment from a 6-foot-3, 300-pound transfer from the University of Richmond. Read more
No. 1 seed Hawaii ousted in Big West tournament on last-second shot
Lily Wahinekapu had 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists in 35 minutes to lead UH (22-9), which will play in the Women’s Basketball Invitational Tournament beginning Thursday. Read more
No. 3 Hawaii sweeps No. 12 Ball State with big third-set rally
All three starting pin hitters recorded double figures in kills for the third-ranked Hawaii men’s volleyball team, which opened the 29th Outrigger Invitational in impressive fashion with a 25-19, 25-13, 29-27 sweep of No. 12 Ball State tonight. Read more
Naoya Inoue to defend super bantamweight title in Las Vegas
Inoue, who has a 29-0 record with 26 knockouts, last fought in the U.S. in 2021 and will headline the card at the T-Mobile Arena. Cardenas, 29, will be challenging for his first world title. Read more
Reports: Marcus Mariota stays with Commanders on 1-year, $8M deal
Mariota, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, spent his first five seasons with the Tennessee Titans and has bounced around the league since — two seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders, then one each in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Washington, largely in a backup role. Read more
Hawaii’s Lily Wahinekapu named Big West Player of the Year
Post player Ritorya Tamilo was named the Big West Freshman of the Year and Laura Beeman earned her third Big West Coach of the Year honor in the last four seasons. Read more
Bobby Curran, long-time voice of Rainbow sports, dies at 69
Longtime radio announcer Bobby Curran who was the voice of the University of Hawaii Rainbow sports for more than three decades, died this morning, according to reports. Read more
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