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Young Stokes is confident his game will only improve

With 38 seconds left in a 2-point exhibition game the University of Hawaii men’s basketball team was desperately trying to hold onto, senior Zane Johnson wrapped a brotherly arm around freshman point guard Shaquille Stokes.

Wahine hoops’ best addition might be assistant coach

The University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball team brought in eight recruits for this season, but what figures to be the biggest addition will spend it on the bench.

Hawaii may not even get what it’s paying for in MWC

Does membership in the Mountain West Conference come with a money-back guarantee?
If you are the University of Hawaii, that is not only the $650,000 question but should be reason to begin consulting with counsel.

Bleak loss underscores need for coaching change

If the University of Hawaii was still somehow wrestling with what to do with head coach Greg McMackin’s request for a contract extension, this should have decided it once and for all.

Houston's Keenum closing in on Chang's NCAA records

When Tim Chang set the NCAA career record for passing yardage in 2004, it seemed a mark likely to endure for decades. And a lot of people said as much, including then-University of Hawaii head football coach June Jones, who predicted it would remain on the books at least "45 years."

UH set up to face some fire during WAC farewell tour

Legend has it that at their final Western Athletic Conference football media day before bolting for the then-Pac-8, Arizona and Arizona State found themselves publicly chided as "(bleeping) turncoats."

UH’s radio rights deal is an interesting partnership

On the way to the Holiday Bowl in 1992, visionary athletic director Stan Sheriff began exploring the then-radical idea that the University of Hawaii could bring radio broadcasts of its sports teams in-house instead of contracting out the rights.

Warriors could be team to beat in WAC this season

Some of the keenest minds of our time — the Western Athletic Conference football coaches and the intrepid media who cover them — have weighed in, and Thursday at the WAC Football Media Preview in Las Vegas, the conference office will reveal that annual summer conversation piece — the preseason polls.

Guerpo goes the extra mile for Hilo cross country team

The day in April that the University of Hawaii-Hilo announced it was suspending its cross-country program due to budget cuts, coach Jaime Guerpo said he "mourned."

If Bears listen to their fans, Kreutz will be a happy man

In these bottom-line days, how many people do you know with a strong public mandate behind them for the awarding of a new, multi-million dollar annual salary deal?