In a roundabout way, the University of Hawaii athletic department might have Nick Rolovich to thank for softening some of the immediate financial blow from COVID-19. Read more
The University of Hawaii baseball team’s improbable run to the 1980 College World Series Championship game was built on a series of remarkable comebacks. Now, the ’Bows are girding for another rally. Read more
When representatives of the five high school athletic associations in the state sat down a little over two weeks ago to discuss plans for dealing with the burgeoning COVID-19 threat a lot of people figured it would be business as usual. Read more
If there is anybody more anxious than fans, coaches and the players themselves for the college football season to get going, it has to be the oddsmakers. Read more
The state says it may ask prospective developers of the New Aloha Stadium District to take on maintenance of the decrepit current facility until the new stadium’s expected opening in fall 2023. Read more
Marcus Mariota’s Motiv8 Foundation will join with other community entities in underwriting 1,000 grab-and-go meals a day beginning today for 43 school days at Kauluwela and Palolo Elementary Schools during the COVID-19 shutdown. Read more
There are no sports for them to watch or coach at the moment, but there will be something a lot of University of Hawaii coaches have a rooting interest in when the NCAA’s Division I Council takes action Monday. Read more
Marcus Mariota’s Motiv8 Foundation will join with other community entities in underwriting 1,000 free grab-and-go meals a day Monday through Friday for at least 43 days at Kauluwela and Palolo Elementary Schools during the COVID-19 shutdown. Read more
The state formally began the solicitation process for the building of the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District by issuing a request for qualifications from potential partners Friday. Read more
The 61-page RFQ was posted on the state Public Works website from which interested parties can download specifications for their responses. Read more
His team is scheduled to kick off college football’s first game of the 2020 season five months from Sunday. And Navy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo is concerned as he sits locked down in Manoa. Read more
Not for the first — or, you figure, the last — time in his football career Tua Tagovailoa has been amazing. Read more
Marcus Mariota was on a hands-free phone in a vehicle in California taking questions after signing his Las Vegas Raiders contract Tuesday, but be assured that whatever thoroughfare or freeway he was on it was the high road. Read more
“I’m here to support Derek, but this journey is more about me trying to find out how I can become the best player that I can be,” Mariota told the Star-Advertiser from California. Read more
The former Alabama quarterback suffered a fractured and dislocated hip in a Nov. 16 game at Mississippi State. Read more
In otherwise darkened cabins on red-eye road trip flights when the rest of the University of Hawaii men’s basketball team was asleep, Sai Tummala’s reading light would invariably be on as he studied. Read more
Between geography, finances and being the only public institution in a 12-member conference, filling the University of Hawaii Hilo men’s basketball coaching job has historically come with a full-court press of challenges. Read more
In a world that is being spun faster on its axis each passing day by the impact of COVID-19, the time has come for the 2020 Olympics to get in step with reality. Read more
Normally, we would have seen a beaming Marcus Mariota holding up a silver and black inaugural issue Las Vegas Raiders jersey with his name affixed amid a glittery Vegas celebration of his free-agent signing by now. Read more
When the alarm clock would rouse him from slumber at 4:30 a.m. on school mornings, DeForest Buckner told himself there was a deeper purpose. Read more
Defensive tackle DeForest Buckner today signed a five-year contract with the Indianapolis Colts that will pay him an average of $21 million per season. Read more
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