No college coaches packed into suffocating high school gyms. No coaches milling around airport terminals, waiting for the next flight to some out-of-the-way place. No chance to shake hands with mom and dad and make a pitch that ultimately hold the fate of your career in their hands. Read more
The Tokyo Olympics will open next year in the same time slot scheduled for this year’s games. Read more
A few blocks from downtown, inside a building with a brick and stucco facade, two men were immersed in an esports event, one of the safer competitions remaining in a sporting world upended by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
Tokyo Olympic organizers seem to be leaning away from starting the rescheduled games in the spring of 2021. More and more the signs point toward the summer of 2021. 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
Besides the draft, the other big event on April’s NFL calendar is the release of the regular-season schedule. Read more
Jessiya Villa, a freshman point guard for the University of Hawaii men’s basketball team, confirmed he has entered the transfer portal. Read more
He was a starting center for the Ramblers, who upset Cincinnati in the national title game and drew acclaim for their basketball prowess and for what they represented to a nation divided by segregation. Read more
Major League Baseball owners ratified a 17-page agreement with the union today in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, with players willing to extend the season as long as needed to cover as close to a full schedule as possible. 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
Dawson Carper, one of the University of Hawaii basketball team’s three 7-foot centers, has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal, school officials confirmed. Read more
Jimmy Wynn, the diminutive Houston slugger whose monster shots in the 1960s and ’70s earned him the popular nickname “The Toy Cannon,” has died. He was 78. Read more
The draft will still take place April 23-25. It was originally scheduled for a big outdoor production in Las Vegas, but those plans were scrapped because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Hockey equipment manufacturer Bauer has shifted from making visors for helmets to medical visors for those fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
Fred “Curly” Neal, the dribbling wizard who entertained millions with the Harlem Globetrotters for parts of three decades, has died. He was 77. Read more
Point guard Drew Buggs, the University of Hawaii basketball team’s career leader in assists, confirmed he has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal. Read more
The Panthers have officially signed free agent quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to a three-year contract. Read more
The move became a mere formality after the Panthers made it clear last week they were moving on from Newton by giving him permission to seek a trade and then agreeing to a three-year, $63 million contract with free agent quarterback Teddy Bridgewater about 90 minutes later. Read more
The Forum purchase abruptly wraps up the litigation fight and allows the Clippers to move ahead on their goal to open a new arena when their Staples Center lease expires in 2024. Read more
What sounded like a noble effort but might have been an NCAA violation is OK after all. 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
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