Fourteen months later anybody who saw that mismatch has to stare in surprise at the Mountain West Conference standings that show Nevada, of all people, atop the heap at 5-0 and on the verge of a Top 25-ranking Read more
An anonymous reader asked me about longtime Honolulu Advertiser reporter Bob Krauss (1924-2006). Read more
On Thanksgiving Day, we devote Kokua Line to readers’ expressions of gratitude, which are plentiful even during a year that has been difficult and isolating for so many. Whether thanking someone for a kind deed, a lifesaving act, or simply a positive attitude, the sense of connection a heartfelt Mahalo conveys is appreciated always. Read more
At the start of July Notre Dame and Brigham Young were college football independents, blissfully without full-time conference membership. Read more
Welcome to the long-awaited official start of college basketball season today. Read more
Question: As of Saturday neither my husband nor I has received a restaurant card. I have called the information line and been told I am on the list at the correct address. What’s up with the delay? If the card does not get here soon, I will not have time to use it. Read more
Is it time to redesign your network? Are users complaining about the network being slow, taking forever to open a large attachment over email or constantly getting kicked out of applications during peak traffic times? Read more
Question: I have lost my Hawaii state ID. Can you please tell me where and how — in this period of chaos — I can get it replaced? I live in the McCully area. Read more
Nevada football coach Jay Norvell acknowledges “a few anxious moments when Todd Graham took over,” as the head coach at the University of Hawaii in January. Read more
The University of Hawaii football team was in the midst of a comeback so rousing Saturday night that it appeared that even the cardboard fan cutouts were gyrating. Read more
There are political institutions and then there is Ann Kobayashi, the Honolulu City Council chairwoman, who in two stretches has served for 17 years on the Council. Read more
I wasn’t a fan of George W. Bush, describing him in 2000 as “the least distinguished and least respected man to assume the presidency in modern times.” Read more
One of these nights the University of Hawaii football team is going to finally beat nemesis Boise State, but it is going to have to be when the Rainbow Warriors can hold their own on special teams. Read more
I’ve written quite a bit about Duke Kahanamoku in the past, but only recently found out he came down with the Spanish flu and nearly died from it. And it prevented him from what he thought at the time was his life’s ambition. Read more
For the University of Hawaii football team and, indeed the rest of the Mountain West Conference, there are two things pretty much guaranteed to happen when you play Boise State. Read more
Now that the University of Hawaii has announced Stanford as the marquee opponent for the 2023 home football opener, will the Rainbow Warriors’ projected new home for that season, the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District, be ready in time? Read more
Most weeks this season the biggest drama for the defending Mountain West Conference champion Boise State football team has come in the last days preceding the Broncos’ games, not at them. Read more
These days, the “better together” mantra may be one way for businesses to survive the coronavirus pandemic in Hawaii. Read more
To say this year’s Thanksgiving is going to be different is an understatement. Read more
My friends know to never call me on the phone. If I had my way, I’d delete the phone off my smartphone altogether. Read more
Twenty-one years ago Shane Victorino sat at the kitchen table in his family’s Maui home, torn between two paths while pondering the biggest decision of his life. Read more
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