1. Opening Weekend Test – The 52nd season of Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine Volleyball opens at home for a 42nd time. The first of two consecutive non-conference tournaments is the 36th Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic, August 28th-30th.
ESPN Honolulu's John Veneri and Josh Pacheco kicked off their coverage of the 2026 Mountain West Conference Football Media Days with interviews featuring key members of the University of Hawaiʻi football program.
Hawaiʻi quarterback Micah Alejado headlines the Mountain West's 2026 preseason honors after being named the conference's Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. Alejado is the first Rainbow Warrior to earn a preseason conference Player of the Year honor since Bryant Moniz in 2011.
Conor McGregor's long-awaited return to the Octagon lasted just 1:09 on Saturday night after he suffered an apparent right knee injury in the opening moments of his welterweight bout against Waianae's Max Holloway at UFC 329.
The 2025–26 Hawaiʻi High School Sports Photo Contest Powered by Hele is back for its second year, celebrating the photographers who capture the unforgettable moments that define Hawaiʻi high school athletics.
The return of the EA Sports College Football video game franchise has been a hit among nostalgic and new video gamers alike, and Division I college athletic departments are enjoying the residual effects of that popularity.
