University of Hawai’i Athletics

By Lance Tominaga, ESPN Honolulu Web Editor. I love UH football. I love Rainbow Wahine volleyball. And no one is a better fan of the Oakland Los Angeles Oakland Las Vegas Raiders than yours truly. But my biggest sports passion is University of Hawaii men’s basketball. Always has been. I started following the program during […]

The No. 3-ranked University of Hawaii men’s volleyball team used a balanced attack last night to beat No. 15 Lincoln Memorial in four sets – 25-14, 22-25, 25-13 and 25-23. Outside hitter Spyros Chakas led the Rainbow Warriors with a career-high 17 kills. Hawaii is now 13-2 on the season and will take this week […]

By Lance Tominaga, ESPN Honolulu Web Editor. The December 11, 1930 edition of the Honolulu Advertiser was crammed with headlines reporting the events of the previous day. “Foes Attack Actions of the President,” read one news item. (What’s that saying, “The more things change…?”) “Arctic Flyer Found Dead; Pals Rescued,” read another banner. At the […]

By: Jarin Kobashigawa The Rainbow Wahine basketball team trailed by 16 points late in the third quarter against UC San Diego and came back to tie the game with less than 30 seconds left in the game. Tied, 60-60, UCSD’s Julia Macabuhay gave the Tritons a two-point lead on a jumper with less than two […]

By: Jarin Kobashigawa This week on HFN Ep 25, Jordan Helle and Hunter Hughes talk about head coach Timmy Chang’s commitment to recruiting locally. Helle and Hughes discuss how keeping good local talent home affects the team chemistry and brings excitement to the program for fans and supporters alike. The episode concludes with a discussion […]

University of Hawaii golf standout AJ Teraoka will be the featured guest on tomorrow’s ESPN Honolulu “Fan Friday: Talk Story” episode. Hosted by Dave Kawada, this exclusive Zoom conversation can be viewed on our ESPN Honolulu Facebook page starting at 10:00 a.m. Teraoka, a senior out of Moanalua High School, competed in 11 tournaments in […]

By Lance Tominaga, ESPN Honolulu Web Editor. You’ve heard the saying, “Records are made to be broken.” But there are some records that may, in fact, never be touched. Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, for example, has stood for 79 years. Pete Rose made headlines when he had a 44-game hitting streak, but that was […]

By Lance Tominaga, ESPN Honolulu Web Editor. Today’s let’s look back at the football career (so far) of University of Hawaii head football coach Timmy Chang. It’s safe to say that no UH head coach has put together the kind of on-field résumé that Chang has. Just take a look at some of the numbers: […]

By Lance Tominaga, ESPN Honolulu Web Editor. If you could put together an all-time University of Hawaii women’s basketball team, who would you include. We put together a 13-player roster that we feel would win a lot of games and make a run in any NCAA Tournament. Our lineup has scorers, distributors, defenders, sharpshooters and […]

By Lance Tominaga, ESPN Honolulu Web Editor. The Pearlridge Collectors Show was held this weekend at Pearlridge Center’s Wai Makai area. A diverse selection of sports cards and collectibles were available for sale at this popular monthly event. As a special treat, several University of Hawaii football players were at the show to meet fans […]