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A nice crowd gathered at Brick Oven Pizza Dillingham yesterday (Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017) for our final San Francisco Giants Viewing Party of the year. Although the Giants fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-2, everyone in attendance still enjoyed themselves, eating scrumptious pizza, enjoying ice cold beverages, playing “Baseball Bingo” and winning prizes. At […]

Five Questions with Tiff Wells The University of Hawaii women’s volleyball team opens its 2017 season this Friday, hosting the Texaco Rainbow Wahine Invitational at the Stan Sheriff Center. Hawaii will face Marquette at approximately 7:00 p.m., following the UCLA-San Diego match. We sat down with Tiff Wells, the “Voice of Rainbow Wahine Volleyball,” and […]

The 2017 NAPA Auto Parts Ultimate Sports Trivia Challenge “Final Four” event had something for everyone, including two past champions and a surprise newcomer making it to the title match. In the end, however, it was Royden Muranaka claiming his fourth Trivia Challenge championship, earning a year’s worth of bragging rights, plus a trip for […]

A “KILLAH” OF A NIGHT! The “Killahs” killed it! The Killahs (Dean Calibraro, Ed Chu, Jay Kim and Clayton Salvador) won the 2017 NAPA Auto Parts Ultimate Sports Trivia Team Challenge on Thursday, Aug. 10 at Dave & Buster’s Honolulu. They edged the two-time defending champion “Team Banana Boat” to capture the title. More than […]

If you missed the 2017 ESPN 1420 Sports Festival presented by United Healthcare Community Plan, well, you missed a lot. But no worries. Take a look at the photos below, and make your plans now to attend next year’s Festival! All photos by Bryeden Oasay unless otherwise noted. Mahalo to United Healthcare Community Plan for […]

  DANCE FEVER The UH Rainbow Warrior Dancers gear up for the 2017-18 season. By Lance Tominaga “Five, six, seven, eight… Again!” It’s 4:30 in the afternoon. Inside Studio 2 at the University of Hawaii Music Building, the UH Rainbow Warrior Dancers are working on a new routine. Music reverberates from a boom box tucked […]

Here’s your chance to test your NFL IQ about players with Hawaii ties. Take this trivia quiz and see how well you score! Gary Allen is the University of Hawaii’s all-time leading rusher, with 3,451 net yards. Which NFL team drafted Allen in 1982? Former UH quarterback Colt Brennan was selected by the Washington Redskins […]

UH CIRCLE OF HONOR ADDS THREE The University of Hawaii Sports Circle of Honor added three new members on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. Former UH men’s basketball coach Riley Wallace, local broadcast legend Jim Leahey and all-time Rainbow Warrior basketball great Tony Davis were honored during halftime of the Hawaii-Cal State Fullerton game at the […]

DIGGIN’ IT Hawaii native Andrew Palileo is building something special in North Texas. By Lance Tominaga When you’re raised in Hawaii, you’re expected to know your volleyball. Andrew Palileo knows this well. The Waipahu High School alum recalls the day in 1989 when the athletic director at Waconia High School in Minnesota approached him with […]

BIGGER THAN FOOTBALL Former Rainbow Warrior Joe Onosai shares his life’s ups and downs – and how it all led to fulfilling his calling. by Lance Tominaga Luafalealo Lafaele Sakaria, High Chief of the Samoan village of Luatuanu‘u, cradled the newborn baby in his arms. The revered leader had walked miles from the village of […]