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By Tiff Wells On this date in 2019, the start of the 31st Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic, unranked Hawaii came from behind to upset 21st ranked San Diego. Set scores: 25-19, 20-25, 16-25, 25-19, 15-10. Oregon transfer Jolie Rasmussen led all hitters with 19 kills (including 9 in the final 2 sets) and hit […]

By Tiff Wells On this date in 2003, Kim Willoughby led all attackers with 21 kills and hit .472 as then No. 2 UH swept No. 6 Minnesota 30-20, 30-18, 30-18 to open up the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic. Lily Kahumoku added a double-double (11 kills, 15 digs), while Maja Gustin chipped in 9 […]

PHOTO: Andrew Lee // University of Hawai’i Athletics On this date in 2016, the 6th ranked ‘Bows entered the final day of the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational 0-2 and at intermission of the 3rd match saw themselves down 0-2 against Arizona. Without All-American starters Nikki Taylor and Annie Mitchem, the ‘Bows were sparked by the […]

By Bobby Curran For those who aspire to a coaching career at a high level, be prepared to move early and often. And in the case of UH assistant basketball coach Chris Gerlufsen, that has meant bi-coastal and trans-Pacific. Gerlufsen always knew he wanted to coach, since his dad was a well-known high school coach […]

I’ve heard about this. I know many people do this every day. I’ve experienced it in the past, and I was hoping never to have to do it again. It’s this waking up really, really early in the morning. Like 5 AM early. And not just once, but it’s every day this week, til Friday. […]

By Bobby Curran With the attempts to bring back professional sports, each of them had logistical problems, issues with their constituencies, and labor issues. By now, we have an inkling of what worked and what didn’t. These were uncharted waters and while many ideas were considered, each of the leagues went through many permutations before […]

By Bobby Curran If you’re confused about the prospects for the 2020 college football season, you are in good company. Here is where we are in the dog days of August. Four of the 10 conferences that comprise the Power 5 and Group of 5 have decreed they will not play football in the fall. […]

The Air Punch. I’m certain I’ve never used those words in a sentence. Until now. Now that I’ve read up on the “AP,”  I’m suprised I’ve never heard if it before. But on the first day of the NBA Playoffs, Kristops Porzingis apparently was guilty of throwing The Air Punch, and apparently that’s frowned upon. […]

Well, it happened. Just when you thought this year has already given us every possible type of forgetful, life-changing and awful moments, we got another one yesterday. I wasn’t surprised at the news that the Mountain West Conference decided to postpone all of its fall sports, especially football. I mean, didn’t we all see this […]

Last week I wrote how great it was that baseball was back, but the real story was how the Miami Marlins had numerous players who tested positive for the Coronavirus, and I wondered if baseball could continue if things got worse. Well, they have. This week, it’s the St. Louis Cardinals who have had 16 […]