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It happened 40 days before U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the “Hawaii Admission Act,” which officially established Hawaii as the country’s 50th state. It was a cool evening in Manoa Valley on the night of February 6, 1959. Inside the University of Hawaii’s Otto Klum Gym, however, Tony Davis was sizzling hot. The next day’s […]

We at ESPN Honolulu love food as much as (maybe more) than we love sports. During these tough times, it could be daunting just thinking about what to prepare for breakfast, lunch, and dinner everyday now that restaurants and bars have been mandated to cease dine-in services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The usual establishments […]

By Lance Tominaga, ESPN Honolulu Web Editor. At church last Sunday morning, I approached one of our elders – a good-natured kupuna who enjoys greeting everyone with a handshake or hug. This time, however, it was a bit different. ”What should we do?” he asked with a smile. “Fist bump? Maybe touch elbows?” i didn’t […]

Today, we hop into our Time Machine and take a look back at some of the major sports headlines on March 19, 1990 – exactly thirty years ago. The University of Hawaii Rainbow Warrior basketball team was gearing up for one of the biggest games of the Riley Wallace era. Spring training was set to […]

It didn’t take long for Hawaii’s Marcus Mariota to find his new NFL home. On the first day of the league’s free agency negotiating period, the 2015 Heisman Trophy winner agreed to terms with the Las Vegas Raiders. It seems like a win-win situation for almost everyone involved. The Raiders get a talented QB who […]

This feels different today, writing about the last week. Now I’m about to revisit the pain and shock of the last week as reality set in very quickly five days ago. I, like many of you, were looking forward to seeing our UH Rainbow Warriors play in the Big West Tournament. I wrote last week […]

The negotiating period for NFL free agents has begun, and already there have been blockbuster trades and contract agreements. DeForest Buckner to the Colts. DeAndre Hopkins to the Cardinals. Austin Hooper to the Browns. But what about Marcus Mariota? The Tennessee Titans have moved on from their 2015 No. 1 draft pick, and that’s probably […]

It’s safe to say that no calamity has impacted the sports world as much as Covid-19. The pandemic has put a halt to the NCAA, NBA, NHL, MLB, PGA, Nascar and many other sports entities. Still, it wasn’t the first time that a major sports championship was halted because of a virus. In 1919, the […]

Most NBA fans consider Michael Jordan to be the greatest basketball player who ever lived. There are other observers who think the honor should go to LeBron James or Kobe Bryant or Magic Johnson. It’s hard to imagine a 7-foot-1, 275-lb. giant being overlooked, but there’s a case to be for the late, great Wilt […]

It was an unexpected ending to what was shaping up to be another NCAA National Championship run season. The Rainbow Warriors were ranked No. 2 behind BYU, whom they reversed swept in an epic comeback and final game of the season at the Stan Sheriff Center last Friday. The ‘Bows finished the season 15-1 and […]