Dave Reardon

The University of Hawaii football team will try to accomplish something it hasn’t in 34 years on Saturday, and quite a few people think the Warriors have a good chance to make it happen.

Two unknown practice attendees were politely asked to stop shooting football practice video Tuesday at the University of Hawaii.

Nine years ago, he made national headlines as a football curiosity.

With the MLB trade deadline Monday, now’s a good time to talk about the strangest in-season baseball deal ever, a deal that became no-deal. It was 50 years ago, June 16, 1976. And I saw it up close.

Demolition of the old Aloha Stadium that started in February is ahead of schedule. That means groundbreaking for construction of the new facility in Halawa could be in early November, said the facility’s manager after Thursday’s monthly meeting of the state’s Stadium Authority board.

The last time the University of Hawaii football team generated this much offseason national attention was when legendary quarterback Colt Brennan said he’d return to Manoa instead of going to the NFL after a stellar junior year that ended with a domination of Arizona State. An undefeated 2007 regular season and UH’s only BCS bowl appearance followed.

When it was confirmed last week that Waialae Country Club would transition to hosting a PGA Champions Tour event (50 and over) starting in 2027, one of the first reactions by some was, “Perfect timing, Tiger is 50!”

The stability of an event that was mostly an afterthought during the long months of angst over the dwindling presence of the PGA Tour in Hawaii was a key to salvaging a Champions Tour tournament at Waialae Country Club.

Who is Brian Derby more proud of?

As it is most years, I had heard of few, if any, of the HMSA Kaimana Award scholarship winners until helping to choose them.