SPOKANE, WASH. >> Eran Ganot sat by himself, folded against a
table in a corner of his team’s deserted locker room. His shirt was
soaked from a celebratory dousing. His phone buzzed incessantly on the
tabletop.
“This thing’s going crazy,” Hawaii’s first-year head coach said. “What just happened here?”
Only the biggest victory in Rainbow Warriors basketball history.
***
When time had expired and confirming glances at the TV screen attested to the authenticity of the University of Hawaii’s opening-round NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament victory, the old coach went airborne.
Propelled by the exultation of a breakthrough triumph 44 long years in coming, 74-year-old Riley Wallace leaped out of his chair at the California Hotel &Casino in Las Vegas, where he had joined a gathering of Hawaii fans.
“I jumped 3 inches, I was so happy,” Wallace said in a phone call. “OK, maybe 2. My (vertical) isn’t what it used to be.”
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Friday, March 18, 2016
Fox Sports 990
Conservative talk radio on KIKI-AM 990 will give way to FOX Sports Radio effective Thursday. The station will be branded FOX Sports 990, said Chuck Cotton, president of iHeartMedia Hawaii.
Also, “we’ve signed an affiliation agreement with the Los Angeles Dodgers for all the home and away games, including the Freeway Series that starts at the end of March,” he said.
The station also will carry all Tennessee Titans games, featuring Hawaii-grown quarterback Marcus Mariota, as well as some other shows from the Tennessee Titans Radio Network, he said.
An additional affiliation agreement could be completed next week, Cotton said.
The FOX Sports Radio lineup includes “FOX Sports Daybreak” with Andy Furman and Mike North, “The Dan Patrick Show,” “The Herd” with Colin Cowherd and “Jay Mohr Sports” throughout its 24-hour broadcast day.
The programming will be aired live rather than being time-shifted for the Hawaii market, said Cotton.
FOX Sports Radio shows will be pre-empted for Dodgers and Titans broadcasts, as well as for broadcasts by the yet-to-be-announced affiliate.
mid-major players to watch
As this week’s NCAA Tournament shifts from Dayton to sites across the country, we’ve put together a list of 10 players worth watching from traditional one-bid conferences. Their performances in conference play suggest they could make the most of this opportunity.
Joel Bolomboy, F/C, Weber State (Big Sky)
Quinton Chievous, F, Hampton (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)
A.J. English, G, Iona (Metro Atlantic)
Marvelle Harris, G, Fresno State (Mountain West)
Chris Horton, C/F, Austin Peay (Ohio Valley Conference)
Stefan Jankovic, F, Hawaii (Big West)
Carrington Love, G, Green Bay (Horizon)
Justin Sears, F, Yale (Ivy League)
Thomas Walkup, G/F, Stephen F. Austin (Southland Conference)
Jameel Warney, F, Stony Brook (America East)
I wonder how many of these will get drafted and/or make it in the NBA?
Checking nbadraft.net, I see Bolomboy at 41 and that's it.
Joel Bolomboy, F/C, Weber State (Big Sky)
Quinton Chievous, F, Hampton (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)
A.J. English, G, Iona (Metro Atlantic)
Marvelle Harris, G, Fresno State (Mountain West)
Chris Horton, C/F, Austin Peay (Ohio Valley Conference)
Stefan Jankovic, F, Hawaii (Big West)
Carrington Love, G, Green Bay (Horizon)
Justin Sears, F, Yale (Ivy League)
Thomas Walkup, G/F, Stephen F. Austin (Southland Conference)
Jameel Warney, F, Stony Brook (America East)
I wonder how many of these will get drafted and/or make it in the NBA?
Checking nbadraft.net, I see Bolomboy at 41 and that's it.
Saturday, March 12, 2016
2015-2016 Rainbow Warrior Basketball
[3/12/16] Hawaii wins Big West tournament, headed for The Big Dance
[3/8/16] Stefan Jankovic named Big West Player of the Year, Eran Ganot named Big West Coach of the Year
[10/16/15] $700,000 settlement deal for Gib Arnold
[9/2/15] Jakob Cornelissen walks on from Australia
[9/2/15] Gib Arnold hired as Celtics scout
[8/21/15] Warriors land guard from Sweden
[7/15/15] Gib's coaches: where are they now? / Benjy Taylor is now a car salesman
[6/24/15] UH to change shoes from Adidas to Under Armour
[6/21/15] Jack Purchase to transfer from Auburn to Hawaii
[6/21/15] UH rebuts Gib Arnold's counter-allegations
[6/11/15] Gib Arnold responds to UH lawsuit
[6/10/15] Gib Arnold rounding up allies
[6/7/15] Dave Rozitis issues statement in defense of Gib Arnold
[6/4/15] Former Arizona State forward Sai Tummala commits to Hawaii
[5/29/15] Gib Arnold and UH headed to arbitration
[5/27/15] Negus Webster-Chan to turn pro, forsaking final two years
[5/23/15] Chris Acker is the third assistant coach
[5/17/15] Norm Parrish named as second full assistant
[5/16/15] The University of Hawaii said it will vacate 36 victories; reduce scholarships, practice time and tryouts; cut back the role of its operations director; pay a $10,000 fine; and place itself on one-year probation for violations of NCAA rules by its men's basketball program.
[5/12/15] Bryce Canda Q&A
[5/11/15] Ganot's first recruit is Bryce Canda
[5/1/15] Awards banquet and sendoff for Benjy
[4/29/15] Ganot yet to sign contract
[4/24/15] Ganot's first hire is Adam Jacobsen
[4/14/15] Isaac Fleming will stick it out
[4/10/15] Ganot sees it as a calling
[4/10/15] Ganot is out to build a culture
[4/9/15] Eran Ganot introduced as the 21st coach for Hawaii basketball
[3/8/16] Stefan Jankovic named Big West Player of the Year, Eran Ganot named Big West Coach of the Year
[10/16/15] $700,000 settlement deal for Gib Arnold
[9/2/15] Jakob Cornelissen walks on from Australia
[9/2/15] Gib Arnold hired as Celtics scout
[8/21/15] Warriors land guard from Sweden
[7/15/15] Gib's coaches: where are they now? / Benjy Taylor is now a car salesman
[6/24/15] UH to change shoes from Adidas to Under Armour
[6/21/15] Jack Purchase to transfer from Auburn to Hawaii
[6/21/15] UH rebuts Gib Arnold's counter-allegations
[6/11/15] Gib Arnold responds to UH lawsuit
[6/10/15] Gib Arnold rounding up allies
[6/7/15] Dave Rozitis issues statement in defense of Gib Arnold
[6/4/15] Former Arizona State forward Sai Tummala commits to Hawaii
[5/29/15] Gib Arnold and UH headed to arbitration
[5/27/15] Negus Webster-Chan to turn pro, forsaking final two years
[5/23/15] Chris Acker is the third assistant coach
[5/17/15] Norm Parrish named as second full assistant
[5/16/15] The University of Hawaii said it will vacate 36 victories; reduce scholarships, practice time and tryouts; cut back the role of its operations director; pay a $10,000 fine; and place itself on one-year probation for violations of NCAA rules by its men's basketball program.
The self-imposed sanctions, contained in a 64-page reply to the NCAA on Friday, were immediately blasted by fired coach Gib Arnold's attorney, James Bickerton, who categorized them as "a typically shortsighted action, throwing students and their achievements under the bus to save their own okoles."
[5/12/15] Bryce Canda Q&A
[5/11/15] Ganot's first recruit is Bryce Canda
[5/1/15] Awards banquet and sendoff for Benjy
[4/29/15] Ganot yet to sign contract
[4/24/15] Ganot's first hire is Adam Jacobsen
[4/14/15] Isaac Fleming will stick it out
[4/10/15] Ganot sees it as a calling
[4/10/15] Ganot is out to build a culture
[4/9/15] Eran Ganot introduced as the 21st coach for Hawaii basketball
Sunday, March 06, 2016
UFC 196
LAS VEGAS - With a pair of rear naked chokes that finished two celebrated champions, Nate Diaz and Miesha Tate both accomplished the improbable in a pair of sport-shaking victories at UFC 196.
The main event was the greatest moment in the career of Diaz, a pugnacious veteran from a notorious fighting family in Stockton, California. Diaz had lost three of his past five fights, but his size and power abruptly finished McGregor, who had boasted of his plans to hold championships in multiple weight classes.
The loss was McGregor's first since November 2010, and it put a blemish on the loquacious Irish face of the UFC and the best-paid fighter in this rapidly growing sport.
McGregor agreed to fight Diaz at the welterweight limit when 155-pound lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos dropped out of his matchup with McGregor due to a foot injury. McGregor set a new UFC record with his $1 million disclosed purse for this fight, and he predicted a comfortable win over Diaz, comparing the veteran to a gazelle about to be eaten by a lion.
Instead, McGregor got bit.
"(McGregor) punches hard," Diaz said. "He's a hard-hitting little guy, but nothing I never felt before."
***
LAS VEGAS – Less than a year after she was denied a shot at the championship that had been promised to her, Miesha Tate completed an amazing comeback journey with a dramatic submission of Holly Holm Saturday in the co-main event of UFC 196 at the MGM Grand Garden.
Tate, who lost her Strikeforce title to bitter rival Ronda Rousey in 2012 and then lost a shot at the UFC belt in 2013, submitted Holm with a rear naked choke at 3:30 of the fifth round.
It was a sensational submission. Tate took Holm down, who fought to stand up. Tate stayed on her and sunk in a rear naked choke. Holm moved over to the cage and then somersaulted forward, flipping Tate over.
Tate, though, didn’t release the hold and when they hit the ground; she kept the choke. She squeezed with all her might and Holm went out at 3:30, making Tate the new champion.
She nearly finished Holm in the second after a takedown, eventually getting the champion’s back and sinking in a choke. Holm fought it and the bell sounded, saving her.
Holm seemed to take control by winning the third and fourth rounds.
But Tate, who is as dogged as any fighter in the UFC, kept coming.
“I had to be patient,” Tate said. “She’s dangerous and is capable of catching anyone at any moment.”
Her win will likely mean a third meeting with her bitter rival Rousey, though that has yet to be determined.
The victory was especially sweet for Tate after she got bypassed for the title shot last year. UFC president Dana White had promised that the winner of the Tate-Jessica Eye fight in July would meet Rousey for the title. Tate won and White confirmed that she’d meet Rousey a third time.
But he thought better of it and several weeks later, changed his mind and gave Holm the shot instead. Tate found out while she was on a movie set with Holm.
Tate was bitter, and it was made worse when Holm went to Melbourne, Australia, and knocked out Rousey on Nov. 14 at UFC 193 in arguably the greatest upset in UFC history.
***
Conor McGregor mocked Diaz, taunted him at every turn and predicted a first-round finish during the intense 10-day promotion that came about when lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos pulled out of UFC 196 because of a broken foot.
Seconds after he submitted the heavily hyped McGregor on Saturday in the second round of their welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden, Diaz grabbed the microphone and said, “I’m not surprised, [expletive].”
In addition to being one of the world’s best fighters, Diaz is the UFC’s undisputed king of F-bombs, and he dropped one in the cage Saturday as he was basking in the glow of his greatest victory.
McGregor, though, was the star of this show. He opted to stay on the card following dos Anjos’ injury, even though as he said afterward, “they gave me every opportunity to pull out.”
He promoted the match with Diaz hard, and turned fans who showed up at a UFC gym in Torrance, Calif., for a hastily thrown together news conference into a frenzy with his taunts.
The fight was going his way for much of the night, but he learned a lesson that welterweights are vastly different than featherweights. He started slowly, but by the mid-point of the first round, he was picking Diaz apart.
McGregor opened a cut over Diaz’s right eye and his fast hands were getting through and hitting the mark.
But when McGregor hit featherweights like Jose Aldo, Chad Mendes and Dustin Poirier with those shots, they fell and he finished them.
Diaz, though, not only took them but relentlessly kept pushing forward.
“It is what it is,” McGregor said. “He’s a heavier man. It was simply me fighting a heavier man. He can take a hell of a shot. Him and Nick have that kind of style where they can take it and remain in there and remain in your face. … I make no excuses. It is what it is. I took a chance and it didn’t pay off, but I’ll be back.”
Most likely, he’ll be back at UFC 200 in July. Whenever he’s back, it will be at featherweight, he said. That means he’ll defend against either Aldo or Frankie Edgar.
Diaz isn’t a champion, but he may have earned himself a shot at dos Anjos’ belt. Dos Anjos holds a win over Diaz, but with Diaz’s momentum, he may get the shot.
The main event was the greatest moment in the career of Diaz, a pugnacious veteran from a notorious fighting family in Stockton, California. Diaz had lost three of his past five fights, but his size and power abruptly finished McGregor, who had boasted of his plans to hold championships in multiple weight classes.
The loss was McGregor's first since November 2010, and it put a blemish on the loquacious Irish face of the UFC and the best-paid fighter in this rapidly growing sport.
McGregor agreed to fight Diaz at the welterweight limit when 155-pound lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos dropped out of his matchup with McGregor due to a foot injury. McGregor set a new UFC record with his $1 million disclosed purse for this fight, and he predicted a comfortable win over Diaz, comparing the veteran to a gazelle about to be eaten by a lion.
Instead, McGregor got bit.
"(McGregor) punches hard," Diaz said. "He's a hard-hitting little guy, but nothing I never felt before."
***
LAS VEGAS – Less than a year after she was denied a shot at the championship that had been promised to her, Miesha Tate completed an amazing comeback journey with a dramatic submission of Holly Holm Saturday in the co-main event of UFC 196 at the MGM Grand Garden.
Tate, who lost her Strikeforce title to bitter rival Ronda Rousey in 2012 and then lost a shot at the UFC belt in 2013, submitted Holm with a rear naked choke at 3:30 of the fifth round.
It was a sensational submission. Tate took Holm down, who fought to stand up. Tate stayed on her and sunk in a rear naked choke. Holm moved over to the cage and then somersaulted forward, flipping Tate over.
Tate, though, didn’t release the hold and when they hit the ground; she kept the choke. She squeezed with all her might and Holm went out at 3:30, making Tate the new champion.
She nearly finished Holm in the second after a takedown, eventually getting the champion’s back and sinking in a choke. Holm fought it and the bell sounded, saving her.
Holm seemed to take control by winning the third and fourth rounds.
But Tate, who is as dogged as any fighter in the UFC, kept coming.
“I had to be patient,” Tate said. “She’s dangerous and is capable of catching anyone at any moment.”
Her win will likely mean a third meeting with her bitter rival Rousey, though that has yet to be determined.
The victory was especially sweet for Tate after she got bypassed for the title shot last year. UFC president Dana White had promised that the winner of the Tate-Jessica Eye fight in July would meet Rousey for the title. Tate won and White confirmed that she’d meet Rousey a third time.
But he thought better of it and several weeks later, changed his mind and gave Holm the shot instead. Tate found out while she was on a movie set with Holm.
Tate was bitter, and it was made worse when Holm went to Melbourne, Australia, and knocked out Rousey on Nov. 14 at UFC 193 in arguably the greatest upset in UFC history.
***
Conor McGregor mocked Diaz, taunted him at every turn and predicted a first-round finish during the intense 10-day promotion that came about when lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos pulled out of UFC 196 because of a broken foot.
Seconds after he submitted the heavily hyped McGregor on Saturday in the second round of their welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden, Diaz grabbed the microphone and said, “I’m not surprised, [expletive].”
In addition to being one of the world’s best fighters, Diaz is the UFC’s undisputed king of F-bombs, and he dropped one in the cage Saturday as he was basking in the glow of his greatest victory.
McGregor, though, was the star of this show. He opted to stay on the card following dos Anjos’ injury, even though as he said afterward, “they gave me every opportunity to pull out.”
He promoted the match with Diaz hard, and turned fans who showed up at a UFC gym in Torrance, Calif., for a hastily thrown together news conference into a frenzy with his taunts.
The fight was going his way for much of the night, but he learned a lesson that welterweights are vastly different than featherweights. He started slowly, but by the mid-point of the first round, he was picking Diaz apart.
McGregor opened a cut over Diaz’s right eye and his fast hands were getting through and hitting the mark.
But when McGregor hit featherweights like Jose Aldo, Chad Mendes and Dustin Poirier with those shots, they fell and he finished them.
Diaz, though, not only took them but relentlessly kept pushing forward.
“It is what it is,” McGregor said. “He’s a heavier man. It was simply me fighting a heavier man. He can take a hell of a shot. Him and Nick have that kind of style where they can take it and remain in there and remain in your face. … I make no excuses. It is what it is. I took a chance and it didn’t pay off, but I’ll be back.”
Most likely, he’ll be back at UFC 200 in July. Whenever he’s back, it will be at featherweight, he said. That means he’ll defend against either Aldo or Frankie Edgar.
Diaz isn’t a champion, but he may have earned himself a shot at dos Anjos’ belt. Dos Anjos holds a win over Diaz, but with Diaz’s momentum, he may get the shot.
Peyton Manning retires
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. >> Peyton Manning surveyed the landscape of his brilliant career and called one last audible. He’s retiring a champion.
A month after Denver’s triumph in Super Bowl 50, Manning informed John Elway he is following his lead and riding off into that orange sunset just like the Broncos’ boss did 17 years ago after winning his second Super Bowl.
Just shy of 40, Manning will forgo $19 million and a 19th season in the NFL, where he served as both a throwback and a transformer during a glittering career bookmarked by an unprecedented five MVP awards and dozens of passing records.
“Peyton was a player that guys wanted to play with,” Elway said. “That made us better as a team and I’m thrilled that we were able to win a championship in his final year.”
Manning leaves the league he helped popularize to supersize status as its all-time leading passer and winningest starting quarterback, the only one in NFL history to win Super Bowls with two franchises.
His first came in 2007 with the Indianapolis Colts, who drafted him No. 1 overall in 1998. The Colts gave up on him after a series of neck surgeries forced Manning to miss all of the 2011 season and left him without feeling in the fingertips of his right hand.
A rare superstar quarterback on the open market in 2012, Manning resettled in Denver, where, despite a right arm weakened by nerve damage, he went 50-15 with his fifth MVP award and two trips to the Super Bowl in four seasons.
Monday, February 08, 2016
NBA 2015-2016
3/3/16 - Ty Lawson agrees to deal with Pacers
3/2/16 - Kevin Martin bought out by Minnesota
3/2/16 - Atlanta signs Kris Humphries
3/2/16 - Rockets to buy out Ty Lawson
2/27/16 - Joe Johnson to sign with Miami
2/25/16 - Nets buy out Joe Johnson who gives back $3 million
2/22/16 - Knicks sign Jimmer Fredette
2/22/16 - David Lee signs with Dallas
2/18/16 - Clippers steal Jeff Green from Memphis for Lance Stephenson
2/18/16 - Markieff Morris traded from Phoenix to Washington for DeJuan Blair, Kris Humphries and a protected first-round pick
2/18/16 - Cleveland trades Anderson Verajao to Portland who sends Jared Cunningham (expected to be waived) and a second-round pick to Orlando who sends Channing Frye to Cleveland
2/18/16 - Oklahoma City acquires Randy Foye from Denver for D.J. Augustin and Steve Novak (and $8 million less in luxury tax)
2/18/16 - Pistons acquire Donatas Motiejunas and Marcus Thornton from Houston for Joel Anthony and a lottery-protected (1-6) 2016 first round draft pick [trade rescinded]
2/18/16 - Brooklyn hires Sean Marks as general manager
2/16/16 - Orlando trades Tobias Harris to Detroit for Brandon Jennings and Ersan Ilyasova
2/16/16 - Memphis trades Courtney Lee to Charlotte who trades P.J. Hairston to Memphis and Brian Roberts to Miami who trades Chris Anderson to Memphis
2/8/16 - New York fires Derek Fisher
2/1/16 - Phoenix fires Jeff Hornacek
1/22/16 - Cleveland fires David Blatt
1/11/16 - Brooklyn fires Lionel Hollins
12/1/15 - Lakers end Philadelphia's 18-game losing streak (actually 28)
11/29/15 - Kobe announces retirement (at end of season)
11/18/15 - Rockets fire Kevin McHale
10/25/15 - Flip Saunders passes away at 60 (reactions, KG)
10/22/15 - Tristan Thompson signs with Cleveland for 5 years, $82 million
10/20/15 - NBA.com 2015-2016 GM Survey
9/25/15 - World Peace returns to Los Angeles
8/27/15 - Darryl Dawkins dies at 58
8/20/15 - J.R. Smith returns to Cleveland for two years, $5 million per season
8/7/15 - 34 players at USA Basketball mini-camp
8/1/15 - Olajuwon and Mutombo suit up for Team Africa
7/31/15 - Kings to hire Nancy Lieberman as assistant (hired)
7/30/15 - Minnesota signs Andre Miller
7/27/15 - Miami trades Shabazz Napier to Orlando for second round pick
7/27/15 - Cavaliers send Brendan Haywood and Mike Miller to Portland
7/22/15 - Richard Jefferson signs with Cleveland for the veteran's minimum (to replace the retired Shawn Marion)
7/20/15 - Nuggets trades Ty Lawson to Rockets for Nick Johnson, Kostas Papanikolaou, Pablo Prigioni, Joey Dorsey, lottery-protected 2016 first-round pick, and cash considerations
7/17/15 - Josh Smith leaves Rockets for Clippers for the one year veteran's minimum of $1.5 million (still gets $5.4 million from the Pistons)
7/16/15 - J.J. Barea re-signs with Dallas for four years, $16 million
7/16/15 - Cuban and Ballmer clear the air
7/15/15 - Deron Williams signs with Dallas for two years, $10 million
7/13/15 - Austin Rivers re-signs with Clippers for two years, $6.4 million
7/13/15 - Pacers acquire Chase Budinger from Minnesota for Damjan Rudez
7/13/15 - Andrea Bargnani chooses New Jersey over Sacramento
7/13/15 - Oklahoma City matches Portland's offer sheet for Enes Kanter
7/10/15 - Amare Stoudemire signs with Miami for one year, $1.5 million (the minimum)
7/10/15 - Kevin Garnett to re-sign with Minnesota for two years, $16 million
7/9/15 - Dallas trades for Zaza Pachulia from Milwaukee for second-round pick / Mark Cuban moves forward / Jordan tweets apology / the great emoji battle / JJ Redick reveals what actually happened
7/9/15 - LeBron James to re-sign with Cleveland for two years, $46.9 million
7/9/15 - Enes Kanters signs max $70 million four year offer sheet with Portland
7/9/15 - Kings trade Ray McCallum to Spurs for second round pick
7/9/15 - Tim Duncan agrees to take $10 million for two years
7/9/15 - Gerald Green signs with Miami for one year
7/9/15 - Jeremy Lin signs with Charlotte for two years, $4 million
7/9/15 - Luis Scola headed to Toronto for one year, $3 million, which meant Luke Ridnour leaves another team
7/9/15 - DeAndre Jordan re-signs with Clippers after all / reactions, Desperately Driving Cuban?, Chandler Parsons says it's nothing personal / what's the deal, they do it all the time in college football / Doc Rivers view / The Antonio McDyess story / Keith Olbermann's Reversal Hall of Fame / Emojis from Paul Pierce
7/8/15 - Clippers trying to get DeAndre Jordan to reconsider his decision
7/8/15 - Wesley Johnson to sign with Clippers for league minimum
7/8/15 - Charlie Villanueva returns to Dallas for one year, $1.5 million
7/8/15 - Wizards sign Alan Anderson for one year, $4 million
7/7/15 - 13 remaining free agents worth mentioning (Jeremy Lin makes the list this time)
7/7/15 - Golden State trades David Lee to Boston for Gerald Wallace
7/6/15 - Free agent winners and losers
7/6/15 - Mo Williams returns to Cavaliers for 2 years, $4.3 million
7/6/15 - David West agrees to take $1.4 million from Spurs instead of $12 million from Pacers and Ginobili decides to return (for two years, $5.7 million)
7/6/15 - Corey Joseph agrees to sign with Toronto
7/6/15 - Minnesota agrees to terms with Euroleague MVP Nemanja Bjelica for three years, $11.7 million
7/6/15 - Marc Gasol returns to Grizzlies for five years, $110 million
7/6/15 - Pistons re-sign Reggie Jackson for five years, $80 million
7/6/15 - Lou Williams to sign with Lakers for three years, $21 million and Brandon Bass
7/5/15 - Rodney Stuckey re-signs with Pacers for three years, $21 million
7/5/15 - Steve Nash training to play professional soccer
7/4/15 - Jeremy Lin not worth mentioning? (David Lee too -- well he's not a free agent)
7/4/15 - Tobias Harris staying with Orlando for four years, $64 million (turning down Sacramento)
7/4/15 - Kosta Koufas leaves Memphis for Sacramento for $33 million, four years
7/4/15 - Lakers will trade for Roy Hibbert from Indiana for second round pick
7/4/15 - LaMarcus Aldridge will leave Portland to sign with San Antonio for $80 million, four years
7/3/15 - Derrick Williams signs with the Knicks for two years, $10 million
7/3/15 - Rajon Rondo leaving Dallas to sign with Sacramento for one year, $10 million
7/3/15 - Marco Bellinelli leaving San Antonio to sign with Sacramento for three years, $19 million
7/3/15 - Patrick Beverly to return to Houston for $25 million, four years
7/3/15 - Corey Brewer to return to Houston for $24 million, three years
7/3/15 - Gary Neal signs with Wizards for one year, $2.1 million
7/3/15 - DeAndre Jordan leaves Clippers to sign with Dallas for $80 million, four years
7/3/15 - Robin Lopez leaves Portland to sign with Knicks for $54 million, four years
7/2/15 - Free agency Day 2 blog
7/3/15 - Wesley Matthews to leave Portland for Dallas for $65 million, four years
7/2/15 - Jared Dudley headed from Milwaukee to Washington for second-round pick
7/2/15 - Kenyon Martin says he is retiring
7/2/15 - Ed Davis agrees to take $20 million for three years from Portland
7/2/15 - Greg Monroe signs with Milwaukee for three years, $50 million
7/2/15 - Dwyane Wade stays with Heat for 1 year, $20 million
7/2/15 - Shane Larkin to join Nets for two years, $3 million
7/2/15 - Phoenix trades Marcus Morris, Danny Granger, Reggie Bullock to Detroit for future draft pick (and salary cap space) (official)
7/2/15 - Monta Ellis signs with Indiana for four years, $44 million
7/2/15 - Arron Afflalo signs with Knicks for two years, $16 million
7/1/15 - a hectic day in the NBA
7/1/15 - Sacramento dumps Jason Thompson, Carl Landry, Nick Stauskas, future first round pick, and two first round swaps to Philadelphia for overseas players and a future second round pick
7/1/15 - Spurs trade Tiago Splitter to Atlanta to free up cap space
7/1/15 - Draymond Green agrees to take $85 million for five years to go back to the World Champions
7/1/15 - Suns sign Tyson Chandler for $52 million, four years and bring back Brandon Knight for $70 million, five years.
7/1/15 - Paul Pierce to sign with Clippers for three years, $10.5 million
7/1/15 - Paul Milsap to re-sign with Atlanta for three seasons, $58 million
7/1/15 - DeMarre Carroll signs with Toronto for four years, $60 million
7/1/15 - Kyle Singler signs extension with Oklahoma City for $25 million, five years
7/1/15 - Amir Johnson signs with Celtics for two years, $24 million
7/1/15 - Brandon Wright signs with Memphis for three years, $18 million
7/1/15 - Kevin Love will remain with Cavaliers for five years, $110 million, Tristan Thompson to get $80 million for five years, Iman Shumpert to get $40 million for four years.
7/1/15 - Danny Green will take $45 million for four years to stay with Spurs
7/1/15 - Bucks to give Khris Middleton, $70 million, five years
7/1/15 - Damien Lillard near max-level extension for $120 million (make that $125 million+, five years to remain with Portland
7/1/15 - Goran Dragic agrees with Heat to $90 million, five years
7/1/15 - Mike Dunleavy agrees to return to Chicago for $14.4 million, three years
7/1/15 - Portland agrees to sign Al-Farouq Aminu (from Dallas) for $30 million, four years
7/1/15 - Kawhi Leonard agrees on five years, $90 million
7/1/15 - New Orleans brings back Omer Asik for five years, $60 million and Alexis Ajinca for four years, 20.5 million
7/1/5 - Anthony Davis agrees to maximum extension for five years, $140 million
6/30/15 - Luke Ridnour traded for the fourth time in less than a week (OKC to Toronto for Tomislav Zubcic)
6/26/15 - NBA draft trade roundup
Greivis Vasquez traded from Toronto to Milwaukee for 2017 first round pick and rights to no. 46 pick Norman Powell
Atlanta trades rights to no. 15 pick Kelly Oubre to Washington for rights to no. 19 pick Jerian Grant and two future second-round picks
New York trades Tim Hardaway, Jr. to Atlanta for rights to no. 19 pick Jerian Grant
Portland trades Steve Blake and rights to no. 23 pick Rondae Hollis-Jefferson to Brooklyn for Mason Plumlee and rights to no. 41 Pat Connaughton
6/25/15 - Memphis acquire Matt Barnes from Charlotte for Luke Ridnour. Ridnour traded to Oklahoma City for Jeremy Lamb
6/24/15 - Luke Ridnour traded from Orlando to Memphis for rights to Jannis Timma
6/24/15 - Portland trades Nicolas Batum to Charlotte for Gerald Henderson and Noah Vonleh
6/16/15 - Michael Malone agrees to be Denver head coach
6/16/15 - Lance Stephenson traded from Hornets to Clippers for Matt Barnes and Spencer Hawes
6/11/15 - Ersan Ilyasova traded from Milwaukee to Detroit for Caron Butler and Shawne Williams
6/2/15 - Chicago hires Fred Hoiberg as new head coach
6/1/15 - New Orleans hires Alvin Gentry as head coach
5/28/15 - Chicago fires Tom Thibodeau
5/12/15 - New Orleans fires head coach Monty Williams despite making the playoffs / Calipari anyone?
4/30/15 - Billy Donovan agrees to coach Oklahoma City
4/23/15 - Scott Brooks fired as Oklahoma City head coach after seven seasons
3/2/16 - Kevin Martin bought out by Minnesota
3/2/16 - Atlanta signs Kris Humphries
3/2/16 - Rockets to buy out Ty Lawson
2/27/16 - Joe Johnson to sign with Miami
2/25/16 - Nets buy out Joe Johnson who gives back $3 million
2/22/16 - Knicks sign Jimmer Fredette
2/22/16 - David Lee signs with Dallas
2/18/16 - Clippers steal Jeff Green from Memphis for Lance Stephenson
2/18/16 - Markieff Morris traded from Phoenix to Washington for DeJuan Blair, Kris Humphries and a protected first-round pick
2/18/16 - Cleveland trades Anderson Verajao to Portland who sends Jared Cunningham (expected to be waived) and a second-round pick to Orlando who sends Channing Frye to Cleveland
2/18/16 - Oklahoma City acquires Randy Foye from Denver for D.J. Augustin and Steve Novak (and $8 million less in luxury tax)
2/18/16 - Pistons acquire Donatas Motiejunas and Marcus Thornton from Houston for Joel Anthony and a lottery-protected (1-6) 2016 first round draft pick [trade rescinded]
2/18/16 - Brooklyn hires Sean Marks as general manager
2/16/16 - Orlando trades Tobias Harris to Detroit for Brandon Jennings and Ersan Ilyasova
2/16/16 - Memphis trades Courtney Lee to Charlotte who trades P.J. Hairston to Memphis and Brian Roberts to Miami who trades Chris Anderson to Memphis
2/8/16 - New York fires Derek Fisher
2/1/16 - Phoenix fires Jeff Hornacek
1/22/16 - Cleveland fires David Blatt
1/11/16 - Brooklyn fires Lionel Hollins
12/1/15 - Lakers end Philadelphia's 18-game losing streak (actually 28)
11/29/15 - Kobe announces retirement (at end of season)
11/18/15 - Rockets fire Kevin McHale
10/25/15 - Flip Saunders passes away at 60 (reactions, KG)
10/22/15 - Tristan Thompson signs with Cleveland for 5 years, $82 million
10/20/15 - NBA.com 2015-2016 GM Survey
9/25/15 - World Peace returns to Los Angeles
8/27/15 - Darryl Dawkins dies at 58
8/20/15 - J.R. Smith returns to Cleveland for two years, $5 million per season
8/7/15 - 34 players at USA Basketball mini-camp
8/1/15 - Olajuwon and Mutombo suit up for Team Africa
7/31/15 - Kings to hire Nancy Lieberman as assistant (hired)
7/30/15 - Minnesota signs Andre Miller
7/27/15 - Miami trades Shabazz Napier to Orlando for second round pick
7/27/15 - Cavaliers send Brendan Haywood and Mike Miller to Portland
7/22/15 - Richard Jefferson signs with Cleveland for the veteran's minimum (to replace the retired Shawn Marion)
7/20/15 - Nuggets trades Ty Lawson to Rockets for Nick Johnson, Kostas Papanikolaou, Pablo Prigioni, Joey Dorsey, lottery-protected 2016 first-round pick, and cash considerations
7/17/15 - Josh Smith leaves Rockets for Clippers for the one year veteran's minimum of $1.5 million (still gets $5.4 million from the Pistons)
7/16/15 - J.J. Barea re-signs with Dallas for four years, $16 million
7/16/15 - Cuban and Ballmer clear the air
7/15/15 - Deron Williams signs with Dallas for two years, $10 million
7/13/15 - Austin Rivers re-signs with Clippers for two years, $6.4 million
7/13/15 - Pacers acquire Chase Budinger from Minnesota for Damjan Rudez
7/13/15 - Andrea Bargnani chooses New Jersey over Sacramento
7/13/15 - Oklahoma City matches Portland's offer sheet for Enes Kanter
7/10/15 - Amare Stoudemire signs with Miami for one year, $1.5 million (the minimum)
7/10/15 - Kevin Garnett to re-sign with Minnesota for two years, $16 million
7/9/15 - Dallas trades for Zaza Pachulia from Milwaukee for second-round pick / Mark Cuban moves forward / Jordan tweets apology / the great emoji battle / JJ Redick reveals what actually happened
7/9/15 - LeBron James to re-sign with Cleveland for two years, $46.9 million
7/9/15 - Enes Kanters signs max $70 million four year offer sheet with Portland
7/9/15 - Kings trade Ray McCallum to Spurs for second round pick
7/9/15 - Tim Duncan agrees to take $10 million for two years
7/9/15 - Gerald Green signs with Miami for one year
7/9/15 - Jeremy Lin signs with Charlotte for two years, $4 million
7/9/15 - Luis Scola headed to Toronto for one year, $3 million, which meant Luke Ridnour leaves another team
7/9/15 - DeAndre Jordan re-signs with Clippers after all / reactions, Desperately Driving Cuban?, Chandler Parsons says it's nothing personal / what's the deal, they do it all the time in college football / Doc Rivers view / The Antonio McDyess story / Keith Olbermann's Reversal Hall of Fame / Emojis from Paul Pierce
7/8/15 - Clippers trying to get DeAndre Jordan to reconsider his decision
7/8/15 - Wesley Johnson to sign with Clippers for league minimum
7/8/15 - Charlie Villanueva returns to Dallas for one year, $1.5 million
7/8/15 - Wizards sign Alan Anderson for one year, $4 million
7/7/15 - 13 remaining free agents worth mentioning (Jeremy Lin makes the list this time)
7/7/15 - Golden State trades David Lee to Boston for Gerald Wallace
7/6/15 - Free agent winners and losers
7/6/15 - Mo Williams returns to Cavaliers for 2 years, $4.3 million
7/6/15 - David West agrees to take $1.4 million from Spurs instead of $12 million from Pacers and Ginobili decides to return (for two years, $5.7 million)
7/6/15 - Corey Joseph agrees to sign with Toronto
7/6/15 - Minnesota agrees to terms with Euroleague MVP Nemanja Bjelica for three years, $11.7 million
7/6/15 - Marc Gasol returns to Grizzlies for five years, $110 million
7/6/15 - Pistons re-sign Reggie Jackson for five years, $80 million
7/6/15 - Lou Williams to sign with Lakers for three years, $21 million and Brandon Bass
7/5/15 - Rodney Stuckey re-signs with Pacers for three years, $21 million
7/5/15 - Steve Nash training to play professional soccer
7/4/15 - Jeremy Lin not worth mentioning? (David Lee too -- well he's not a free agent)
7/4/15 - Tobias Harris staying with Orlando for four years, $64 million (turning down Sacramento)
7/4/15 - Kosta Koufas leaves Memphis for Sacramento for $33 million, four years
7/4/15 - Lakers will trade for Roy Hibbert from Indiana for second round pick
7/4/15 - LaMarcus Aldridge will leave Portland to sign with San Antonio for $80 million, four years
7/3/15 - Derrick Williams signs with the Knicks for two years, $10 million
7/3/15 - Rajon Rondo leaving Dallas to sign with Sacramento for one year, $10 million
7/3/15 - Marco Bellinelli leaving San Antonio to sign with Sacramento for three years, $19 million
7/3/15 - Patrick Beverly to return to Houston for $25 million, four years
7/3/15 - Corey Brewer to return to Houston for $24 million, three years
7/3/15 - Gary Neal signs with Wizards for one year, $2.1 million
7/3/15 - DeAndre Jordan leaves Clippers to sign with Dallas for $80 million, four years
7/3/15 - Robin Lopez leaves Portland to sign with Knicks for $54 million, four years
7/2/15 - Free agency Day 2 blog
7/3/15 - Wesley Matthews to leave Portland for Dallas for $65 million, four years
7/2/15 - Jared Dudley headed from Milwaukee to Washington for second-round pick
7/2/15 - Kenyon Martin says he is retiring
7/2/15 - Ed Davis agrees to take $20 million for three years from Portland
7/2/15 - Greg Monroe signs with Milwaukee for three years, $50 million
7/2/15 - Dwyane Wade stays with Heat for 1 year, $20 million
7/2/15 - Shane Larkin to join Nets for two years, $3 million
7/2/15 - Phoenix trades Marcus Morris, Danny Granger, Reggie Bullock to Detroit for future draft pick (and salary cap space) (official)
7/2/15 - Monta Ellis signs with Indiana for four years, $44 million
7/2/15 - Arron Afflalo signs with Knicks for two years, $16 million
7/1/15 - a hectic day in the NBA
7/1/15 - Sacramento dumps Jason Thompson, Carl Landry, Nick Stauskas, future first round pick, and two first round swaps to Philadelphia for overseas players and a future second round pick
7/1/15 - Spurs trade Tiago Splitter to Atlanta to free up cap space
7/1/15 - Draymond Green agrees to take $85 million for five years to go back to the World Champions
7/1/15 - Suns sign Tyson Chandler for $52 million, four years and bring back Brandon Knight for $70 million, five years.
7/1/15 - Paul Pierce to sign with Clippers for three years, $10.5 million
7/1/15 - Paul Milsap to re-sign with Atlanta for three seasons, $58 million
7/1/15 - DeMarre Carroll signs with Toronto for four years, $60 million
7/1/15 - Kyle Singler signs extension with Oklahoma City for $25 million, five years
7/1/15 - Amir Johnson signs with Celtics for two years, $24 million
7/1/15 - Brandon Wright signs with Memphis for three years, $18 million
7/1/15 - Kevin Love will remain with Cavaliers for five years, $110 million, Tristan Thompson to get $80 million for five years, Iman Shumpert to get $40 million for four years.
7/1/15 - Danny Green will take $45 million for four years to stay with Spurs
7/1/15 - Bucks to give Khris Middleton, $70 million, five years
7/1/15 - Damien Lillard near max-level extension for $120 million (make that $125 million+, five years to remain with Portland
7/1/15 - Goran Dragic agrees with Heat to $90 million, five years
7/1/15 - Mike Dunleavy agrees to return to Chicago for $14.4 million, three years
7/1/15 - Portland agrees to sign Al-Farouq Aminu (from Dallas) for $30 million, four years
7/1/15 - Kawhi Leonard agrees on five years, $90 million
7/1/15 - New Orleans brings back Omer Asik for five years, $60 million and Alexis Ajinca for four years, 20.5 million
7/1/5 - Anthony Davis agrees to maximum extension for five years, $140 million
6/30/15 - Luke Ridnour traded for the fourth time in less than a week (OKC to Toronto for Tomislav Zubcic)
6/26/15 - NBA draft trade roundup
Greivis Vasquez traded from Toronto to Milwaukee for 2017 first round pick and rights to no. 46 pick Norman Powell
Atlanta trades rights to no. 15 pick Kelly Oubre to Washington for rights to no. 19 pick Jerian Grant and two future second-round picks
New York trades Tim Hardaway, Jr. to Atlanta for rights to no. 19 pick Jerian Grant
Portland trades Steve Blake and rights to no. 23 pick Rondae Hollis-Jefferson to Brooklyn for Mason Plumlee and rights to no. 41 Pat Connaughton
6/25/15 - Memphis acquire Matt Barnes from Charlotte for Luke Ridnour. Ridnour traded to Oklahoma City for Jeremy Lamb
6/24/15 - Luke Ridnour traded from Orlando to Memphis for rights to Jannis Timma
6/24/15 - Portland trades Nicolas Batum to Charlotte for Gerald Henderson and Noah Vonleh
6/16/15 - Michael Malone agrees to be Denver head coach
6/16/15 - Lance Stephenson traded from Hornets to Clippers for Matt Barnes and Spencer Hawes
6/11/15 - Ersan Ilyasova traded from Milwaukee to Detroit for Caron Butler and Shawne Williams
6/2/15 - Chicago hires Fred Hoiberg as new head coach
6/1/15 - New Orleans hires Alvin Gentry as head coach
5/28/15 - Chicago fires Tom Thibodeau
5/12/15 - New Orleans fires head coach Monty Williams despite making the playoffs / Calipari anyone?
4/30/15 - Billy Donovan agrees to coach Oklahoma City
4/23/15 - Scott Brooks fired as Oklahoma City head coach after seven seasons
Saturday, February 06, 2016
one more season for Don Robbs
The idea was so revolutionary that Bob Berger, owner of radio station
KHVH, repeated it slowly and with emphasis to make sure he’d heard it
correctly.
“College baseball? On the radio?” Berger recalled, the incredulity still tinged in his voice years later.
These days University of Hawaii is a staple on the radio dial, where it returns next week, but in 1977 it took some persistent and determined lobbying before Berger would consent to what was then viewed as an outlandish “experiment.”
It was Don Robbs who did the convincing, and vindication was long ago his in what this month marks the start of his 40th season behind the microphone as the play-by-play voice of UH baseball.
Robbs, 79, says it will be his last season in a role that was originally supposed to last just the weekend of the 1977 NCAA Regionals at Rainbow Stadium. Instead, when he walks away at season’s end, it will be with the memory bank of more than 2,300 games and a place in its history.
“Don is an institution in college baseball,” said Lou Pavlovich Jr., publisher of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. “I don’t know of anybody who has been at it longer. He’s done so much for the sport, especially in Hawaii”
“To tell you the truth,” Robbs recalls, “I wasn’t sure it (UH baseball on the radio) would work either, but I thought it was worth a try.”
The timing, it turned out, was prophetic. The rise of a young left-hander from Aiea, Derek Tatsuno, who was a freshman in 1977, and the ’Bows’ subsequent march to the College World Series in 1980 made UH baseball a hot ticket on campus and a money-maker for KHVH.
Though Robbs did baseball as a sidelight to his other media jobs, taking vacation days for road trips, UH baseball forever became his calling card, to the point where he was recently elected to UH’s Circle of Honor. UH coach Mike Trapasso has announced plans to name an annual award for Robbs.
“He’s given a lot to UH and baseball in particular,” Trapasso said.
*** [5/30/16]
While acknowledging Don Robbs’ remarkable 40-year run as the radio voice of University of Hawaii baseball, it’s good to remember that’s not all he has done here. This was actually his night job.
“He’s a lot more than a guy with a silky voice,” Jim Young said. “In my opinion he saved public television in Hawaii.”
Young was the executive director of PBS from 1980 to 1993 and hired Robbs as operations manager. Later, Robbs returned as director, with the difficult task of converting PBS from a state-funded entity to a non-profit because the state had cut support.
***
Don Robbs all-time Rainbow team
“College baseball? On the radio?” Berger recalled, the incredulity still tinged in his voice years later.
These days University of Hawaii is a staple on the radio dial, where it returns next week, but in 1977 it took some persistent and determined lobbying before Berger would consent to what was then viewed as an outlandish “experiment.”
It was Don Robbs who did the convincing, and vindication was long ago his in what this month marks the start of his 40th season behind the microphone as the play-by-play voice of UH baseball.
Robbs, 79, says it will be his last season in a role that was originally supposed to last just the weekend of the 1977 NCAA Regionals at Rainbow Stadium. Instead, when he walks away at season’s end, it will be with the memory bank of more than 2,300 games and a place in its history.
“Don is an institution in college baseball,” said Lou Pavlovich Jr., publisher of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. “I don’t know of anybody who has been at it longer. He’s done so much for the sport, especially in Hawaii”
“To tell you the truth,” Robbs recalls, “I wasn’t sure it (UH baseball on the radio) would work either, but I thought it was worth a try.”
The timing, it turned out, was prophetic. The rise of a young left-hander from Aiea, Derek Tatsuno, who was a freshman in 1977, and the ’Bows’ subsequent march to the College World Series in 1980 made UH baseball a hot ticket on campus and a money-maker for KHVH.
Though Robbs did baseball as a sidelight to his other media jobs, taking vacation days for road trips, UH baseball forever became his calling card, to the point where he was recently elected to UH’s Circle of Honor. UH coach Mike Trapasso has announced plans to name an annual award for Robbs.
“He’s given a lot to UH and baseball in particular,” Trapasso said.
*** [5/30/16]
While acknowledging Don Robbs’ remarkable 40-year run as the radio voice of University of Hawaii baseball, it’s good to remember that’s not all he has done here. This was actually his night job.
“He’s a lot more than a guy with a silky voice,” Jim Young said. “In my opinion he saved public television in Hawaii.”
Young was the executive director of PBS from 1980 to 1993 and hired Robbs as operations manager. Later, Robbs returned as director, with the difficult task of converting PBS from a state-funded entity to a non-profit because the state had cut support.
***
Don Robbs all-time Rainbow team
Thursday, February 04, 2016
Hawaii high school football recruits (2015)
2/4/16 - Top recruits make their choices
12/25/15 - Keala Santiago and Vavae Malepeai top All-State Team
12/7/15 - McKenzie Milton and Kalakaua Timoteo re-commit to Hawaii
12/3/15 - Vavae Malepeai named Gatorade player of the year
9/24/15 - Wayne Talaupapa, RB, Punahou, commits to BYU
7/22/15 - David Fangupo commits to Utah for 2016 (from Cerritos College)
6/17/15 - Drew Kobayashi, WR, St. Louis commits to Cal
6/15/15 - Jordan Iosefa, LB, St. Louis commits to USC
6/14/15 - Vavae Malepeai, RB, Mililiani commits to Oregon
4/14/15 - Hawaii is chasing Thomas Reid
4/13/15 - Michael Eletise, wanted man
4/12/15 - 10 offers for Toleafoa Sean Auwai
4/7/15 - Mississippi State makes offer 27 to Michael Eletise
12/25/15 - Keala Santiago and Vavae Malepeai top All-State Team
12/7/15 - McKenzie Milton and Kalakaua Timoteo re-commit to Hawaii
12/3/15 - Vavae Malepeai named Gatorade player of the year
9/24/15 - Wayne Talaupapa, RB, Punahou, commits to BYU
7/22/15 - David Fangupo commits to Utah for 2016 (from Cerritos College)
6/17/15 - Drew Kobayashi, WR, St. Louis commits to Cal
6/15/15 - Jordan Iosefa, LB, St. Louis commits to USC
6/14/15 - Vavae Malepeai, RB, Mililiani commits to Oregon
4/14/15 - Hawaii is chasing Thomas Reid
4/13/15 - Michael Eletise, wanted man
4/12/15 - 10 offers for Toleafoa Sean Auwai
4/7/15 - Mississippi State makes offer 27 to Michael Eletise
Wednesday, February 03, 2016
Warriors 2016 recruits
2/4/16 - Rolovich on the Hawaii recruits
2/3/16 - Freddie Holly, RB, Riverside CA, to sign with Hawaii
2/3/16 - Vavae Malepeai switches to USC
12/24/15 - Eugene "The Dream" Ford accepts scholarship
12/7/15 - McKenzie Milton and Kalakaua Timoteo re-commit to Hawaii
8/11/15 - Career years for Milton and Malepeai?
8/9/15 - Netane Muti, lineman, Leileihua, orally commits
12/7/14 - Kalakaua Timoteo, WR, commits to Hawaii for 2016
[12/6/14] McKenzie Milton verbally commits to Hawaii for 2016
2/3/16 - Freddie Holly, RB, Riverside CA, to sign with Hawaii
2/3/16 - Vavae Malepeai switches to USC
12/24/15 - Eugene "The Dream" Ford accepts scholarship
12/7/15 - McKenzie Milton and Kalakaua Timoteo re-commit to Hawaii
8/11/15 - Career years for Milton and Malepeai?
8/9/15 - Netane Muti, lineman, Leileihua, orally commits
12/7/14 - Kalakaua Timoteo, WR, commits to Hawaii for 2016
[12/6/14] McKenzie Milton verbally commits to Hawaii for 2016
Tuesday, February 02, 2016
NFL coaching changes 2016
1/15/16 - 49ers hire Chip Kelly for four years $24 million
More
The Eagles' firing of Chip Kelly days before the end of the regular season kickstarted the coaching carousel, and more big moves followed soon after. Check back here for the latest news on coaching changes, hires, interviews and reports all week.
Hired
Mike Mularkey, Tennessee Titans: Mike Mularkey has shed his interim label, as he was hired by the Titans to be their head coach, per the team. After taking over for Ken Whisenhunt last season, Mularkey went 2-7 as interim coach. He has an 18-39 career coaching record, and had previous head coaching stints with the Bills and Jaguars.
Dirk Koetter, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported the Buccaneers are hiring offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter as their head coach, per a source. The team confirmed the news via Twitter on Friday morning. Koetter was previously Tampa Bay's offensive coordinator under Lovie Smith.
Doug Pederson, Philadelphia Eagles: Rapoport reports the Eagles are hiring Chiefs offensive coordinator Doug Pederson as their next head coach. It will become official as soon as his season is officially over, per a source.
Chip Kelly, San Francisco 49ers: The 49ers have announced that they have hired former Eagles coach Chip Kelly as their new head coach. The 49ers fired coach Jim Tomsula after just one season with the team. The Niners went 5-11 under Tomsula.
Ben McAdoo, New York Giants: The Giants have hired offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo as their head coach, the team announced. His new contract is for four years, according to team co-owner John Mara. Defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo will remain on staff in the same position.
Tom Coughlin resigned as Giants head coach after the season ended. Coughlin said he felt the decision was in the best interest of the organization. A source close to Coughlin told Rapoport that the former Giants coach hasn't ruled out coaching again.
Hue Jackson, Cleveland Browns: The Browns hired Bengals offensive coordinator Hue Jackson as the head coach. NFL Media columnist Michael Silver first reported the news.
The Browns fired coach Mike Pettine shortly after the team's Week 17 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pettine was 10-22 as Cleveland's coach. Ray Farmer, the embattled general manager, also was relieved of his duties after meeting with the team's ownership hours before the season-ending loss. The Browns promoted Sashi Brown to vice president of football operations and hired former New York Mets executive Paul DePodesta as their chief strategy officer.
Adam Gase, Miami Dolphins: The Chicago Bears offensive coordinator was named the head coach of the Miami Dolphins. Gase finalized a five-year deal with the team, according to Rapoport. Gase will have control of the Dolphins' 53-man roster and will make offensive play calls.
"We are looking for guys who want to invest in winning," Gase said. "It's going to be critical that guys come in here day in and day out and understand that's what we want."
Safe
Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints: Payton will remain the Saints head coach,
the team announced Jan. 6. After days of deliberation, Payton and
general manager Mickey Loomis agreed he's staying in New Orleans. "This
is where I plan on coaching and I can't envision" coaching anywhere
else, Payton told reporters.
Jim Caldwell, Detroit Lions: Despite some uncertainty due to Detroit's hire of Bob Quinn as their new GM, the team announced that Caldwell will stay as head coach. After an 0-5 start to last season, the Lions finished the season by winning seven of their final 11 games, likely saving Caldwell's job. The Lions also named Kyle O'Brien as director of player personnel. O'Brien previously served as the director of college scouting for the Jaguars.
Chuck Pagano, Indianapolis Colts: The expectation was Pagano would be out of Indianapolis. But a day after the Colts' season ended, the team announced Pagano agreed to a four-year contract extension to stay with the team. A day later, though, the team announced the firing of defensive coordinator Greg Manusky. Ravens linebackers coach Ted Monachino was hired as defensive coordinator and interim offensive coordinator Ron Chudzinski was hired as the permanent OC, the team announced Jan. 7.
The team confirmed general manager Ryan Grigson will also return after a lengthy meeting with Colts team owner Jim Irsay. Irsay added in Jan. 4's news conference that Pagano pushed to have Grigson get an extension. The two are now "contractually tied" together, as Irsay put it. Although the relationship between Grigson and Pagano was described as toxic as various times during the season, Rapoport was told that it was closer to two passionate professionals with mutual respect.
Mike McCoy, San Diego Chargers: The Chargers have decided to retain the head coach.
Though McCoy's job is safe, Rapoport adds that the Chargers are expected to make some changes to its staff. The team will not retain offensive coordinator Frank Reich. The Chargers also confirmed the release of five assistant coaches. Defensive coordinator John Pagano, who has been in that position since 2012, is also at risk, Rapoport adds.
Jeff Fisher, St. Louis Rams: By any measure, Fisher should be on the hot seat. He hasn't delivered a winning record in four seasons with the Rams. It's an offense-first league, and the Rams' offense gets worse by the year. Fisher has six winning seasons in 21 years as an NFL head coach, but Rapoport reported before the season ended that both Fisher and general manager Les Snead are expected back. They both have strong organizational support from owner Stan Kroenke. The strong finish to this season, with three wins in four games to get 7-9, also helps. Fisher also has strong ties with reporters, which tends to keep the criticism of his team to a minimum. There isn't a fan outcry to get rid of him and the looming potential move to Los Angeles complicates things.
The Rams will not renew the contracts of assistant strength and conditioning coach Adam Bailey, assistant special team coach Paul F. Boudreau, offensive assistant Jeff Garcia, wide receivers coach Ray Sherman and running backs coach Ben Sirmans, the team announced.
Gus Bradley, Jacksonville Jaguars: The team announced that Bradley will be back for a fourth season, establishing clear "win or else" expectations for improvement.
Jason Garrett, Dallas Cowboys: This was no surprise, but owner Jerry Jones confirmed there was "no thought" of replacing Garrett after a 4-12 season.
More
The Eagles' firing of Chip Kelly days before the end of the regular season kickstarted the coaching carousel, and more big moves followed soon after. Check back here for the latest news on coaching changes, hires, interviews and reports all week.
Hired
Mike Mularkey, Tennessee Titans: Mike Mularkey has shed his interim label, as he was hired by the Titans to be their head coach, per the team. After taking over for Ken Whisenhunt last season, Mularkey went 2-7 as interim coach. He has an 18-39 career coaching record, and had previous head coaching stints with the Bills and Jaguars.
Dirk Koetter, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported the Buccaneers are hiring offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter as their head coach, per a source. The team confirmed the news via Twitter on Friday morning. Koetter was previously Tampa Bay's offensive coordinator under Lovie Smith.
Doug Pederson, Philadelphia Eagles: Rapoport reports the Eagles are hiring Chiefs offensive coordinator Doug Pederson as their next head coach. It will become official as soon as his season is officially over, per a source.
Chip Kelly, San Francisco 49ers: The 49ers have announced that they have hired former Eagles coach Chip Kelly as their new head coach. The 49ers fired coach Jim Tomsula after just one season with the team. The Niners went 5-11 under Tomsula.
Ben McAdoo, New York Giants: The Giants have hired offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo as their head coach, the team announced. His new contract is for four years, according to team co-owner John Mara. Defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo will remain on staff in the same position.
Tom Coughlin resigned as Giants head coach after the season ended. Coughlin said he felt the decision was in the best interest of the organization. A source close to Coughlin told Rapoport that the former Giants coach hasn't ruled out coaching again.
Hue Jackson, Cleveland Browns: The Browns hired Bengals offensive coordinator Hue Jackson as the head coach. NFL Media columnist Michael Silver first reported the news.
The Browns fired coach Mike Pettine shortly after the team's Week 17 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pettine was 10-22 as Cleveland's coach. Ray Farmer, the embattled general manager, also was relieved of his duties after meeting with the team's ownership hours before the season-ending loss. The Browns promoted Sashi Brown to vice president of football operations and hired former New York Mets executive Paul DePodesta as their chief strategy officer.
Adam Gase, Miami Dolphins: The Chicago Bears offensive coordinator was named the head coach of the Miami Dolphins. Gase finalized a five-year deal with the team, according to Rapoport. Gase will have control of the Dolphins' 53-man roster and will make offensive play calls.
"We are looking for guys who want to invest in winning," Gase said. "It's going to be critical that guys come in here day in and day out and understand that's what we want."
Jim Caldwell, Detroit Lions: Despite some uncertainty due to Detroit's hire of Bob Quinn as their new GM, the team announced that Caldwell will stay as head coach. After an 0-5 start to last season, the Lions finished the season by winning seven of their final 11 games, likely saving Caldwell's job. The Lions also named Kyle O'Brien as director of player personnel. O'Brien previously served as the director of college scouting for the Jaguars.
Chuck Pagano, Indianapolis Colts: The expectation was Pagano would be out of Indianapolis. But a day after the Colts' season ended, the team announced Pagano agreed to a four-year contract extension to stay with the team. A day later, though, the team announced the firing of defensive coordinator Greg Manusky. Ravens linebackers coach Ted Monachino was hired as defensive coordinator and interim offensive coordinator Ron Chudzinski was hired as the permanent OC, the team announced Jan. 7.
The team confirmed general manager Ryan Grigson will also return after a lengthy meeting with Colts team owner Jim Irsay. Irsay added in Jan. 4's news conference that Pagano pushed to have Grigson get an extension. The two are now "contractually tied" together, as Irsay put it. Although the relationship between Grigson and Pagano was described as toxic as various times during the season, Rapoport was told that it was closer to two passionate professionals with mutual respect.
Mike McCoy, San Diego Chargers: The Chargers have decided to retain the head coach.
Though McCoy's job is safe, Rapoport adds that the Chargers are expected to make some changes to its staff. The team will not retain offensive coordinator Frank Reich. The Chargers also confirmed the release of five assistant coaches. Defensive coordinator John Pagano, who has been in that position since 2012, is also at risk, Rapoport adds.
Jeff Fisher, St. Louis Rams: By any measure, Fisher should be on the hot seat. He hasn't delivered a winning record in four seasons with the Rams. It's an offense-first league, and the Rams' offense gets worse by the year. Fisher has six winning seasons in 21 years as an NFL head coach, but Rapoport reported before the season ended that both Fisher and general manager Les Snead are expected back. They both have strong organizational support from owner Stan Kroenke. The strong finish to this season, with three wins in four games to get 7-9, also helps. Fisher also has strong ties with reporters, which tends to keep the criticism of his team to a minimum. There isn't a fan outcry to get rid of him and the looming potential move to Los Angeles complicates things.
The Rams will not renew the contracts of assistant strength and conditioning coach Adam Bailey, assistant special team coach Paul F. Boudreau, offensive assistant Jeff Garcia, wide receivers coach Ray Sherman and running backs coach Ben Sirmans, the team announced.
Gus Bradley, Jacksonville Jaguars: The team announced that Bradley will be back for a fourth season, establishing clear "win or else" expectations for improvement.
Jason Garrett, Dallas Cowboys: This was no surprise, but owner Jerry Jones confirmed there was "no thought" of replacing Garrett after a 4-12 season.
Rex Ryan and Doug Whaley, Buffalo Bills: Bills owner Terry Pegula announced before Week 17
that Ryan and his general manager Doug Whaley would be back together in
2016. The Pegulas signed Whaley to a multi-year extension. The Bills
also signed Ryan's brother, Rob, to be the team's assistant head
coach/defense and former defensive back Ed Reed to be an assistant
defensive backs coach.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Rams moving back to Los Angeles
The Rams belong to Los Angeles once again.
The Chargers might be headed there, as well.
What about the Raiders? Who knows at this point.
What is certain is that all three franchises face serious challenges over the next few years now that the NFL has approved the relocation of the Rams from St. Louis, and given the Chargers a one-year option to join them in the nation’s second-largest media market.
Should the Chargers stay in San Diego, seemingly a long shot, the Raiders could then step in and move from Oakland to L.A.
A long Tuesday of votes and re-votes ended with 30 of 32 NFL owners approving Rams owner Stan Kroenke’s ambitious plan to move his team to the site of the old Hollywood Park racetrack in Inglewood, California, about 10 miles from downtown L.A.
The Raiders and Chargers had a competing proposal to share a new stadium in nearby Carson, but neither option got the 24 votes needed for approval. After another negotiating session in the afternoon, Kroenke’s $1.8 billion project prevailed.
The decision ends the NFL’s 21-year absence in Los Angeles.
Anthony Carter, assistant coach
[1/26/16] After spending 13 seasons playing in the NBA, Anthony Carter was definitely qualified to be an assistant coach in the Association.
So when Sacramento Kings coach George Karl, who had coached the former Hawaii star with the Denver Nuggets, called last summer and asked “A.C.” to join his coaching staff, Carter jumped at the opportunity.
[2/12/18] Anthony Carter is currently in year two as an assistant coach with Sioux Falls of the NBA G League, and the ex-Rainbow Warrior couldn’t be happier.
[2/17/18] Carter’s current position has him working with the Heat’s current two-way players, Yante Maten and Duncan Robinson, who have contracts that allow them to spend a maximum of 45 days in the NBA this season. Since Maten and Robinson spend most of this year in Sioux Falls, that is where Carter will do the bulk of his work with them.
He travels to Sioux Falls when the Heat are on the road, usually on the West Coast. Otherwise, when Miami is at home, he assists with practices and injured players like Goran Dragic, currently recovering from surgery, and Derrick Jones Jr., making his way back after tweaking his knee, in the on-court portion of their rehabilitation.
[2/12/18] Anthony Carter is currently in year two as an assistant coach with Sioux Falls of the NBA G League, and the ex-Rainbow Warrior couldn’t be happier.
[2/17/18] Carter’s current position has him working with the Heat’s current two-way players, Yante Maten and Duncan Robinson, who have contracts that allow them to spend a maximum of 45 days in the NBA this season. Since Maten and Robinson spend most of this year in Sioux Falls, that is where Carter will do the bulk of his work with them.
He travels to Sioux Falls when the Heat are on the road, usually on the West Coast. Otherwise, when Miami is at home, he assists with practices and injured players like Goran Dragic, currently recovering from surgery, and Derrick Jones Jr., making his way back after tweaking his knee, in the on-court portion of their rehabilitation.
Monday, December 28, 2015
Meadowlark Lemon
George "Meadowlark" Lemon, the basketball star who entertained millions of fans around the world with his antics as a longtime member of the Harlem Globetrotters, died Sunday in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 83.
Lemon played 24 seasons and more than 16,000 games with the Globetrotters, the touring exhibition basketball team known for its slick ball-handling, practical jokes, red-white-and-blue uniforms and multiyear winning streaks against overmatched opponents.
He also was one of a handful of Globetrotters whose fame transcended sports, especially among children during the team's heyday in the 1960s and 1970s. Lemon was immortalized in a Harlem Globetrotters cartoon series and appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show," episodes of "Scooby Doo" and many national TV commercials.
A gifted player whose basketball skills were sometimes overshadowed by his on-court high jinks, Lemon was known for sinking half-court hook shots, throwing behind-the-back passes and pretending to spy on his opponents' huddles.
Nicknamed the "clown prince" of basketball, he also pioneered a trademark routine in which he doused a referee with a bucket of water and then pranked fans by heaving another bucket -- filled with confetti, not water -- into the stands as people scrambled to get out of the way.
"For a generation of fans, the name Meadowlark Lemon was synonymous with the Harlem Globetrotters," Globetrotters CEO Kurt Schneider said. "He was an incredible entertainer and brought happiness and lifelong memories to millions around the world. We have lost a great ambassador of the game."
Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, Lemon joined the Globetrotters in 1954 after serving two years in the Army. Over the next quarter-century, he and the team played before popes, kings, queens and presidents in almost 100 countries.
Lemon left the Globetrotters in 1979 to form his own comedic basketball teams, which performed under the names Meadowlark Lemon's Bucketeers, the Shooting Stars and Meadowlark Lemon's Harlem All Stars.
He returned to the Harlem Globetrotters for a 50-game "comeback" tour in 1993.
Lemon was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003. He spent the last several years of his life serving as an ordained minister and motivational speaker.
His death follows that of early Globetrotter player and teammate Marques Haynes, who died in May.
Lemon played 24 seasons and more than 16,000 games with the Globetrotters, the touring exhibition basketball team known for its slick ball-handling, practical jokes, red-white-and-blue uniforms and multiyear winning streaks against overmatched opponents.
He also was one of a handful of Globetrotters whose fame transcended sports, especially among children during the team's heyday in the 1960s and 1970s. Lemon was immortalized in a Harlem Globetrotters cartoon series and appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show," episodes of "Scooby Doo" and many national TV commercials.
A gifted player whose basketball skills were sometimes overshadowed by his on-court high jinks, Lemon was known for sinking half-court hook shots, throwing behind-the-back passes and pretending to spy on his opponents' huddles.
Nicknamed the "clown prince" of basketball, he also pioneered a trademark routine in which he doused a referee with a bucket of water and then pranked fans by heaving another bucket -- filled with confetti, not water -- into the stands as people scrambled to get out of the way.
"For a generation of fans, the name Meadowlark Lemon was synonymous with the Harlem Globetrotters," Globetrotters CEO Kurt Schneider said. "He was an incredible entertainer and brought happiness and lifelong memories to millions around the world. We have lost a great ambassador of the game."
Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, Lemon joined the Globetrotters in 1954 after serving two years in the Army. Over the next quarter-century, he and the team played before popes, kings, queens and presidents in almost 100 countries.
Lemon left the Globetrotters in 1979 to form his own comedic basketball teams, which performed under the names Meadowlark Lemon's Bucketeers, the Shooting Stars and Meadowlark Lemon's Harlem All Stars.
He returned to the Harlem Globetrotters for a 50-game "comeback" tour in 1993.
Lemon was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003. He spent the last several years of his life serving as an ordained minister and motivational speaker.
His death follows that of early Globetrotter player and teammate Marques Haynes, who died in May.
Wednesday, December 09, 2015
2015 Rainbow Warriors Football
1/1/16 - Kevin Lempa hired as defensive coordinator
12/20/15 - Legi Suiaunoa hired as defensive line coach
12/11/15 - Zak Hill hired as offensive coordinator
12/9/15 - Fred Ulu-Perry and Brian Smith expected to join Warriors
12/8/15 - Rolovich to retain Jake Cookus
12/6/15 - Stephen Tsai's coaching staff suggestions
12/5/15 - Dino Babers hired as Syracuse head coach
12/2/15 - Rolovich hires Naeole and Elimimiam
12/1/15 - A bold statement?
12/1/15 - Rolovich recalls awful days / Chow gets an assist
11/30/15 - Rolovich will be the lowest paid coach in the MWC
11/30/15 - UH football awards
11/29/15 - Looking forward to Rolo
11/28/15 - Hawaii 28, Louisiana Monroe 26
11/28/15 - Hawaii to open 2016 in Australia against Cal
11/27/15 - Nick Rolovich hired as the next University of Hawaii head coach
11/27/15 - BFFs to play their final college game
11/25/15 - defensive coordinator Tom Mason re-assigned to non-coaching job / Mason shocked
11/24/15 - PFOWY8 / no. 9 vs. no. 4
11/21/15 - Hawaii 23, San Jose State 42 (attendance: 11,625)
11/19/15 - Uptown Funk
11/14/15 - Hawaii 14, Fresno State 42
11/09/15 - Ivan Jasper may be an option (Reardon)
11/08/15 - no fun for Naeole
11/07/15 - UNLV 41, Hawaii 21
11/04/15 - next UH coach? survey says / Jones to apply
11/04/15 - Chris Naeole: tough love
11/03/15 - New coach must get it (Ferd Lewis)
11/03/15 - UH won't be lacking for applicants
11/02/15 - Three loud claps / Dave Matlin became physically ill
11/02/15 - You can't please everyone (Reardon)
11/02/15 - Chris Naeole is not afraid to speak his mind
11/01/15 - Norm Chow relieved of duties (comments)
11/01/15 - That (crap) gets old (Reardon)
11/01/15 - number of fans disturbing (Ferd Lewis)
11/01/15 - Warriors mum and glum
10/31/15 - Hawaii 7, Air Force 58
10/28/15 - BYU vs. Hawaii 25 years ago (page 54)
10/25/15 - Reardon: Chow should be let go, if
10/24/15 - Nevada 30, Hawaii 20
10/23/15 - No doubt for Makani Kema-Kaleiwahea
10/21/15 - A brief history of canned coaches (Bob Hogue, page 57)
10/18/15 - Ferd Lewis: has Hawaii hit the bottom?
10/17/15 - New Mexico 28, Hawaii 27
10/16/15 - Norm Chow: Bust-A-Move
10/15/15 - Isaiah Bernard outran a dog when he was 7
10/15/15 - Julian Gener came off the deck
10/13/15 - What? Aloha Stadium pays University of Hawaii?
10/12/15 - Don Bailey thought we were getting there
10/11/15 - Reardon's friends have five words for you
10/11/15 - Chow's chances now highly unlikely
10/10/15 - Hawaii 14, San Diego State 28
10/9/15 - Russell Williams, Jr. has seven in his heart
10/3/15 - Boise State 55, Hawaii 0
9/26/15 - Wisconsin 28, Hawaii 0
9/24/15 - Leo and Meffy were at the fork
9/19/15 - Hawaii surges past UC Davis 47-27
9/18/15 - RJ Hollis appreciates life
9/17/15 - UC Davis coaches double as teachers
9/17/15 - Jahlani Tavai went from Chow to Chow
9/16/15 - Trey Hoskins and Adarrus Wilson commit to Hawaii
9/12/15 - Ohio State 38, Hawaii 0
9/10/15 - Ohio State is the haves
9/8/15 - Lance Williams will play for his grandfather
9/7/15 - Makani Kema-Kaleiwahea feels like Mega Man
9/6/15 - Paul Harris has come a long way
9/5/15 - let's check the team rankings. Hawaii ranked 94 (out of 128), Colorado ranked 83, before the game (9/3/15), Colorado was ranked 76 and Hawaii 101 / Ohio State is no. 1, Eastern Michigan is 128.
9/3/15 - Hawaii holds off Colorado 28-20
9/3/15 - Warriors ready to go
9/3/15 - Must-win for Hawaii and Colorado?
9/3/15 - MacIntyre looking for a different result
9/3/15 - Game Day: Hawaii vs. Colorado
9/2/15 - Colorado-Hawaii preview (video)
9/2/15 - Ferd Lewis says 7-6
9/2/15 - Norm Chow is fretting
9/2/15 - Coaching staff covers the bases
9/2/15 - Schedule doesn't give Warriors a break
9/2/15 - How was Asotui Eli taping his hands?
9/2/15 - Record small crowd expected for opener
9/1/15 - Quinton Pedroza has overcome adversity
9/1/15 - Chris Naeole keeps watch of the offensive line
9/1/15 - RJ Hollis is a hype man
9/1/15 - Jake Cookus speaks with a living room voice
9/1/15 - Mauro Bondi departed the Red Sea
8/31/15 - The receivers
8/31/15 - Dylan Collie has a new mission
8/31/15 - Metuisela Unga has stepped into the spotlight
8/31/15 - The defensive backs
8/31/15 - Trayvon Henderson doesn't celebrate
8/30/15 - Position-by-position outlook / media guide
8/29/15 - Kory Rasmussen is on the clock
8/29/15 - Lance Williams speaks three languages
8/28/15 - Don Bailey tries to make it simple
8/28/15 - Max Wittig just wanted to blend in
8/28/15 - the poi dogs of the dog pound
8/27/15 - Melvin Davis gets a second chance
8/26/15 - Bob Hogue predicts 5-8, but Wayne Coito predicts 9-4! (page 63)
8/26/15 - Reardon predicts 6-7 (after opening 1-5 and 2-7)
8/23/15 - Warriors celebrate end of spring training with shave ice
8/23/15 - Penitito Faalologo prays for strength
8/11/15 - Pereese Joas finds a home
8/11/15 - Keelan Ewaliko has taken a lot of strides
8/11/15 - Ka'u Gifford bused it to Kamehameha
8/9/15 - Harold Moleni worked on his routes
8/7/15 - Saint Juste gets up to speed
8/7/15 - Filling the center hole
8/7/15 - Tight ends can catch the ball
8/7/15 - Wittek and Pedroza made the connection
8/5/15 - Norm Chow remains positive
8/2/15 - Dennis McKnight, David Maeva now coaching for Kamehameha
8/2/15 - Coach Chow felt right for Wittek
8/2/15 - 2015 Story: Mountain West Conference
7/29/15 - Don Bailey is wide open
7/28/15 - Warriors have hopeful optimism
7/28/15 - Warriors picked 5th out of 6th in Mountain West West
7/27/15 - Dave Matlin and Don Bailey at Downtown Athletic Club
7/22/15 - Luke Clements, OL, to join Warriors from Blinn College
7/14/15 - Norm Chow tied for third among coaches in the MWC
7/12/15 - Gary Beemer has learned to adapt
7/11/15 - UH will open 2016 home season with Tennessee-Martin
7/11/15 - Jordan Wynn to Fresno State, Phil Rauscher to Denver Broncos
7/10/15 - Jerry Scanlan 1957-2015
7/10/15 - Hugh Yoshida named chairman of Koa Anuenue
7/5/15 - Student attendance less than 1000 per game
7/2/15 - Ramson Golpashin joins Warriors as graduate assistant
7/2/15 - Solomon Matautia gets a haircut
7/1/15 - Former walk-on now on scholarship
6/29/15 - Dalton Gouveia to join Warriors
6/28/15 - Samiuela Akoteo, NT, Serra High (Gardena, CA) commits.
6/24/15 - UH millions behind competitors
6/13/15 - Placekicker Rigoberto “Rigo” Sanchez of Butte College (Oroville, Calif.) is joining the Warriors
6/11/15 - Davasyia Hagger, TE, Orange Coast College accepts scholarship offer
6/5/15 - Chow's cost per win less than Jim McElwain and Urban Meyer
6/4/15 - Hawaii picked to finished 5th out of 6th in Mountain West West Division
5/26/15 - 2015 schedule not to Matlin's liking
5/24/15 - Aaron Zwahlen knew where he was supposed to go
5/24/15 - '09 O-line update
5/15/15 - Brian Kajiyama brought them together
5/3/15 - Final practice featured big plays
4/29/15 - Ben Clarke was challenged by organic chemistry
4/25/15 - Warrior scrimmage wasn't terrible
4/24/15 - Grayshirts: Dayton Furata, Manly Williams, D.J. Riggins
4/22/15 - Gener, Lakalaka, Garcia-Williams, Stubblefield rehabbing to get ready for training camp
4/16/15 - Beau Reilly had a test of faith
4/15/15 - Max Wittek is paying his dues
4/14/15 - Nikko Taylor, NT, accepts scholarship to play this season
4/13/15 - Abraham Elimimian returns as coach (video)
4/11/15 - Season ticket sales have been sliding (i.e. good seats available!)
4/11/15 - Warrior QBs are rotating
4/10/15 - Damien Packer runs for Maka
4/8/15 - Vasquez Haynes is back
4/7/15 - Malachi Mageo defied doctor's orders
4/5/15 - Samuseva and Elimimian are familiar names
4/5/15 - Dylan Collie broke family tradition
4/2/15 - Warrior football excited to go
2/27/15 - Norm Chow completes coaching staff with additions of Samuseva, Cookus, Elimimian
2/25/15 - Lance Samuseva in the process of joining staff
2/25/15 - Elimimian is a great fit
2/18/15 - Abraham Elimimian and Jack Cookus awaiting final approval to join staff
2/15/15 - Tom Mason can hardly wait
2/14/15 - Don Bailey pushes the tempo, Lewis Powell leaving for Utah
2/13/15 - Tom Mason and Don Bailey reach one-year agreements with Hawaii
2/12/15 - Cutting football would cost $2 million
2/11/15 - Dick Tomey takes Associate Athletic Director job at South Florida
2/8/15 - UH close to naming Tom Mason and Don Bailey as their new coordinators
2/5/15 - Chris Demerest leaving UH
2/4/15 - Maybe Reinbold would like another go-round? (Reardon)
1/23/15 - Hawaii moves up Colorado opener to Thursday, September 3
1/17/15 - Defensive Coordinator Kevin Clune leaving Hawaii to return to Utah State
1/15/15 - Daronte Jones leaves Hawaii for Wisconsin
1/9/15 - Lou Holtz and Bill Snyder support Norm Chow
12/20/15 - Legi Suiaunoa hired as defensive line coach
12/11/15 - Zak Hill hired as offensive coordinator
12/9/15 - Fred Ulu-Perry and Brian Smith expected to join Warriors
12/8/15 - Rolovich to retain Jake Cookus
12/6/15 - Stephen Tsai's coaching staff suggestions
12/5/15 - Dino Babers hired as Syracuse head coach
12/2/15 - Rolovich hires Naeole and Elimimiam
12/1/15 - A bold statement?
12/1/15 - Rolovich recalls awful days / Chow gets an assist
11/30/15 - Rolovich will be the lowest paid coach in the MWC
11/30/15 - UH football awards
11/29/15 - Looking forward to Rolo
11/28/15 - Hawaii 28, Louisiana Monroe 26
11/28/15 - Hawaii to open 2016 in Australia against Cal
11/27/15 - Nick Rolovich hired as the next University of Hawaii head coach
11/27/15 - BFFs to play their final college game
11/25/15 - defensive coordinator Tom Mason re-assigned to non-coaching job / Mason shocked
11/24/15 - PFOWY8 / no. 9 vs. no. 4
11/21/15 - Hawaii 23, San Jose State 42 (attendance: 11,625)
11/19/15 - Uptown Funk
11/14/15 - Hawaii 14, Fresno State 42
11/09/15 - Ivan Jasper may be an option (Reardon)
11/08/15 - no fun for Naeole
11/07/15 - UNLV 41, Hawaii 21
11/04/15 - next UH coach? survey says / Jones to apply
11/04/15 - Chris Naeole: tough love
11/03/15 - New coach must get it (Ferd Lewis)
11/03/15 - UH won't be lacking for applicants
11/02/15 - Three loud claps / Dave Matlin became physically ill
11/02/15 - You can't please everyone (Reardon)
11/02/15 - Chris Naeole is not afraid to speak his mind
11/01/15 - Norm Chow relieved of duties (comments)
11/01/15 - That (crap) gets old (Reardon)
11/01/15 - number of fans disturbing (Ferd Lewis)
11/01/15 - Warriors mum and glum
10/31/15 - Hawaii 7, Air Force 58
10/28/15 - BYU vs. Hawaii 25 years ago (page 54)
10/25/15 - Reardon: Chow should be let go, if
10/24/15 - Nevada 30, Hawaii 20
10/23/15 - No doubt for Makani Kema-Kaleiwahea
10/21/15 - A brief history of canned coaches (Bob Hogue, page 57)
10/18/15 - Ferd Lewis: has Hawaii hit the bottom?
10/17/15 - New Mexico 28, Hawaii 27
10/16/15 - Norm Chow: Bust-A-Move
10/15/15 - Isaiah Bernard outran a dog when he was 7
10/15/15 - Julian Gener came off the deck
10/13/15 - What? Aloha Stadium pays University of Hawaii?
10/12/15 - Don Bailey thought we were getting there
10/11/15 - Reardon's friends have five words for you
10/11/15 - Chow's chances now highly unlikely
10/10/15 - Hawaii 14, San Diego State 28
10/9/15 - Russell Williams, Jr. has seven in his heart
10/3/15 - Boise State 55, Hawaii 0
9/26/15 - Wisconsin 28, Hawaii 0
9/24/15 - Leo and Meffy were at the fork
9/19/15 - Hawaii surges past UC Davis 47-27
9/18/15 - RJ Hollis appreciates life
9/17/15 - UC Davis coaches double as teachers
9/17/15 - Jahlani Tavai went from Chow to Chow
9/16/15 - Trey Hoskins and Adarrus Wilson commit to Hawaii
9/12/15 - Ohio State 38, Hawaii 0
9/10/15 - Ohio State is the haves
9/8/15 - Lance Williams will play for his grandfather
9/7/15 - Makani Kema-Kaleiwahea feels like Mega Man
9/6/15 - Paul Harris has come a long way
9/5/15 - let's check the team rankings. Hawaii ranked 94 (out of 128), Colorado ranked 83, before the game (9/3/15), Colorado was ranked 76 and Hawaii 101 / Ohio State is no. 1, Eastern Michigan is 128.
9/3/15 - Hawaii holds off Colorado 28-20
9/3/15 - Warriors ready to go
9/3/15 - Must-win for Hawaii and Colorado?
9/3/15 - MacIntyre looking for a different result
9/3/15 - Game Day: Hawaii vs. Colorado
9/2/15 - Colorado-Hawaii preview (video)
9/2/15 - Ferd Lewis says 7-6
9/2/15 - Norm Chow is fretting
9/2/15 - Coaching staff covers the bases
9/2/15 - Schedule doesn't give Warriors a break
9/2/15 - How was Asotui Eli taping his hands?
9/2/15 - Record small crowd expected for opener
9/1/15 - Quinton Pedroza has overcome adversity
9/1/15 - Chris Naeole keeps watch of the offensive line
9/1/15 - RJ Hollis is a hype man
9/1/15 - Jake Cookus speaks with a living room voice
9/1/15 - Mauro Bondi departed the Red Sea
8/31/15 - The receivers
8/31/15 - Dylan Collie has a new mission
8/31/15 - Metuisela Unga has stepped into the spotlight
8/31/15 - The defensive backs
8/31/15 - Trayvon Henderson doesn't celebrate
8/30/15 - Position-by-position outlook / media guide
8/29/15 - Kory Rasmussen is on the clock
8/29/15 - Lance Williams speaks three languages
8/28/15 - Don Bailey tries to make it simple
8/28/15 - Max Wittig just wanted to blend in
8/28/15 - the poi dogs of the dog pound
8/27/15 - Melvin Davis gets a second chance
8/26/15 - Bob Hogue predicts 5-8, but Wayne Coito predicts 9-4! (page 63)
8/26/15 - Reardon predicts 6-7 (after opening 1-5 and 2-7)
8/23/15 - Warriors celebrate end of spring training with shave ice
8/23/15 - Penitito Faalologo prays for strength
8/11/15 - Pereese Joas finds a home
8/11/15 - Keelan Ewaliko has taken a lot of strides
8/11/15 - Ka'u Gifford bused it to Kamehameha
8/9/15 - Harold Moleni worked on his routes
8/7/15 - Saint Juste gets up to speed
8/7/15 - Filling the center hole
8/7/15 - Tight ends can catch the ball
8/7/15 - Wittek and Pedroza made the connection
8/5/15 - Norm Chow remains positive
8/2/15 - Dennis McKnight, David Maeva now coaching for Kamehameha
8/2/15 - Coach Chow felt right for Wittek
8/2/15 - 2015 Story: Mountain West Conference
7/29/15 - Don Bailey is wide open
7/28/15 - Warriors have hopeful optimism
7/28/15 - Warriors picked 5th out of 6th in Mountain West West
7/27/15 - Dave Matlin and Don Bailey at Downtown Athletic Club
7/22/15 - Luke Clements, OL, to join Warriors from Blinn College
7/14/15 - Norm Chow tied for third among coaches in the MWC
7/12/15 - Gary Beemer has learned to adapt
7/11/15 - UH will open 2016 home season with Tennessee-Martin
7/11/15 - Jordan Wynn to Fresno State, Phil Rauscher to Denver Broncos
7/10/15 - Jerry Scanlan 1957-2015
7/10/15 - Hugh Yoshida named chairman of Koa Anuenue
7/5/15 - Student attendance less than 1000 per game
7/2/15 - Ramson Golpashin joins Warriors as graduate assistant
7/2/15 - Solomon Matautia gets a haircut
7/1/15 - Former walk-on now on scholarship
6/29/15 - Dalton Gouveia to join Warriors
6/28/15 - Samiuela Akoteo, NT, Serra High (Gardena, CA) commits.
6/24/15 - UH millions behind competitors
6/13/15 - Placekicker Rigoberto “Rigo” Sanchez of Butte College (Oroville, Calif.) is joining the Warriors
6/11/15 - Davasyia Hagger, TE, Orange Coast College accepts scholarship offer
6/5/15 - Chow's cost per win less than Jim McElwain and Urban Meyer
6/4/15 - Hawaii picked to finished 5th out of 6th in Mountain West West Division
5/26/15 - 2015 schedule not to Matlin's liking
5/24/15 - Aaron Zwahlen knew where he was supposed to go
5/24/15 - '09 O-line update
5/15/15 - Brian Kajiyama brought them together
5/3/15 - Final practice featured big plays
4/29/15 - Ben Clarke was challenged by organic chemistry
4/25/15 - Warrior scrimmage wasn't terrible
4/24/15 - Grayshirts: Dayton Furata, Manly Williams, D.J. Riggins
4/22/15 - Gener, Lakalaka, Garcia-Williams, Stubblefield rehabbing to get ready for training camp
4/16/15 - Beau Reilly had a test of faith
4/15/15 - Max Wittek is paying his dues
4/14/15 - Nikko Taylor, NT, accepts scholarship to play this season
4/13/15 - Abraham Elimimian returns as coach (video)
4/11/15 - Season ticket sales have been sliding (i.e. good seats available!)
4/11/15 - Warrior QBs are rotating
4/10/15 - Damien Packer runs for Maka
4/8/15 - Vasquez Haynes is back
4/7/15 - Malachi Mageo defied doctor's orders
4/5/15 - Samuseva and Elimimian are familiar names
4/5/15 - Dylan Collie broke family tradition
4/2/15 - Warrior football excited to go
2/27/15 - Norm Chow completes coaching staff with additions of Samuseva, Cookus, Elimimian
2/25/15 - Lance Samuseva in the process of joining staff
2/25/15 - Elimimian is a great fit
2/18/15 - Abraham Elimimian and Jack Cookus awaiting final approval to join staff
2/15/15 - Tom Mason can hardly wait
2/14/15 - Don Bailey pushes the tempo, Lewis Powell leaving for Utah
2/13/15 - Tom Mason and Don Bailey reach one-year agreements with Hawaii
2/12/15 - Cutting football would cost $2 million
2/11/15 - Dick Tomey takes Associate Athletic Director job at South Florida
2/8/15 - UH close to naming Tom Mason and Don Bailey as their new coordinators
2/5/15 - Chris Demerest leaving UH
2/4/15 - Maybe Reinbold would like another go-round? (Reardon)
1/23/15 - Hawaii moves up Colorado opener to Thursday, September 3
1/17/15 - Defensive Coordinator Kevin Clune leaving Hawaii to return to Utah State
1/15/15 - Daronte Jones leaves Hawaii for Wisconsin
1/9/15 - Lou Holtz and Bill Snyder support Norm Chow
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