It’s a rare occasion when, with the roles reversed, a young person can stand next to a professional athlete and be the focus of his attention. Even if it’s just a few precious seconds, those short interactions usually create a lifelong memory. A few that remain ingrained in my mind are meeting Hall of Fame [...]
It’s just about that time for the state’s official sport to push its wa’a back into open waters as the Kaua’i outrigger paddling season reopens in early February. With the first race hosted on the West side during the Waimea Town Celebration, most of the island’s canoe clubs will reunite in the next week or [...]
It wasn’t exactly a championship game for the ages. Alabama’s dominance over previously unbeaten Louisiana State University was a disappointing way to end what had been a pretty exciting 2011 college football season. The Crimson Tide made the Tigers’ offense look so bad in a 21-0 romp, casual viewers had to have been questioning how [...]
While covering KIF soccer, I would bring my iPod with me so I could tune out many of the comments directed at the officials from my compatriots in the stands. I guess that means I’m not as thick-skinned as they are, because the referees seem to handle it much better than I did, without the [...]
Oh, New Year’s resolutions, you’re a little bit like the groundhog. You make an anticipated appearance on the same day each year, but you’re then usually only relevant for, at most, six weeks. Yes, most people have already given up on their New Year’s resolution by the time Groundhog Day even rolls around. Hopefully this [...]
While the NBA was locked out and trying to determine how to divide up its billion-dollar enterprise, a renaissance man and an ambassador for his generation of pro basketball players passed away on Kaua’i. William Tosheff, better known simply as “Tosh,” died Oct. 1 at his daughter’s ranch in Omao. Though he had never previously [...]
It was a discussion that became annual tradition for the better part of four decades. As weeks progressed in the NFL season, analysts would begin to wonder if one team might have what it takes to go undefeated. Despite many attempts that migrated well into the season’s second half, until 2007, the 1972 Miami Dolphins [...]
I’ve seen the old black-and-white photo of Duke Kahanamoku and Babe Ruth together on the sands of Waikiki several times. One of the copies is on the wall of The Shack sports bar and restaurant in Kailua. I was always fascinated by the photograph of two of the most famous men in sports history, standing [...]
Two of Kaua’i’s top surfers have been making strong showings during the winter contest season on Oahu’s North Shore. Roy Powers found great rides throughout the Reef Hawaiian Pro in Haleiwa, reaching the semifinals and coming away with a seventh-place performance. Powers won his loaded Round of 32 heat, which included Michel Bourez (Tahiti), Jadson [...]
I learned something about myself recently. I hate Tim Tebow because he is a Christian. It’s much the same reason why LeBron James makes me so angry. I loved how he turned an otherwise boring free agent period into a self-aggrandizing media event as much as seeing Jim Gray and ESPN spread the love butter [...]
