By TERESA M. WALKER The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans finally have a victory in a game where quarterback Marcus Mariota left injured, and Blaine Gabbert did much more than just win. Gabbert kept the Titans’ playoff hopes alive. The veteran threw a ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Joel Ntambwe scored 17 points with 11 rebounds, Kris Clyburn also scored 17 and Noah Robotham had all 16 of his points in the second half when UNLV used a big run to overtake the University of Hawaii men’s basketball team 73-59 in the first round of the Diamond Head Classic ...
The Maui News The University of Hawaii women’s basketball had its three-game winning streak ended on Friday in a 73-48 loss to Utah in the final of the Duel in the Desert tournament in Las Vegas. Utah (11-0) shot 25-for-53 (47.3 percent) from the floor and 8-for-20 from the 3-point ...
By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press Zach Harrison is one of the most highly touted recruits in the country, and he goes to high school 15 miles from Ohio State. Yet not until Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period, did the 6-foot-6, 245-pound defensive end commit to the ...
By JOHN ZENOR The Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Tua Tagovailoa is optimistic that he will be fully recovered from ankle surgery and ready to play in the Orange Bowl. The Alabama quarterback out of Saint Louis School and Heisman Trophy runner-up said his left ankle will be just ...
By TERESA M. WALKER The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Derrick Henry heard Marcus Mariota throw his shoulder into Giants linebacker Alec Ogletree to clear the corner for the Titans running back. Tennessee safety Kevin Byard saw the block from the sideline. Watching replays ...
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban says quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is “probably ahead of schedule” in recovering from an ankle surgery. The Heisman Trophy runner-up from Ewa Beach, Oahu, has been practicing for the top-ranked Crimson Tide, which began preparations Friday ...
First photo: Gabriel Medina of Brazil competes during finals day of the Billabong Pipe Masters on Monday on Oahu’s North Shore. Medina claimed his second world title when he won his semifinal heat over Jordy Smith, and then defeated Australian Julian Wilson — who had been his challenger for ...
Eleven-time world champion Kelly Slater competes during the second round of the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons — the last stop on the World Surf League Championship Tour and the Vans Triple Crown — on Sunday on Oahu’s North Shore. Slater won his heat and then played ...
The Maui News Women’s flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane of Oahu defeated Valerie Letourneau by submission in the third round of their main event title fight at Bellator 213 on Saturday night at Neal Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu. After two close rounds, Macfarlane (9-0) took ...
Women’s flyweight champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane (left) and challenger Valerie Letourneau pose in front of Bellator president Scott Coker during Friday’s weigh-in for Bellator 213, set for today at Neal Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu. MacFarlane (8-0), a Punahou School graduate, weighed in at ...
By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press Tua Tagovailoa will be the odds-on favorite to win the Heisman Trophy next season after the Alabama quarterback had to settle for second to Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray. Murray is heading for professional baseball next year and Ohio State quarterback ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Eddie Stansberry hit five of 10 shots from 3-point range and finished with 19 points, Drew Buggs had 16 points and seven assists, and the University of Hawaii men’s basketball team beat Division II Hawaii Hilo 82-75 Saturday night at the Stan Sheriff Center. Zigmars Raimo ...
By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press NEW YORK — Kyler Murray waited three years to fulfill the five-star potential he brought to college football. With one shot to deliver, Murray replaced a Heisman Trophy winner by becoming a Heisman Trophy winner. The Oklahoma quarterback won ...
TORONTO (AP) — Featherweight champion Max Holloway stopped top contender Brian Ortega by TKO at UFC 231 on Saturday night. The fight was stopped by the doctor after four rounds. Ortega’s left eye was almost closed, his face bloodied. The skills of Holloway, who was returning from an ...
By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press NEW YORK — Tua Tagovailoa rolled across the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on a black scooter with a little Alabama sticker on the front, his sprained left ankle in a gray plastic boot, safely propped up as he pushed off with his right ...
The Associated Press Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa topped Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray in college football player of the year awards on Thursday, winning the Maxwell Award at ESPN’s College Football Awards show in Atlanta shortly after being named the recipient of the Walter Camp ...
The Associated Press NEW YORK — Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa, Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray and Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy, ensuring a quarterback will win the award for the 16th time in the last 19 years. The finalists were announced Monday, hours ...
Tagovailoa leaves with ankle injury before Tide rally in SEC title game By PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press ATLANTA — Jalen Hurts spent most of the season watching from the sideline, cheering on the guy who took his job and hoping for one more chance to lead the Alabama Crimson ...