McDonald, Taylor put up big numbers in ’18 By KALANI TAKASE The Associated Press HONOLULU — Arizona’s season-opening matchup against the University of Hawaii will be a study in contrasting offensive styles. While both teams ranked in the top 50 nationally in total offense in ...
By KALANI TAKASE The Associated Press HONOLULU — Dak Prescott appears ready for the regular season, with or without Ezekiel Elliott. The Dallas quarterback completed all five of his pass attempts in his only series, and the Cowboys came away with a 14-10 victory over the Los Angeles ...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Reigning featherweight champ Max Holloway defended his belt Saturday, overwhelming former lightweight champ Frankie Edgar at UFC 240. Holloway (21-4-0) won a unanimous five-round decision. The 27-year-old from Waianae, Oahu, kept Edgar at a distance throughout ...
The Associated Press HOOVER, Ala. — It’s easier for Alabama to be humble now. The Crimson Tide can thank Clemson for that, at least. There’s nothing like a 44-16 drubbing in the national championship game to strip away any feelings of invincibility and self-satisfaction that come ...
By STEVEN WINE The Associated Press MIAMI — Marlins rookie Jordan Yamamoto won with less than his best to stay unbeaten, while the San Diego Padres lost again to reach a new low. The Saint Louis School graduate needed 99 pitches to get through five innings but gave up only two earned ...
By CALEB JONES The Associated Press HONOLULU — A University of Hawaii football player has died. Linebacker Scheyenne Sanitoa died on July 4, the school said in a statement Friday. He was 21. Teammates were brought together Friday morning to discuss the death, and campus counselors ...
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Michelle Wie says she’ll take a break for the rest of the year to try to get healthy. Wie had surgery on her right hand in October and tried to return in February, completing one tournament. She sat out a month and returned to the LPGA Tour’s first major and to her ...
By AARON BRACY The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Manager Don Mattingly likes the progress he is seeing from the rebuilding Marlins. Phillies manager Gabe Kapler thinks he has the right pieces, too — even if that’s a tough sell right now to frustrated fans in ...
WOMEN’S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Friday’s Second-Round Leaders At Chaska, Minn. Hannah Green 68-69—137 -7 Ariya Jutanugarn 70-70—140 -4 Lydia Ko 71-70—141 -3 Sung Hyun Park 70-71—141 -3 Nelly Korda 72-70—142 -2 Angel Yin 71-71—142 -2 Nuria Iturrioz 73-70—143 -1 Jimin Kang ...
By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press CHASKA, Minn. — Michelle Wie returned to competition Thursday in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship looking as if she had never left. She was icing her right hand. She shot a 12-over 84. And then she wondered, through tears, how much time she ...
By WARREN MAYES The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — In his first two starts, Saint Louis School graduate Jordan Yamamoto has done things that have been accomplished once, or not at all, in the past century. It’s been a dream debut for the 23-year-old rookie from Hawaii, who was acquired ...
The Maui News Michelle Wie, the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open champion, announced on her instagram feed Friday that she has withdrawn from the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open slated for next week. Wie, 29, a Punahou School graduate, cited her ongoing recovery from wrist surgery as the reason for the ...
By JOE HARRIS The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Marcell Ozuna made Homer Bailey work. Then he made him pay. Ozuna, Matt Carpenter and Kolten Wong went deep as part of a four-homer barrage, and the St. Louis Cardinals split a doubleheader with the Kansas City Royals by winning the ...
Mariota heads into final season of rookie deal with Titans without extension By TERESA M. WALKER The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Going into the final year of his rookie contract, Marcus Mariota hasn’t changed anything about how he prepares for this season. That includes no talk ...
Antetokounmpo has 30 points, 17 rebounds as Milwaukee moves within two wins of NBA Finals By TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo started the game with an emphatic dunk. The next possession, a sprawling block to deny Marc Gasol. The next possession, ...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER The Associated Press HONOLULU — An Oahu mixed martial arts fighter who pleaded no contest to a charge of assaulting his wife, UFC fighter Rachael Ostovich Berdon, has been sentenced to four years of probation. A judge sentenced Arnold Berdon on Thursday after ...
The Maui News and The Associated Press Former University of Hawaii head football coach Dick Tomey has died at the age of 80. Tomey, who was also the winningest football coach in University of Arizona history, died surrounded by family Friday night in Tucson, his family said. He was ...
The Maui News University of Hawaii slotback John Ursua was selected in the seventh round of the NFL Draft on Saturday, going 236th overall to the Seattle Seahawks. Ursua, a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award and finalist for Polynesian Player of the Year in 2018, was the nation’s ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jahlani Tavai is going from Rainbow Warrior green to Honolulu blue. The University of Hawaii linebacker was selected by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the NFL draft on Friday. Tavai was taken with the No. 43rd overall pick, tying him with linebacker ...
By CHARLES ODUM The Associated Press ATLANTA — Dustin Poirier bloodied Max Holloway and won a unanimous decision for the UFC interim lightweight title on Saturday night, denying Holloway his chance to become only the fourth fighter to hold two belts at the same time. Holloway, the ...