Hawaii team to face South Korea today for LLWS world title By PATRICK BURNS The Associated Press SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — After striking out his 15th batter to end the game, Honolulu’s Aukai Kea pumped his fists and let out a shout for all to hear. Within seconds, Kea’s ...
The Maui News The University of Hawaii women's volleyball team was swept by Kansas State 25-21, 29-27, 25-20 on Saturday night in both teams' season opener that was played in a nearly empty Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu. The match was closed to the public due to Tropical Storm ...
By WILL GRAVES The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger believes his right arm feels as good as it has at any point in his 15-year career. Maybe too good. While the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback threw for 114 yards and a touchdown in his brief preseason cameo during a ...
By PATRICK BURNS The Associated Press SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Those who had hoped to see a rematch of last week’s 11-inning thriller between Honolulu and Peachtree City, Ga., at the Little League World Series got their wish. The two teams will meet again today, this time with a ...
By ARNIE STAPLETON The Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado State won’t be enjoying a cupcake schedule this season. The Rams open against Mountain West Conference foe Hawaii today, followed by a trip to the Denver Broncos’ stadium for the Rocky Mountain Showdown with ...
The Maui News Aukai Kea blasted a walk-off, two-run homer in the 11th inning to give Honolulu a 2-0 victory over Peachtree City, Ga., in both teams’ opening game at the Little League World Series on Friday in Williamsport, Pa. With one out in the bottom of the 11th, Mana Lau Kong was ...
The Honolulu Little League team defeated Rocklin, Calif., 11-2 on Saturday in San Bernardino, Calif., to win the West Regional and punch its ticket to the Little League World Series. Honolulu scored four runs in each of the fourth and fifth inings to break open a one-run game and become the ...
By GENARO C. ARMAS The Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis. — Marcus Mariota is proving to be a quick study with a new coach installing yet another offensive system for the Tennessee Titans. Maybe Mike Vrabel will stick around for a while for Tennessee. The Titans had a memorable ...
McElroy: Tagovailoa has inside track, but far from lock to start By JOHN ZENOR The Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Jalen Hurts is the strong-armed running threat who has mostly won during his Alabama career. Tua Tagovailoa is the prized, left-handed recruit out of Saint Louis ...
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) — Michelle Wie withdrew from the Women’s British Open midway through her first round because of a right hand injury on Thursday. The golfer from Honolulu was 7 over after 12 holes at Royal Lytham when she quit. Wie, who is ranked No. 18, said in a post ...
By TERESA M. WALKER, The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Marcus Mariota ran to his right, looked to pass and found nobody open. So the Tennessee quarterback pump-faked, darted left and flew past rookie linebacker Harold Landry III. Yes, Mariota is looking very healthy in the opening ...
By EDDIE PELLS The Associated Press To say Koa Smith was at the right place at the right time is perfectly accurate. To say he got lucky — that’s missing the point. Perched precariously on his surfboard, the 23-year-old from Kauai rode a wave off the coast of Namibia, on the ...
By LUKE MEREDITH The Associated Press SILVIS, Ill. — Michael Kim didn’t just win his first PGA Tour event on Sunday. He dominated in a fashion never seen at TPC Deere Run. Kim’s prizes? A little over a million bucks, a two-year exemption on tour and a trip to the British Open. Kim ...
By GREG BEACHAM The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Israel Adesanya announced his arrival as a UFC middleweight contender with a dominant unanimous-decision victory over veteran and Oahu native Brad Tavares on Saturday night. In just his third UFC fight, Adesanya (14-0), a Nigerian-born ...
By GREG BEACHAM The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Max Griffin isn't proud of his reaction after he heard UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway dropped out of his fight against Brian Ortega with apparent symptoms of a concussion. “To me, we're fighters,” said Griffin, a UFC ...
By GREG BEACHAM The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway’s representatives say he is dropping out of his title defense against Brian Ortega at UFC 226 this weekend due to apparent concussion symptoms. Holloway’s management team announced the decision in ...
By JASON L. YOUNG The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Matt Carpenter helped the St. Louis Cardinals beat two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber in a way no one has before, then he stuck around to make some history of his own. Carpenter homered twice, matched a career best with five hits ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hawaii native Kolten Wong has a flair for the dramatic. Wong led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a home run off Richard Rodriguez, giving the Cardinals a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday. “You see guys that in those big situations tend to have ...
By JOHN ZENOR The Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Michelle Wie was pleasantly surprised by the condition of Shoal Creek and pleased with her game after the first round of the U.S. Women's Open. The 2014 champion shot a 3-under 69 Thursday on a course that has been drenched in recent ...
The Maui News Brazil’s Filipe Toledo won the Oi Rio Pro on Friday in front of a thousands of fans at Saquarema in Rio de Janeiro. Toledo defeated Australia’s Wade Carmichael 17.10-8.00 in the final to claim his second World Surf League Championship Tour win in his home country and the ...