Hawaii’s Carissa Moore (first photo) and John John Florence (second photo) compete during the Tokyo Olympics today at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan. Moore defeated Peru’s Sofia Mulanovich 10.34-9.90 to advance to the women’s quarterfinals, while Florence bowed out in the men’s ...

People Who Made a Difference: Sports Edition is a special series recognizing those in the Maui County sports community who have made significant impacts. Stories will run periodically this summer in The Maui News. WAILUKU — Joe Blackburn is a basketball lifer. When he saw the sport ...

Lee advances to Drive, Chip & Putt regionals Lakota Lee of Kihei qualified for the regional championships of the Drive, Chip and Putt with a second-place finish in a sub-regional held Saturday at Kapolei Golf Club on Oahu. Competing in the boys 12-13 division, Lee finished with a score ...

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Statistics for Baldwin graduate Kurt Suzuki of the Los Angeles Angels: _______________ KURT SUZUKI FRIDAY: 1-3, 2-run HR in first inning. SEASON: 31-139 (.223), 11 runs, 9 RBIs, 3 HR.

It comes with a dose of sadness, but Kanoa Leahey has reached the job he was seemingly born to do. Leahey has added University of Hawaii football to his long list of play-by-play duties for the school, taking over for longtime friend and colleague Robert Kekaula, who died suddenly at age 55 ...