By Fred Guzman

Former UH standout Samson Satele remains employed, but he’s lost the starting job with the Oakland Raiders. After spending nearly all of training camp practicing at left tackle, Jared Veldheer beat out the incumbent Satelte as the team’s No. 1 center for Sunday’s opener at Tennessee.

Coach...

By Fred Guzman

A pair of former Hawaii standouts were among the more than 600 players who were victims of the final round cuts as NFL teams trimmed their rosters to the required 53-man limit in anticipation of this week’s regular-season openers.

Quarterback Colt Brennan, who was earlier released by Washington,...

By Fred Guzman

The stage is set for an intriguing MIL football matchup on Friday night between defending D-I champion Baldwin and D-II title hopeful Kamehameha at War Memorial Stadium.

Baldwin’s defense registered seven sacks and the offensive unit ran the ball effectively as the Bears decisively defeated...

By Fred Guzman

Yeah, I know. Moral victories don’t really count. But it’s also true that the level of optimism for Hawaii’s football season was raised last night.

Although UH remained winless in seven outings against the USC, unlike previous meetings, this setback hardly qualified as a rout. After...

By Fred Guzman

It was the worst possible scenario for the Western Athletic Conference generally and the University of Hawaii specifically. And although the news was hardly surprising, that didn’t make it any less painful.

BYU is leaving the Mountain West Conference, going independent in football and...

By Fred Guzman

Hard work, good health and an improved diet enabled Kaniela Tuipulotu to win a starting job at defensive tackle for the University of Hawaii going into Thursday’s football season-opener against 14th-ranked Southern California.

The former all-state player at Kahuku High actually began his...

By Fred Guzman

Both of the MIL’s Divison-II teams celebrated the opening weekend of league games with lopsided victories.

On Friday, Kamehameha-Maui returned three second-half interceptions for touchdowns – including a pair by Pono Freitas — in a 40-2 romp past Maui High. The Warriors’ defense...

By Fred Guzman

It was a bittersweet day for Hawaii’s sports fans.

The bitter was the result of the Waipio All-Stars falling short in their bid to win the Little League World Series, suffering a 4-1 loss to a slick-fielding team from Japan in Sunday’s championship game at Williamsport, Pa.

Waipio...

The Hawaii team from Waipio advances to the U.S. Championship game of the Little League world series after defeating Georgia today in a 12-5 victory.  The Waipio team plays Texas tomorrow in a game that will air live at 10 a.m. (Hawaii time) on KITV-4.

A non-profit account has been established to help players...

By Fred Guzman

Within just a few hours yesterday, the Western Athletic Conference — and, by extension, the University of Hawaii — went from a potential winner to a likely loser in the game of musical chairs that has become the norm in college sports.

With in-state neighbor Utah bolting for the...