(Updated: 3:30 p.m. 8/7/09 by Wendy Osher) Central Maui Little League suffered a 7-4 loss to Glendale, Arizona, in its opening game of the Little League West Regionals in San Bernardino earlier today.  Central Maui returns to action on Sunday against Chula Vista, Calif.  The game will be aired live on Maui’s ESPN 550,  KMVI [...]

University of Hawaii football coach Greg McMackin will be suspended for 30 days and take a salary cut as part of the actions handed down by the University of Hawaii administration today.  The actions come after McMackin used a gay slur in a WAC media briefing yesterday to describe a dance performed by the Notre [...]

Maui’s District III All Star Little League Baseball Team won a spot in the Western Regional Tournament taking place next week in California. Since their win, the Central Maui East 11 and 12 year olds have been trying to raise funds in an effort to defray some of the team’s travel and transportation expenses. In [...]

Private donors are stepping up in an attempt to cover a $1.2 million budget shortfall for school sports programs.  The Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) announced the receipt of more than $400,000 in corporate donations yesterday. Major contributors include $200,000 from the Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation, $100,000 from First Hawaiian Bank, $50,000 from Bank [...]

Maui’s Shane Victorino is among a list of baseball players competing for the last spot on the National League’s All-Star Game roster. The Phillies outfielder finished fourth in the public balloting for the three starting outfield positions. He was not selected as a backup by the National League coaches. Hawaii’s four mayors-Bernard Carvalho, Jr., Mufi [...]

By Fred Guzman MauiNow.com Jobs in the NFL are hard to earn and, as two former University of Hawaii standouts recently found out, even harder to keep. That was the case with linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa, who was released after six years by the St. Louis Rams despite leading the team with 104 tackles last season.  [...]

By Fred Guzman MauiNow.com You could see in coming in the face of the school’s declining enrollment.  Finally, and sadly, it did come to pass. After several years of battling – and barely surviving – the numbers game, St. Anthony has officially announced that it would not be fielding a varsity football team for the [...]

By Fred Guzman MauiNow.com Congratulations to the long-suffering Los Angeles Clippers for winning the NBA lottery Tuesday night and earning the right to select Oklahoma forward Blake Griffin, the player overwhelming ranked as the best in this year’s draft class. And condolences to the Sacramento Kings, who despite finishing with a league-worst 17-65 record, still [...]

By Fred Guzman MauiNow.com Kobe or LeBron?  The debate continues to rage over whom is the best player in the NBA. Jerry West, a Hall of Fame player who as a GM was responsible for engineering a deal that brought Kobe Bryant to LA, weighed in on the question.  His response may surprise some – [...]

By Fred Guman MauiNow.Com Living up to expectations is never easy, but a number of MIL athletes rose to the occasion at the state high school track and field championships held over the weekend at Ke’eau High School on the Big Island. The MIL combined to win eight gold medals – six of them claimed [...]