Maui Sports

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 […]

By Fred Guzman MauiNow.com Baldwin advanced to the semifinals of the state girls Division-I softball tournament with a 3-1 win over Mid-Pacific last night at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium. The third-seeded Bears were limited to three hits, but made the most of them by scoring all of their run in the sixth inning to earn […]

By Fred Guzman MauiNow.com Two MIL athletes are in contention for individual honors as the state boy’s championship concludes today at the Royal Kaanapali Golf Course. With a 71, Kamehameha-Maui’s Aaron Kunitomo was in a three-way tie for second place, two strokes behind first-round leader Lorens Chan of Iolani.  Justin Keiley of Baldwin was alone […]

By Fred Guzman MauiNow.com He’s Hamlet in shoulder pads.  We are alluding, of course, to the Shakesperean indecisiveness of Brett Farve.  Even his long-time worshippers – both fans and in the media – have wearied with Favre’s annual “to play, or not to play” soliloquy. Sharing the stage with Favre this time in this all-too-familiar […]

By Fred Guzman MauiNow.com Jackie Owens of Lahainaluna gave three-time defending singles champion Kristin Lim her toughest challenge of the prep season, actually becoming the only opponent to take a set from the Punahou standout. But it wasn’t nearly enough as Owens capped her outstanding high school career by having to settle for a second […]

By Fred Guzman MauiNow.com The MIL again has a pair of teams in the state Division-II baseball semifinals, with St. Anthony and Molokai each posting decisive victories yesterday at Hans L’Orange Field. St. Anthony’s Jarret Stinger tossed a three-hitter and the Trojans capitalized on Konawaena’s four errors for a 6-0 quarterfinal victory, setting up a […]

By Fred Guzman MauiToday.TV Here’s the latest example of why NFL stands for, as Jerry Glanville so memorably noted, Not For Long. Just one season after signing a five-year, $22 million contract with Arizona that included a $7.5 million bonus, former University of Hawaii defensive end Travis Laboy is looking for work. Laboy was released […]

By Fred Guzman MauiToday.TV The Valley Isle has two players in baseball’s major leagues.  And now, for the first time, a player from Maui was selected in the NFL draft. Former Baldwin High standout Kaluka Maiava, who played his college ball at USC, appearing in four straight Rose Bowl Games, was chosen early in the […]

ROAD PASSABLE, BUT MOTORISTS ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION (Updated at 11:22 a.m. Friday, April 24, 2009) Hana Highway, Highway 360 in the area near MP3 is clear.  A tree had fallen at the location earlier this morning.  State crews continue their work to clean a mudslide near MP9, but advise that the road is […]

By Fred Guzman MTTV.com Brandon Jennings started the trend last year, when he opted to forego attending college for one season to comply with an NBA draft-eligibility rule and instead signed with a professional team in Italy. Now a kid who played for his prep team in a tournament at the Lahaina Civic this past […]

By Fred Guzman MauiToday.TV During a weekend when many titles were contended for at the local high school level on the Valley Isle, a group of future prep standouts made their mark on Oahu as Maui United Soccer Club 96 captured the state under-13 boys soccer title in dramatic fashion. Maui United opened with a […]

By Fred Guzman MauiToday.TV It wasn’t pretty, but it was exciting.  That, in a nutshell, describes last night’s pivotal MIL baseball game at Iron Maehara Stadium. Baldwin needed to sweep its regular-season-ending, three-game series against Maui High. On Wednesday, the Bears took a step in that direction with a 9-8, nine-inning victory.  Last night, Baldwin’s […]