Maui Sports

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 […]

By Fred Guzman MauiToday.TV The Aloha State has lost one of its most distinctive and beloved voices with Tuesday’s passing of sportscaster Les Keiter just two weeks shy of his 90th birthday. After spending many years calling games in major markets and covering national events, Keiter began an extended run as Hawaii’s leading sportscaster. Personally, […]

By Fred Guzman MauiToday.TV An estimated 3,000 fans attended the University of Hawai football team’s visit to Maui on Saturday. Hawaii went through practice drills and performed live 9-on-7 and 7-on-7 drills before inviting fans on the field for picture-taking and autographs. This was a very nice outreach effort by head coach Greg McMackin to […]

By Fred Guzman MauiToday.TV It may be a bit premature, but longtime fans of UH baseball are wondering it the Bows are on the brink of a return to the glory days of the program. That’s what happens when a team rises to No. 23 in the latest Baseball America rankings. Hawaii improved its season […]

After capturing their first World Series title in 28 years, and only the second in the franchise’s 126-year history, much is expected of the Phillies this season.  But after two games, the Phils are 0-2, hardly the kind of start anticipated by the players and their demanding fans. The City of Brotherly Love literally rolled […]

Just when it seemed as if things were starting to come together for Bob Nash in his bid to turn around the UH basketball program, there’s a major concern he must address upon his return from the NCAA Final Four in Detroit. Last week, Nash received a one-year contract extension with an option for a […]

Expectations are running high as the University of Hawaii baseball team begins its conference campaign tonight against San Jose State in the opener of a four-game series at Les Murakami Stadium. UH has played impressively during the recent non-conference portion of its schedule – including taking 3 of 4 against then-18th-ranked Coastal Carolina last week […]

Typically, these types of events are conducted on a university’s campus.  But in order to attract the maximum number of pro scouts, former UH players will be showing their stuff today at the Home Depot Center in the Los Angeles area. Leading the way are defensive end David Veikune and safety Ryan Mouton, with defensive […]

Call me naïve, if you will, but I really think that it wasn’t just about the money for John Calipari in his decision to leave a highly successful program in Memphis to take over the basketball coaching job. Oh, he’ll get a huge chunk of green for accepting the job in the basketball-crazy Bluegrass State.  […]

It’s hard to believe, but the state Ethics Commission is still in the process of investigating whether laws were violated during the University of Hawaii football team’s appearance in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, 2008. That’s more than a year ago, and the commission’s probe has been in progress for more than 10 months […]

The University of Hawaii football team kicks off spring football drills today, and second-year head coach Greg McMackin is promising a more wide-open approach in all three phases of the game. Of course, what you hope for now and what you actually do when the season actually rolls around in the fall are two very […]

Who is the best college basketball team in the country?  That will be decided over the next couple of weekends, and the cast of contenders has now been reduced to an even dozen following Thursday’s first four games in the Sweet Sixteen. What is the best college basketball conference in the nation?  We don’t have […]

You hear the phrase “franchise quarterback” thrown around a lot at this time of the year, as if those types of guys grow on draft trees. Too many teams, too many analysts and too many fans think that a quarterback is the cure for what ails them only to eventually come to the realization that […]

Just because England invented the sport and is the home of the world’s greatest soccer league doesn’t mean England has the best players, are proven repeatedly in recent international competitions. And just because the US invented the sport and is the home of world’s league doesn’t mean that US has the best players, as underscored […]

As Zach Scott described during a recent chat on our mid-day talk show Maui’s ESPN 550, he took the long route to Major League Soccer. After seven seasons with Sounders F.C., the former Maui High standout has become the first Valley Isle player to make the roster of a team in the top tier of […]