Maui Sports

If you agree with the theory that recruiting is the lifeblood of any successful college football program, then you can make a strong case that this is the most important day of the year on the college football calendar. It’s the first day that a new crop of talented high school seniors can sign binding […]

Last week, I was grumbling about the winter woes of University of Hawaii teams, who – at that time – had lost a combined 18 games. Wouldn’t you know it?  Each of those teams ended their respective losing streaks since then. None more impressively than the men’s volleyball team.  Off to a 1-6 start and […]

The pen may be mightier than the sword, but Hawaii’s BJ Penn was not mightier than Georges St. Pierre, confirming the old sports adage that a good big man almost invariably beats a good little man. Historically, that’s been the case in boxing, with a long list of light-heavyweight champions who have gotten their clocks […]

<p>For fans of University of Hawaii athletics, this has been a winter of discontent.   A last-gasp victory last night over LaTech ended a streak of 18 combined losses by UH teams.</p> <p>Following an encouraging start, the men’s basketball team had lost five in a row and nine straight on the road.  But a 54-53 win […]

I attended an basketball game on Friday night and a free-throwing shooting contest broke out.  In a showdown that was as  sloppily played as it was intense and dramatic, Baldwin needed overtime to hold off visiting Lahainaluna 61-56 in one of the two marquee hoops matchups of the MIL weekend. The game featured 38 turnovers, […]

Dark clouds lingered over the Plantation Course at Kapalua on the final day of the Mercedes-Benz Championship, with Australia’s Geoff Ogilvy winning top honors by a resounding six strokes. The overcast skies were, in some ways, a reflection of the rising concern locally that the PGA Tour may take the event elsewhere when its contract […]

After a near-perfect start, Hawaii raced out to a 24-11 lead by making 11 of its first dozen shots. But UH then couldn’t buy a bucket during a six-minute scoring drought down the stretch, blowing that early 13-point edge and trailing by four with just 33.3 seconds remaining. Somehow, the Bows pulled out a thrilling […]

So, who’s No. 1? The BCS system is supposed to identify the top two teams to battle for that distinction. But some folks – particularly those with West Coast and/or Texas roots – are convinced that the very best college football teams in all of the land will not be on the field for Thursday’s BCS title game at Miami.

As history has shown, just because the New York Yankees are spending big bucks doesn’t mean they will win the World Series.

By Fred Guzman Just when you begin getting comfortable with the status quo in life and in sports, a development or two happen that shakes things up. Take the NBA as just the latest example.  The common logic is that the Eastern Conference is improved, but still lacks the depth of the West. Defending champion Boston […]