Mr. Reardon, I received a copy of your 8 February article from Mike Biscotti. It has been 42 years since I stepped off the playing field at the old “Termite Palace” (Honolulu Stadium in Moiliili district at the corner of King and Isenberg Streets) as a University of  Hawaii Rainbow football player. Over the years I have made efforts (with little luck) to help bring some unity to players of that era. Thanks to Na Koa, however, that is finally starting […]

There were more positives to take from the UH baseball team’s opening night game Friday than you might expect from a 3-0 loss. First of all, what a great crowd. It was truly standing-room only as Jerry Campany and I wandered around the concourse looking for a good vantage point. I noticed some good: >> Some solid hitting, just not enough falling in at the right times. The Rainbows had just five hits, but connected fairly well against tough pitching. […]

>>It is now a done deal that the school’s men’s sports teams will all be named Warriors and the women’s teams all will be Rainbow Wahine. What do you think? >> The UH women’s basketball team is back in town. Under first-year coach Laura Beeman, the team is 11-11 and has won seven of its last 10 games. The Rainbow Wahine hope for a crowd of more than the usual 700 or so that they usually get for Thursday’s game […]

The University of Hawaii baseball program enjoyed the biggest turnout for its alumni game in decades. This used to be a huge event in the 1980s and early 1990s, but fell off in recent years especially after coach Les Murakami’s retirement. But several of the players, including Chris Walz, Tommy Heffernan and Carl Furutani, took it upon themselves to reach out to as many alumni as they could find and bring them together. “When you see that it’s fractured, there’s […]