Quick Reads

If you know me, you know my language can be pretty salty. Over the years, though, I’ve learned for the most part to keep my cussing to the proper environments and for the proper audiences. And I apologize for any collateral damage the various F and other bombs I’ve dropped over the years have done to sensitive ears. Most of all, I’m sorry to my mother who didn’t raise me to be so foul-mouthed. When Norm Chow used the “s” […]

In a few days, Brian Ching is going to be a proud dad. For now, the retired world-class soccer player from Haleiwa and Kamehameha is a proud uncle, pulling for the New York Mets in the World Series. “I’d be there, but my wife is going to have a baby any day now. So I’m watching on TV,” said Ching, who lives in Houston where he is managing director of the Houston Dash women’s pro soccer team. He and his […]

In order of my ranking. Entire poll ranking in parentheses. 1. Baylor (2) 2. Utah (3) 3. LSU (5) 4. Clemson (6) 5. TCU (4) 6. Ohio State (1) 7. Alabama (8) 8. Stanford (10) 9. Michigan State (7) 10. Florida State (9) 11. Michigan (T15) 12. Iowa (12) 13. Notre Dame (11) 14. Florida (13) 15. Oklahoma State (14) 16. Memphis (18) 17. Texas A&M (T15) 18. Oklahoma (17) 19. Duke (23) 20. Cal (20) 21. Toledo (19) 22. […]

It’s been 24 hours since I was stonewalled by the UH Manoa chancellor when asking questions about accountability for the ridiculous amount of money — $700,000 – given to the basketball coach the school fired for allegedly breaking NCAA rules. All told, the estimate for how much this latest astonishing error is costing us, the people of this state, is around $1.1 million. I stand by what I said on Artie Wilson’s radio show this morning that anyone with eighth […]

For the second week in a row I voted Baylor No. 1 in the AP poll, for the obvious reason that I think the Bears are the best team in college football right now. Other reasons: The Bears’ defense is better than people think, anyone with a really impressive win has also taken a loss (Ole Miss), some of what seemed to be impressive wins are no longer (Utah bushwhacking Oregon is a bit devalued when the Ducks lose to […]

“I visit a lot of hospitals. As much as I like to complain about the depression and how bad my life seems at times, nothing will change your life, or your mind, more than walking in and seeing kids who basically don’t have long to live, sitting there smiling. And laughing. And then there you are thinking how bad your life is and you have this kid who doesn’t have any time and is not even worried about it. That […]

The poll should be out in a few minutes, and there should be plenty of movement with several upsets and some underwhelming performances with highly ranked teams just barely getting the W. Here’s how I voted. 1. Baylor 2. TCU 3. Clemson 4. Florida 5. LSU 6. Ohio State 7. Utah 8. Oklahoma 9. Alabama 10. Texas A&M 11. Northwestern 12. Mississippi 13. Michigan State 14. Stanford 15. Michigan 16. Florida State 17. Oklahoma State 18. USC 19. Boise State […]

I’d never been here before. Which is kind of strange, because I went to college not that far from Madison, Wis., and Northwestern and Wisconsin played each other every year in the Big Ten. But the Mildcats were so bad in those days that very few of us felt compelled to make the nearly three-hour drive up here to see our boys in purple get more purple with bruises and be on the wrong side of some ridiculous score. Even […]