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Star-Advertiser special projects reporter Dave Reardon discusses any and all athletics issues, with a special focus on Hawaii’s athletes and teams.

About the blog host

Dave Reardon is a sports projects reporter for the Star-Advertiser. The Honolulu native and alumnus of Pearl City High, Northwestern University and the University of Hawaii started as a copyboy and prep football stringer at the Star-Bulletin in 1981 and has covered the island sports scene uninterrupted since, except for college and two years at the Gainesville (Fla.) Sun. Dave has also launched a side career in teaching. Follow him on Twitter @dave_reardon

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Aloha to Bill O’Rear, an expert with a big heart

By Dave Reardon on September 5, 2014

Over the decades I would only see Bill O’Rear in person once every year or two, usually when he came to Oahu for the state high school basketball championships. But I’m going to miss him a lot anyway as he leaves Hawaii today for San Diego to rejoin his family. So will many sports fans, especially on the Big Island. Bill retired recently as the sports editor of the Hawaii Tribune-Herald after more than 30 years of covering Big Island […]

Now that “We Get ‘Em,” let’s feed ’em

By Dave Reardon on September 3, 2014

The “We Get ‘Em” grassroots fundraising effort for University of Hawaii athletics is off to a fine start, with contributions coming in at wegetemhawaii.com to the tune of 46 donations for a total of $2,406 after less than one day. It is a noble effort, spearheaded by honest, ardent UH supporters like Chris Hart, Don Murphy, Raymond Noh, Kurt Osaki, and “Mike from Waimanalo.” But to keep the momentum going, the organizers of the “UH People’s Athletic Fund” and athletic […]

Mother-daughter, Husky-Warrior disagreement

By Dave Reardon on August 30, 2014

Trudy Gage was born in Hawaii, but she’s all purple and gold today at Aloha Stadium. “My middle name is Kai. Dad was military and I lived in the islands my first four years” said Gage, who ended up in Seattle and is now a UW alum and die-hard Washington Huskies fan. “My brother, Guy Kittrell, he never left and he lives on Maui.” Gage is one of the thousands of UW fans helping to fill the parking lot for […]

Five questions with Husky-turned-Warrior Taz Stevenson

By Dave Reardon on August 26, 2014

Taz Stevenson has been tabbed to start at safety for Hawaii. He will go up against the school he transferred from, Washington, in the Rainbow Warriors season-opener Saturday. After Tuesday’s practice, we got five questions in with the former Mililani Trojan who has earned a bachelor’s in sociology from Washington and is working on a master’s in Pacific Island Studies at UH. Q. How close did you come to committing to Hawaii out of high school at Mililani A. It […]

Dave Shoji’s book due for release in November

By Dave Reardon on August 22, 2014

UH volleyball coach Dave Shoji’s memoir will be released in November, Carol Abe of the University of Hawaii Press said. The book, written in conjunction with retired Advertiser and Star-Advertiser scribe Ann Miller, also now has a title: “Wahine Volleyball: 40 Years Coaching Hawai’i’s Team.” Look for more information in an ad in the Aug. 27 Star-Advertiser sports section.

UHFB: If it takes a village, here’s a starting point

By Dave Reardon on August 20, 2014

Dara Young has University of Hawaii football season tickets for seats that she never sits in. That’s because she’s working — in the Aloha Stadium press box, as the official scorer on the statistics crew. “More than half my life, started doing it as a student,” she said. She also donates to Na Koa, the football booster club. But with recent focus on UH athletics’ budgetary woes, Young has decided to do more. She is also donating her entire season’s […]

How many will they win?

By Dave Reardon on August 4, 2014

I will make my “official” prediction for the University of Hawaii football season when we get closer to kickoff against Washington, after I get to take a look at how the team develops in practice. But in today’s column, I tell why I’m pretty sure I’m going to win a dinner bet because a friend is confident the Rainbow Warriors will not improve much from last year and will win two or less games. Today, being the first day of […]

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