NBA plans for a July 31 return, with 22 teams resuming season in Orlando
The NBA is on track for a July 31 return, with 22 of its 30 teams headed to Orlando, Fla., for a resumption of their season that’s been on hold since March 11 because of the coronavirus crisis.
Local value: Rick Ogata a card-carrying member for Big Island baseball
If you’ve been to a basketball or volleyball game in Hilo town in the past 10-plus years, you might have seen Rick Ogata. He’s either standing rigidly, kneeling on one knee or sitting on a movable stool with cameras in hand.
MLB rejects 114-game schedule, threatens plan of about 50
NEW YORK — If Major League Baseball and its players take the field for a coronanvirus-delayed 2020 season, it will be after acrimonious negotiations that resemble their labor war of a generation ago.
Friends mourn ex-Indiana football player Beaty slain during unrest
INDIANAPOLIS — To those who knew former Indiana University football player Chris Beaty, it was no surprise that he would participate in a protest over the death of George Floyd.
Seahawks QB Wilson: ‘I don’t even want to talk about football’
RENTON, Wash. — Speaking to the media for the first time since the end of last season, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson didn’t care to talk about the game that’s helped make him famous.
MLS, players reach new labor deal, to resume with tournament
Major League Soccer and its players’ union agreed to a six-year labor contract through 2025 that paves the way for a tournament in Florida after the season was suspended by the coronavirus pandemic.
‘Memorable odyssey’: Reliving Hawaii softball’s Women’s College World Series ride to Oklahoma City, 10 years later
A decade after Hawaii’s appearance in the Women’s College World Series, the ripples of the impact of a nearly month-long postseason journey continue to come ashore.
Showtime: After UHH, former basketball player Syrus Yarbrough happy for dose of reality
Syrus Yarbrough had a rather nondescript career when he was playing for the UH-Hilo basketball team from 1993 to 1995.
Column: From social unrest comes a simple lesson for sports — why black coaches matter
Coach X said in a statement this weekend: “I am shocked and angered by the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. We’re at an important moment for our country, and now is the time for us to choose kindness, tolerance, understanding, empathy … it’s time to love each other. Every life is precious …”
Wes Unseld, Hall of Famer and NBA champion in DC, dies at 74
WASHINGTON — Wes Unseld was an undersized NBA center known more for his bruising picks, tenacious rebounding and perfectly placed outlet passes than any points he produced.
Hawaii lineman faces charges of violating virus quarantine
HONOLULU — A University of Hawaii football player was among those arrested on suspicion of violating a 14-day quarantine imposed on travelers to control the spread of the coronavirus, officials said.
Take Me Back Tuesday: Honokaa’s Kaulana Noa becomes first BIIF player to be drafted in the NFL
Editor’s note: While the sports world is shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Hawaii Today will look back every Tuesday at memorable sports moments on the Big Island.
Feeling the squeeze: Some Hilo minor leaguers could face uncertain futures
It’s only a matter of time before the minor league baseball season is canceled, and the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic came down swiftly with the reported release of hundreds of players to cut costs.
Worth your while: Waiakea grad Kanno latest to play Division I college golf, signs with Hawaii
At a Drive Chip &Putt Championship age-group qualifier at Hilo Municipal Golf Course in the spring of 2014, one parent had a matter-of-fact reminder for the Tribune-Herald.
Former Auburn football coach, Hall of Famer Pat Dye dies at 80
College Football Hall of Famer Pat Dye, who took over a downtrodden Auburn football program in 1981 and turned it into a Southeastern Conference power, died Monday. He was 80.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather to pay for George Floyd’s funeral
Former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has offered to pay for George Floyd’s funeral and memorial services, and the family has accepted the offer.
AP interview: Floyd’s death opens old wounds for Thabo Sefolosha
Thabo Sefolosha knows what it’s like to be a black man, on the ground, surrounded by police officers.
U.S. Open plan in works, including group flights, COVID tests
Charter flights to ferry U.S. Open tennis players and limited entourages from Europe, South America and the Middle East to New York. Negative COVID-19 tests before traveling. Centralized housing. Daily temperature checks.
Number of eliminated college sports programs nearing 100
Four-year colleges facing budget shortfalls stemming from the pandemic are approaching an unwelcome milestone: In coming days, the number of eliminated sports programs will almost surely pass 100.
Putting the pieces together: Although the Hawaii football team has yet to practice, a preliminary depth chart is taking shape
It will be another month until the Hawaii football team finalizes a post-spring depth chart, but early indications are there will be few changes from the end of the 2019 season.