Far be it from me to tell FIFA how soccer games should be played, but ending a world championship with a series of penalty kicks is like ending the World Series with a home run derby. Oh well. Congratulations to Japan’s team and condolences to the US one.
Schedule: UH v. USD, men’s baseball, 11:00am UH v. UCLA, women’s softball, 1:00pm LA v. ATL, Major League baseball, 4:00pm The latter two are on TV. Oh, should I be doing something else today? Results: Baseball, UH 4 – USD 3 on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch in the ninth inning. Softball: UCLA 5 – UH 2 …
Pardon me while I wipe a tear from my eye. The old alma mater won its softball game today too, so it plays for the NCAA Division II National Championship tomorrow. Hawai’i Pacific’s record is 49-6; they’re ranked #3 in the country. They’ll play Valdosta State, 50-8 and #2 nationally, at 9:00am HST Monday. Wow. …
Hawaii earned a split of today’s NCAA super regional doubleheader against Alabama to force a decisive third game on Sunday for a berth in the Women’s College World Series. Alabama overpowered Hawaii 8-0 in the opening game, but the Rainbow Wahine bounced back for an 8-7 win in the second game, snapping the top-seeded Crimson …
The University of Hawai’i Rainbow Wahine softball team won its first Western Athletic Conference title today, 14-3 over Fresno State. FSU forced this game by beating the Wahine earlier in the day, 4-3. The Rainbow Wahine hit two homers in the first inning, including a solo homer by Kelly Majam to lead off the game …
I have a hard time doing so. It’s my empathy gene, I think; I feel so badly when somebody falls and four years of work goes down the tubes in a split-second that it’s nearly unbearable. But, you say, don’t you feel that way about skiers, too? And yes, I do, but somehow it’s not …
Our papers know their readers: Honolulu Advertiser front page this morning. Honolulu Star-Bulletin front page headline this morning. You might all say “huh?” Well, the UH women’s volleyball program is probably the only money-making one in the country. It often outdraws men’s basketball. More than that, about half the team is consistently home-grown; local girls …
Storrs doesn’t have a paper, and I don’t know what city in Connecticut is closest to the place, so UCONN has to be satisfied with the NYT article. 37 wins, 1 loss. Congrats to the Huskies. Sorry, Tennessee Lady Vols. You gave ’em a good scare.