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Hawaii men’s basketball: Portnoy no longer part of broadcast team

By Stephen Tsai on October 28, 2019

After 27 years, Jeff Portnoy will no longer serve as color analyst for ESPN Honolulu’s broadcasts of UH basketball games. A spokesman for the all-sports station said the decision was based on maintaining the broadcast “continuity” for home and road productions. Portnoy worked on broadcasts from the Stan Sheriff Center. Bobby Curran, the play-by-play announcer, worked all home and road games. Portnoy, a Cades Schutte partner, established himself as a prominent lawyer. But he also is known for his work […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Norene Iosia DPOW, RPI dips, still No. 21

By Cindy Luis on October 28, 2019

Senior Norene Iosia earned her first Defensive Player of the Week award from the Big West on Monday. Iosia had a combined 22 digs and 12 blocks in the sweep of Fullerton and UCI, including a career-high eight blocks against the Titans. She has 13 double-doubles on the season, giving her a total of 57 in her career. She has five career triple-doubles and was two kills and two blocks away from capturing a quadruple-double against the Titans. Iosia’s three […]

Hawaii soccer: Big West tournament window narrows on senior night

By Brian McInnis on October 27, 2019

Hawaii was unable to break the senior night spell Sunday at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium. The Rainbow Wahine ran their winless streak in home finales to six with a 4-1 defeat at the hands of UC Santa Barbara, a blow to the team’s Big West standing with two road matches to play. Unlike last year’s 2-1 fatal loss to last-place Cal State Fullerton, hope remains for the Wahine to make their first Big West Conference tournament. But it just got […]

AP College Football Poll: Most No. 1 votes doesn’t always make you No. 1

By Dave Reardon on October 27, 2019

More of the 62 voters in the AP Top 25 college football poll picked Alabama as the best team in the country after Saturday’s games. But LSU is ranked No. 1. How can that be? Two reasons: Ohio State and Clemson. Alabama got 21 first-place votes. LSU received 17 (including mine). Ohio State got 17, too, and Clemson, the preseason No. 1, garnered the remaining seven. Without having seen the other ballots yet, we can infer Alabama is a couple […]

Hawaii soccer: Seniors look to carry Wahine into tournament

By Brian McInnis on October 27, 2019

Could this be the senior class that finally gets the Hawaii soccer team over the hump? It is quite possible, but work remains to be done for the Rainbow Wahine (5-6-3, 3-0-2 Big West) to secure top-four positioning in the BWC and qualify for the conference playoffs. Three games remain, including today’s televised contest against UC Santa Barbara (6-4-5, 2-1-2) at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium. If UH (11 points in standings) can achieve three points today with a win, they’ll […]

Hawaii football rides hot start to 45-31 win at New Mexico

By Warrior World on October 26, 2019

With the possibility of postseason play exiting the stage with a loss, Hawaii knew today’s football game at New Mexico was a must win. And that’s exactly what the Rainbow Warriors did, 45-31 over the Lobos in the hosts’ 95th homecoming game in Albuquerque, N.M. The victory leveled Hawaii’s Mountain West Conference record at 2-2 and raised its overall mark to 5-3, still two wins shy of playing during the holidays. The Lobos dropped to 2-6 for the season and […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: No. 21 Wahine 3, UCI 0, T25 results

By Cindy Luis on October 26, 2019

FINAL: No. 21 Hawaii (18-3, 8-2 Big West) avenged a five-set defeat to UC Irvine earlier this month with a 27-25, 25-17, 25-21 sweep of the Anteaters (4-16, 1-7) on Saturday at the Bren Events Center. Set 3: UH wins 25-21 8:48: Two errors by UCI ends it. 8:46: Bailey Choy with her fourth ace to make it 23-19. UCI comes back to 23-21. TO UH 8:42: Bailey Choy with her second ace, Hawaii’s 11th. It’s 21-19. TO Anteaters. 8:37: […]

Live football blog: Hawaii at New Mexico

By Stephen Tsai on October 26, 2019

Ikem Okeke intercepts a Tevaka Tuioti pass at the threshold of the goal line to seal Hawaii’s 45-31 victory over New Mexico. The Warriors improve to 5-3 overall and 2-2 in the Mountain West. * * * * * The Lobos are now down 45-31 following Tevaka Tuioti’s 59-yard pass to Jordan Kress with 4:03 to play. Replays showed Kress had stepped out of bounds, but, oh, well. The Warriors entered the fourth quarter with a 38-10 lead. * * […]

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