The KTA Super Stores Superstars of the Month highlights one male and one female Hawai’i Hilo Vulcans student-athlete for their stand-out accomplishments.

PARIS — Coco Gauff does not appear to have a ton of major problems in her life.

So, was Rob Pelinka, through the traditional sources close to the situation, pulling the ol’ okey-doke on all of us the last few weeks? Promise ’em a podcaster — albeit an ex-player with analytic chops but no coaching experience beyond grade-school kids — and then turn around and hire an actual championship coach?

A former standout forward is rejoining the University of Hawaii basketball team as a full-time assistant coach.

KAILUA-KONA — Some of the top youth golfers from across the globe gathered Wednesday at Makani Golf Club for the 76th U.S. Junior Amateur and the 75th U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur qualifiers, but one local boy made headlines over the rest of the field.

BOSTON — Kristaps Porzingis returned to action Thursday night, and he did so without any limit on his playing time.

When MLB permanently banned San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano on Tuesday, the particulars of his wrongdoing were laid out in specific detail: 387 bets placed at legal sportsbooks, 231 wagers related to MLB and 25 on the Pittsburgh Pirates, his employer at the time. He was accused of betting more than $150,000 on baseball.

PARIS — The script was ripped up at the French Open on Wednesday as ailing second seed Aryna Sabalenka and off-colour fourth seed Elena Rybakina were sent tumbling out in the quarter-finals before Alexander Zverev restored some normality.

The student will become the instructor.

INDIANAPOLIS — Ryan Kelly isn’t a fan of the NFL potentially moving to an 18-game regular season. The Colts’ center and longest-tenured player, who is a vice president on the NFLPA’s executive committee, sounded off Wednesday on the possibility of the league adding another game to its regular-season calendar.

Ahead of the NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics, columnists and beat writers from The Dallas Morning News and The Boston Globe collaborated to answer several questions and predict an outcome for the series, which starts Thursday in Boston.

GREENWOOD, Indianapolis – Hawai’i Hilo Baseball’s James Yamasaki, Mason Cook and Arthur Soto garnered Academic All-District Team honors as selected and announced Tuesday by the College Sports Communicators.

For the first time since Pete Rose was kicked out in 1989, a Major League Baseball player has been banned for life for betting on his team’s games.

Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porziņģis is expected to return to action for Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks, barring a setback, league sources said Tuesday. Porziņģis completed multiple scrimmages in recent days, those sources said.

Artie Wilson was an all-star shortstop in the Negro Leagues. The best players you’ve never watched in person are finally a visible part of Major League Baseball history.

The news that Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the French Open with a torn meniscus was one of those moments at Roland Garros where the gasps were audible.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is in the midst of contract negotiations with the franchise and has certainly taken notice of the recent deals other quarterbacks are landing.

DALLAS — As he prepares to return to the arena where he once vowed to have his jersey retired in the rafters, Kyrie Irving said he wasn’t his best self during his two seasons playing for the Boston Celtics.