KAILUA-KONA — The Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) individual tennis season wrapped up Saturday morning during the boys and girls championships at Holua Racket and Paddle, and there was plenty to celebrate for windward-side competitors, who dominated the contest all week. Championship matches for singles and doubles took place after play began on Thursday and Friday.

HUALALAI — The first round of the Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) Individual Golf Championships took place on Saturday morning at Hualalai — with only the top-nine girls and top-18 boys qualifying for today’s final round at 9:30 a.m. at Hokuli‘a.

Rick Tocchet barely had a chance to get accustomed to the Pacific time zone when the newly hired Canucks coach wondered what exactly he had just gotten himself into in late January 2023.

MIAMI — Tyler Herro scored 24 points and was an assist shy of a triple-double, rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 21 points and the Miami Heat grabbed the last spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs, running away from the Chicago Bulls 112-91 in a play-in tournament elimination game Friday night.

Preview capsules for the first round of the NBA playoffs, which start Saturday.

Tabitha Chawinga wasn’t always a prolific scorer. The Paris Saint-Germain star played goalkeeper in rural Malawi as a young girl.

CHICAGO — Coby White drew roars from the crowd early on with vicious crossovers and spins toward the basket. He was so effective he had fans chanting his name as the final minutes ticked away.

The NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will be known as Utah, at least initially, until a long-term name is determined.

Senior Kea‘au High football players Shaydin Meek-Canon-Ching and Katin Kaluhiwa-Yamaguchi signed letters of intent on Wednesday to play for Chabot College.

HONOLULU — Costas Theocharidis’ storybook life is now a storybook.

With the Big Island Interscholastic Federation spring sports regular season quickly wrapping up, teams from all across the island have been playing hard in hopes of locking up a playoff spot. Read up on some recent matchups and potential playoff scenarios below.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Impersonal as it might seem to have their dynamic on-field relationship end with an exchange of phone texts, Bills quarterback Josh Allen made it clear on Thursday how much receiver Stefon Diggs meant to him during their four seasons together in Buffalo.

NEW ORLEANS — Zion Williamson has been ruled out of the New Orleans Pelicans’ Western Conference play-in game against the Sacramento Kings on Friday night because of a left hamstring injury — and is expected to miss up to two weeks should New Orleans advance to the NBA playoffs.

PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers needed all the improbable tricks they could summon to even have a chance at winning their first play-in game in team history.

The Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) boys volleyball season continued Tuesday across the isle, as the regular season has just a few games remaining before BIIF playoffs begin next week with Division II playoffs.

PUAKO — UH-Hilo’s men’s and women’s golf teams had an excellent showing at the Pacific West Conference Championships — as sophomore Kiersten Saludares placed No.1 to lead UHH’s women’s team to a third-place finish and fifth-year Nicholas Gomez also placed first to lead the men to a repeat conference title on Wednesday afternoon in South Kohala.

USA Basketball studied every men’s basketball game it has played for about two decades and a clear trend eventually appeared. When the defense isn’t good enough, the Americans tend to get themselves into trouble.