Deion Sanders will no longer answer Denver Post columnist’s questions, Colorado says, citing ‘sustained, personal attacks’
DENVER — The Colorado athletics department informed The Denver Post that head coach Deion Sanders and anyone else within the Buffs football program will no longer take questions from columnist Sean Keeler.
UConn-to-Big 12 rumor mill reignited with men’s basketball seen as the jewel
HARTFORD, Conn. — Brett Yormark, the Big 12 commissioner, is fond of saying “we’re open for business.” That was his slogan in 2023 when he ushered four teams into the conference, pulling the Jenga blocks that suddenly toppled the Pac 12.
Local sports briefs: Free community event at Kahalu‘u Beach today; weather to impact BIIF games this weekend
Free community event at Kahalu‘u Beach today
UHH athletics: Vulcans Voted sixth in PacWest Volleyball Preseason Poll
Point Loma won its first-ever Pacific West Conference Volleyball Championship in 2023, and Chaminade was the conference title winner in 2021 and 2022.
FedEx Cup No. 50 Keegan Bradley leads BMW Championship
Keegan Bradley, the last man into the BMW Championship field, shot a 6-under-par 66 to take the first-round lead Thursday at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colo.
Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani remade himself as a base stealer, and now 40-40 is a possibility
On a sleepy morning at the Oakland Coliseum in early August, MLB’s biggest marvel was in study hall. Shohei Ohtani was tucked into a corner of the visiting clubhouse, sitting alongside his interpreter, Will Ireton, and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ first-base coach, Clayton McCullough. Ohtani, the team’s two-way star, has swapped hitting and pitching for hitting and running this season as he recovers from Tommy John surgery, and he was coming off the first three-steal game of his career.
LLWS roundup: Texas reaches final; Hawai‘i falls in consolation
Cooper Hastings provided four innings of scoreless relief as Boerne, Texas, held off Henderson, Nev., for a 5-2 victory on Wednesday afternoon to reach the United States final at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.
BIIF volleyball: Kona wins at home; All-BIIF boys teams released
KEALAKEKUA — Konawaena girls volleyball picked up right where it left off in its second game of the season on Wednesday night in Ellison Onizuka Gymnasium.
UHH women’s cross country gears up with four newcomers
HILO — Four newcomers and two returnees makeup the Hawai’i Hilo Women’s Cross Country roster entering the upcoming fall season under second-year head coach Alan Ryan.
After brutal, beautiful Tour de France win, Niewiadoma dreams of equality
Poland’s Katarzyna Niewiadoma won the Tour de France Femmes in dramatic fashion while suffering the worst pain she had ever experienced and now dreams of a day when men and women are treated equally in sports.
USC confirms former coach Pete Carroll is returning … to teach
LOS ANGELES — Pete Carroll is coming home to USC.
BIIF volleyball: Cowgirls, Trojans tally victories
KEA‘AU — Ka‘u girls volleyball got back on track with a bounce-back win over Kea‘au on Tuesday night in the Cougars’ home gymnasium.
After so many highs this season, Scottie Scheffler makes altitude adjustment
No obstacle seems too large this year for Scottie Scheffler, the World No. 1 with six wins on the PGA Tour including the Masters, plus his gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
This flag football quarterback says he’s ‘better than Patrick Mahomes,’ best fit for LA Olympics
LOS ANGELES — Darrell Doucette didn’t play NCAA football.
Runnin’ with Rani: Second annual Hawaii International Futsal Cup
HILO — The second annual Hawaii International Futsal Cup (HIFC) held August 9 through 11 did not disappoint as it highlighted the ever-growing popularity of futsal among athletes from Hawaii and Japan.
UH football’s opponent Delaware State misses flight from New York
Jannik Sinner cleared of wrongdoing after failed drug tests, ITIA says
NEW YORK — World number one Jannik Sinner failed two drug tests in March but has been cleared of wrongdoing by an independent tribunal, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said on Tuesday days before the Italian is set to play at the U.S. Open.
Why the Pirates face an added temptation to shut down Paul Skenes
With their odds of making the MLB playoffs below 1%, the Pittsburgh Pirates could easily justify shutting down their electrifying ace, right-hander Paul Skenes.
UHH athletics: Vulcans student-athletes once again set new academic marks
HILO, Hawai’i – Sixty Hawai’i Hilo student-athletes were announced as recipients of the 2023-24 Division 2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award after attaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
BIIF volleyball: HPA opens season with win
KAMUELA — The defending Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) Division II champions started off 2024 on the right foot Monday in Hawaii Prep Academy’s Castle Gym.
