Hawaii Sports Radio Network

Michael joins the show for Hour 2 to discuss the start of high school football season in Hawai'i, including HSRN's first broadcast of the new school year between Pac-5 and Waialua on Friday night at 7 pm. We continue the brainstorm from the first hour on potential nominees for the Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame, shifting the question to greatest Hawai'i sports teams ever.

Happy Aloha Friday, beautiful people! Ku and Paul open the first hour recapping Thursday night's Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet as sports broadcasting legend Jim Leahey and swimming star Christopher Woo joined the prestigious ranks of the state's greatest contributors to sports. We close the hour with a report from Ku'ulei about Hawai'i football switching home sidelines for the 2024 season.

Hour #2 in the Den opens with news back home as Hawai'i football saw the remaining two games against Oregon in a series cancelled and the ramifications for the future. The trio also discusses the news of Kapolei alum Malinah Purcell-Telefoni announcing her decision to step away from the sport of volleyball for her mental health.

Happy Thursday, beautiful people! Ku, Paul & Michael combine for a day full of Olympic discussion as Team USA looked for medals in the men's 200m final, tried to advance to the gold medal game in water polo and opened men's basketball's semifinal against Serbia. 

Hour No. 2 on this Manawahine Wednesday has Ku and Michael reacting to the week one ScoringLive Football Power Rankings. We also caught up Waipahu head football coach Bryson Carvalho before we hear Ku's chat with University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine veteran setter Kate Lang before the team's season opener later this month.

Happy Manawahine Wednesday! We open the show with a Hawai'i football practice update from Paul Brecht who is reporting live from T.C Ching Field. We also chat with Rainbow Wahine libero Tayli Ikenaga before the team's season opener on Aug. 30 before talking about Jim Harbaugh and Michigan football's allegation to close out hour No. 1.

Happy Tuesday, beautiful people! Ku and Paul continue Olympic coverage with updates on the USWNT's overtime win over Germany, 1-0, in the semifinal round before diving into surfing, basketball and more from the Olympic schedule for the day.

In Hour 2, Ku and Paul bring the conversation back locally as Paul gives an update on the latest commitment to the University of Hawai'i men's basketball program and how he fits into the 'Bows plans for 2024-25. We start coverage of the USA men's basketball team's quarterfinal game against Brazil and close the show previewing the Hawai'i high school football season that is right around the corner.

Shifting to a more local focus for Hour 2, Ku'u, Michael and Paul break down what they've seen and heard about Hawai'i football after two weeks of training camp. Michael updates the beautiful people on the latest ahead of high school football season with scrimmages across the island beginning and we close out the first 2-hour show of 'Wake Up in the Den' with one last check-in on Olympic surfing.

Guess who's back? The full crew in the studio for this Aloha Monday as Paul returns from his wedding/honeymoon vacation with PLENTY to say as 'Wake Up' moves to two hours. After catching up, the gang spends the first hour recapping the latest in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games as Katie Ledecky & the USA continued greatness in the pool and Simone Biles and USA Gymnastics kept the revenge tour going.