Hawaii Sports Radio Network

This week, the Rivals get after it discussing the new AD at UH, Boys State Volleyball Championships and of course, the NBA Final 4 where both Monty's Lakers and Ernie's Celtics advance! Plus, NFL Schedule release and our initial thoughts on what the Steelers and Rams records will be, plus, NBA Coaching chaos!!

Happy Aloha Friday! The new AD recommendation for the University of Hawai'i was announced Friday morning, as LIU's Craig Angelos was named as UH president David Lassner's pick to the Board of Regents. We detail the choice and the process that comes next, then flip to NFL schedule talk before closing with HHSAA boys volleyball state tournament updates.

Hawai'i Pacific University Esports Manager Jordan Oliver joins the pod to discuss what and who is the modern gamer and how they fit into the world of esports.

The pick is in! We open the show with all the information given out yesterday about the upcoming UH AD announcement and how the process will go down in the coming week before updating fans on the new Rainbow NIL opportunity. The show moves towards the NFL schedule release coming later Thursday and talk about some of the leaks.

We open the show discussing the "coming soon announcement" of the new UH-Manoa Athletics Director. A lot of sports business talk in the world of baseball as the A's switch up their new Las Vegas location and just how much will superstar Shohei Ohtani garner in free agency. 

Jeffrey Rich welcomes in HPU Baseball head coach Dane Fujinaka along with former player and new assistant coach Richard Higa. Plus, the guys have some fun with a bunch of baseball trivia!

It's Tuesday! Ku'u gets you caught up on yesterday's NBA playoff results before previewing the games today. The show then moves forward and shared KHON's Christian Shimabuku's powerful piece on Kathy Watari's connection with the 2023 Hawai'i MVB team after losing her daughter to a battle with mental health. "Wake Up" wraps up with the inspiring story of Reign Tabandera-Martinez and his hard-fought recovery from a severe concussion as told by KHON's Sam Spangler.

Happy Aloha Monday, beautiful people! Ku'ulei gets you all caught up on the weekend in sports, including the 'Bows MVB team falling in the national championship to UCLA and the HHSAA softball and baseball state tournaments. The show closes with some NBA playoff talk, mostly around the drama surrounding Nikola Jokic and Suns' owner Mat Ishbia.

What a week it was! We cover UH Menʻs Volleyball Final where they fall just short of a 3 peat! Plus, High School State Champions! Plus, 2nd Round of the NBA Playoffs have been great with all series in a dog fight. Also, Forbes list of the top 10 Paid Athletes of 2022 and our early look at the top 10 teams in the NFL! Finally, Monty rantʻs on the inept inaction of our State Government when it comes to Aloha Stadium! You wonʻt want to miss this!

Kamehameha-Kapalama walks it off to beat Baldwin 5-4 and win their first state championship title since 2003.