Dave Reardon: Schager makes case for extra year of eligibility
If he can walk onto the field, Schager should be allowed to extend that starting streak to 34 games, even if it is a token appearance Read more
Dave Reardon
Dave Reardon writes about mostly sports for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. He was born in Honolulu and attended Pearl City High School, Northwestern University and the University of Hawaii.
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In addition to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and the Honolulu Advertiser at various times since 1981, he worked at the Gainesville Sun in Florida, and his writing has also appeared in national publications including Sports Illustrated and the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. He has won more than 10 state or national awards for sports column, feature and news reporting while at one time or another covering every sports beat in Hawaii, and has also been honored for nutrition and medical reporting while at Island Scene magazine.
In his free time he teaches sports journalism at UH-Manoa and does volunteer work.
Latest Stories by Dave Reardon
Dave Reardon: Tua should never make another head-first tackle
Most of us were taught when we were kids that if we make a mess we’re supposed to clean it up. Read more
Steady Kim does her thing in winning LPGA’s Lotte
A Lim Kim seemed unsure of herself for just one brief moment Saturday at Hoakalei Country Club. Read more
Ace sets the pace for Kim at LPGA Lotte Championship
Kim’s hole-in-one on No.9 highlighted a 5-under-par 67 that put her at 14 under after three rounds of the LPGA Lotte Championship. Read more
4 tied for lead after Lotte Championship cut day
A rainbow accompanied by a slight drizzle graced Hoakalei Country Club late Thursday afternoon. Read more
Kim had ‘fun day,’ then the wind picked up at Lotte
The LPGA’s Lotte Championship has always been a hugely international event. It’s more than ever before after Wednesday’s first round, with all nine players at the top of the leaderboard representing different countries. Read more
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Bigger payout awaits as players tee up for Lotte Championship
Some of the early talk as the LPGA Lotte Championship approached was about who isn’t here this week. Most notable is Allisen Corpuz, the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open champion from Hawaii. Read more
Past champs return as LPGA’s Lotte moves to fall
Brooke Henderson has won the LPGA Lotte Championship twice. But never at Hoakalei, and never in November. Read more
Dave Reardon: UH needs to keep this Fresno State rivalry going
Who cares what conferences they’re in? Hawaii and Fresno State need to keep scheduling each other in football. Read more
Aloha Stadium rebuild on track with selection of developer
Aloha Halawa District Partners has met state requirements and received approval as master developer for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District, with the planned opening of a new stadium in August 2028 still intact. Read more
Dave Reardon: First-place UH soccer fortunate coach didn’t hang ‘em up
She was named conference Coach of the Year in 2019, when the team went 4-1-3 in the Big West. In her first season, 2011, it was 4-2-1 in league play. There were overall marks of 9-6-2 in 2016 and 9-7-1 in 2018. Read more
Wahine test out different lineups in exhibition victory over Vulcans
Brooklyn Rewers scored seven of her team-high 13 points in the first half as the Division I University of Hawaii women’s basketball team built a huge lead and beat host Division II Hawaii Hilo 69-50 in an exhibition game Sunday at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium. Read more
Dave Reardon: This wasn’t a mirage, eh? If so, UH has hope moving forward
There’s hope, University of Hawaii football fans. It could be false, but maybe not. Read more
Hawaii rises above UH-Hilo in exhibition
The final go-ahead basket came on a feed from Tom Beattie, who led Manoa with six assists and scored 12 points. Christensen was fouled on the play and made a free throw for the final point. Read more
Dave Reardon: Success of Army, Navy among best stories in football
Every fleet needs a flagship. Read more
Dave Reardon: It seems like red means stop for the Warriors in red zone
You can point to all kinds of reasons why Hawaii lost 42-10 at Washington State on Saturday. Read more
Dave Reardon: Some Hawaii programs will find Mountain West winnable
Rich is UH baseball coach Rich Hill. You could tell him his team was moving to the American League East and he’d say the same thing, and get you to believe it, too. Read more
Dave Reardon: Hawaii keeps it close for a bit but ends up frustrated once again
It seems the closer it gets to the goal line, the harder it is for the University of Hawaii football team to cross it. Read more
Dave Reardon: Ex-UH LB Ulbrich gets rare chance as NFL coach
The new coach won with the old coach’s players. It was a popular refrain after the University of Hawaii football team’s historic 1999 turnaround. The new coach, June Jones, won with mostly the same players that Fred vonAppen failed with. Read more
Dave Reardon: Plus or minus aside, Curry gave fans positive experience
All games produce statistical oddities. You just don’t have to look as hard to find them in preseason box scores. Read more
Dave Reardon: Chef Curry would make the perfect dinner guest
It’s dinner time. Before there were those Twitter/X follow lists to peruse, a good way to learn a lot about someone was to ask who they’d invite to a fantasy dinner party. Read more
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