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Dave Reardon

@dave_reardon

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Star-Advertiser sports columnist and other stuff, like adjunct journalism instructor at University of Hawaii-Manoa. Those beers weren't all mine, really.

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Joined August 2010
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Dave Reardon
1 year
@lovetorun83 @RexChapman Yes, from what I can tell, the kid in blue was using proper techniques. He just slowed it down a lot so the kid in red could have a chance. ... So, in a sense, the kid in blue was coaching the kid in red, in addition to helping him experience competition and victory.
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Dave Reardon
3 years
It's just been announced that the number 15 has been officially retired from #hawaiiFB in honor of Colt Brennan.
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Dave Reardon
1 year
Ridiculous. My friends and I would've been in jail two or three times a week in our teens and 20s. We'd drive all over the island to find where the run was.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
1 year
These cops just threatened to arrest some guys hooping at a park. They say you need a permit to play basketball at the park — if you don’t live in the neighborhood. Dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. Aren’t there more pressing issues America is facing??
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To win with a true freshman at QB who hadn't played a snap in a college game in place of starter leading nation in several passing categories is a huge team-builder for a squad that has already displayed a lot of unselfishness. Remarkable. #hawaiifb
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3 years
@PajamaStew @MaryEmanoil Thank you for making Twitter a little bit less toxic. And be happy for that man ... although he died after his wife and apparently had no children or other close relatives, it sounds as though he found someone to love and to be loved by.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
HAWAII SWEEPS BEACH. WARRIORS ARE BACK TO BACK NCAA CHAMPS #HawaiiMVB @StarAdvertiser
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Dave Reardon
4 years
ok, the people shooting the video are friends who put her up to it, gotta be. Although I do have to admit to doing similar to this with rental cars ... but not repeatedly!!!!
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
This is the one. The internet is over. Shut it all down. This wins. These people vote...
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Dave Reardon
3 years
@ClayTravis "Mostly a pass"? lol ... When's the last time you did a search on "Deshaun Watson"?
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Dave Reardon
7 months
Matt Shipley just hit the craziest most clutch game-winning 3-pointer since Tes Whitlock's against BYU. #HawaiiFB
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Dave Reardon
3 years
If Corky were still with us his cartoon today would be two other late, great Hawaii icons: Robert up in the clouds, interviewing Colt. This poignant story by @JeffMillerLAT might be a tough read for heart-heavy Hawaii sports fans, but the work is superb.
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Dave Reardon
7 years
Darren Hernandez pointed this out to me earlier today: Jordan Ta'amu (Pearl City/Ole Miss), Tua Tagovailoa (St. Louis/Bama) and McKenzie Milton (Mililani/UCF) combined to pass for 9 TDs today. Milton also ran for 1. Would've been nice to see any one of them in a Hawaii uniform.
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Dave Reardon
3 years
People will be telling their grandkids someday about being at this great game. Well, if they were in the band maybe. #HawaiiFB
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Dave Reardon
2 years
I'm really happy for Dave Aranda. I thought he'd end up being an anonymous NFL assistant coach. Not a bad gig, but not as good as what he's experiencing now. Very deserving guy.
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Dave Reardon
5 years
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Dave Reardon
6 years
Facebook reminds me it was three years ago today that @NickRolovich was introduced as the new head coach of the University of #hawaiifb football team. It hasn't been smooth (when is it ever?), but the overall improvement from back then is real.
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Dave Reardon
1 year
@andrewmhickey @RexChapman Thinking about how this got started and came to this conclusion: The lovely couple came down from the nose-bleeds to seats they didn't pay for, and when the season-ticket holder behind repeatedly asked him to sit down, 'Little Boy' started talking sh*t.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
I almost forgot how great a player Chris Brown was. An old-school bad-ass MLB. Nick Rolovich reminded me what a great leader Brown was, crediting him for turning his #HawaiiFB career and the season around with a short halftime talk early in '01. Players will listen.
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Dave Reardon
6 years
Backup quarterback Chevan Cordeiro and #hawaiifb found a way to win tonight against Wyoming, 17-13. Here's my first quick take on it, to be updated with quotes from Coach Nick Rolovich.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
#hawaiifb head coach Todd Graham has resigned, per an email from a University of Hawaii spokesman.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
Before I leave for a NYE gathering, my suggestion to UH football fans is to take a deep breath, take a break from ripping everything and everyone out of frustration and enjoy the holiday. And don't pop fireworks near dogs and small kids. Happy New Year!
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Dave Reardon
6 years
As I watched #HawaiiFB offense yesterday, at times I thought I was seeing replays from the previous generation. Great execution. The run-and-shoot looked like it never left!
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Dave Reardon
5 years
I survived my first day as a college instructor. A couple of the Sports Media students said they might even come back for next week's class!
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Dave Reardon
5 years
One of the things I like about Nick Rolovich is that he is a stand-up guy postgame, even after tough, disappointing losses. Doesn't get terse or rude, just answers the questions and tries to provide insight, same as he does after wins.
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Hawaii Warrior World
5 years
#HawaiiFB coach Nick Rolovich talked about the decision he has to make at quarterback looking ahead and his team’s copious penalties against Fresno State.
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Dave Reardon
3 years
Fresno State turned the ball over six times. #HawaiiFB took advantage of them, and won with a true freshman quarterback Brayden Schager in his first start.
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Dave Reardon
6 years
#hawaiifb quarterback Cole McDonald has still yet to throw an interception this year, or in his entire college career for that matter. After his 14-for-20 first half against Rice, he is 70-of-98 this season with no picks.
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Dave Reardon
5 years
One of the greatest players in University of Hawaii football history, Gary Allen, was at practice today. His son, Jaden, is a freshman wide receiver.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
Folks who think the #hawaiiFB coach selection is "dragging out" should remember a process in line with state law must be followed. And the timeline is actually being accelerated compared to what is required for a routine hire, but with proper vetting included.
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Dave Reardon
6 years
This was an incredible second-half comeback by the #hawaiifb defense, and an offense sparked by true freshman Chevan Cordeiro coming off the bench to throw 3 TD passes. I'll have a post on UH's Hawaii-bowl-clinching win at soon.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
@AintNoSeatsPod Sure. It was close between several teams for no. 25. Came down to Kansas and JMU. Kansas has some decent wins. But JMU's lopsided win over Middle Tennessee State, which has since won all 3, including over Miami yesterday, put them over the top imo.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
So far the biggest news from #hawaiifb presser with David Matlin is that he said "That's possible" when asked if June Jones and/or Rich Miano could be hired for head coach Tim Chang's staff.
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Dave Reardon
7 years
Dying of cancer, Loretta Kalama hung on long enough for the #hawaiifb team to fulfill her final wish.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
The players are student-athletes at a state school. If they are leaving en masse because of the actions of an $800K salaried state employee it's right for them to be concerned.
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Josh Pacheco
2 years
Per @dave_reardon - there will be an informational online briefing held by the @HawaiiSenate regarding @HawaiiFootball next Friday. My question - why should the Senate be concerned about "Issues relating to the transfer of players?"
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Dave Reardon
1 year
Kelly Slater once told me that waves worthy of The Eddie are waves that drive fear into the fearless. That's why the contest so rarely goes on. Today it looks to be a go. #TheEddie
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Dave Reardon
9 years
Former Punahou and Boise State star Jeremy Ioane will be Broncos honorary captain when BSU hosts #hawaiifb on Saturday. (1 of 2)
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Dave Reardon
6 years
A friend just said this must be exciting for me to see #hawaiifb off to such a thrill-ride of a start. It is. Especially bc I admire, respect @NickRolovich . He "gets it." So sincere in his aloha, and insistence that team respect game, each other, fans and entire state.
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Dave Reardon
7 years
Hawaii men's volleyball has swept BYU and will advance to the MPSF championship match.
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Dave Reardon
6 years
This speaks for itself. Rolovich's restrained outrage is more than justified.
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Dave Reardon
6 years
Regardless of what happens the rest of this game, maybe people will stop thinking Tagovailoa made a mistake going to Alabama.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
It's wasting a lot of people's time and energy. I should've been writing some columns on their court sports teams that have won 12 in a row instead of this sh*t show.
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Johnny Sparkles
2 years
The thing that's really starting to annoy me is that on top of insulting him, they wasted his time. If they had been honest upfront, then the whole interview process could have been avoided. Stringing him along is extra rude and unprofessional (esp. for those preaching integrity)
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Dave Reardon
6 years
Dru Brown is transferring. He's a fine young man and a good quarterback. I will miss him. He was always accommodating, after a win or a loss.
@dbrownTNDO
Dru Brown
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Thank you Hawaii for all memories. You will forever hold a special place in my heart. #GodsPlan
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Dave Reardon
6 years
FINAL: Hawaii 59, Navy 41. Rainbow Warriors start at 2-0 for first time since 2009. #hawaiifb
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Dave Reardon
2 years
Hawaii wins 25-21 and goes up 2-0 in sets ... 1 set away from back-to-back national championships. @hawaiimvb @StarAdvertiser
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Dave Reardon
5 years
Am I the only one who when I put the news on sometimes on certain channels in Hawaii I feel like I've turned the TV on in a mainland hotel room? That's one reason I'm glad Sam Spangler is back on the tube. Kamaaina to the core.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
@jaxnhogan @RedditCFB That was a 3 a.m. error. Completely my bad. Apologies....
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Dave Reardon
6 years
The oft-repeated "I'm not booing the team I'm booing the playcalling" line is ridiculous. If you understand anything about team concepts you know that what affects one affects all. And this is supposed to help a 3-0 team continue to win how? Next time bet the moneyline.
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Dave Reardon
3 years
Robert Kekaula -- a figurative and literal giant in Hawaii sports media for more than 30 years -- has passed.
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Dave Reardon
7 years
@Gamecock94 @ewhigham @dannykanell Count me among many who agree with you Jeff. Reasons against 8 are all fabricated, especially the one about too many games (March Madness anyone?). It makes absolutely no sense to have a tourney that excludes one of P5 champs, and unfair to exclude an exceptional G5 team like UCF
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Dave Reardon
2 years
Here's a novel idea. Get the guy who might or might not be retiring to tell you if he is or he isn't before you report it.
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Dave Reardon
3 years
Gov. Ige's office verified that fans at Oct. 2 #hawaiifb game is not totally off the table yet; depends on COVID-19 hospitalizations/trends. (2 of 2)
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Dave Reardon
5 years
I neglected to mention ... Washington is ranked No. 13. So this is a big win for #hawaiiwvb ... and it wasn't close.
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Dave Reardon
3 years
Here's the approximate breakdown as of this afternoon on the 1,000 spectators at #hawaiifb game tomorrow: 330 football program; 60 visiting team; 310 season ticket holders; 100 UH students; 200 corporate partners.
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Dave Reardon
4 years
If you watched the Hawaii Islanders at Aloha Stadium in the 1980s, pro baseball in empty stadiums is nothing new to you.
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Dave Reardon
3 years
Punahou's incredible Olympics history featured right now on NBC.
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Dave Reardon
1 year
I'm exhausted after watching 10 seconds of that.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
1 year
If you’ve already seen Marvin Gaye playing one-on-one against Don Cornelius with Smokey Robinson refereeing today then just keep on scrolling…
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Dave Reardon
3 years
I love the smell of garlic fries in the evening. Smells like ... victory. Concessions are open again at the Stan Sheriff Center.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
I was thinking the exact same thing. And if that is the case, why did #hawaiifb interview Jones and offer him a job instead of saying "no thank you" from the start?
@honutaichi
honu
2 years
ASU didn't hire June Jones based on character, so ASU hired & fired Todd Graham based on his character. Then UH hired & fired Graham based on his character & now UH is questioning June Jones's character based on ASU questioning his character? Character confusion @dave_reardon
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Dave Reardon
8 years
Tua Tagovailoa caps one of the greatest individual careers in Hawaii high school football history with state championship.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
Next Friday the state senate is holding an informational briefing regarding #hawaiiFB ... online ... public invited, but no public testimony. I just wrote a story for @StarAdvertiser on it, and will link as soon as it's posted.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
This has always been my favorite. Used to have a press box that was more like a tree house. Great people too. Was covering a game there about 35 years ago; car got stuck leaving the lot and Coach Mitsui had three linemen come push it out.
@cfbcampustour
College Football Campus Tour
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Another nominee for best stadium backdrop: Raymond Torri Field at Waianae High School I have been to a couple hundred football stadiums & this location is the elite of the elite. Imagine this being your home stadium as a high school player!? An unparalleled ocean view…wow🤩
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Dave Reardon
4 years
@roywoodjr Make sure one of the main characters is the son (or daughter) of a chickenhawk U.S. senator.
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Dave Reardon
6 years
The parade for Tua Tagovailoa today in Ewa Beach is big enough news that a TV reporter from Alabama is here to cover it.
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Dave Reardon
6 years
This confirms McKenzie Milton as a Heisman frontrunner heading into next season. In case you were wondering, UCF's non conference foes for 2018 are North Carolina, Florida Atlantic and Pitt.
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Dave Reardon
3 years
Starting QB injured, freshman making first start? No problem. Fans not allowed at homecoming game? No problem. Opponents ranked 18th in nation? No problem. #hawaiiFB overcame all kinds of adversity to beat Fresno State.
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Dave Reardon
8 years
Anu Solomon announced intention to transfer from Arizona today. #HawaiiFB in the running?
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Dave Reardon
3 years
@TheOnlyEdAsner When I was a kid, I wanted to work for Lou Grant someday. I think your dad and his castmates helped inspire a generation of actors AND journalists.
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Dave Reardon
4 years
Interception by Bethel with 25 seconds left, and that should do it. #Hawaiifb leads 38-34, and that does it. Hawaii finishes 10-5.
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Dave Reardon
5 years
Played basketball for the first time in a long time today. Was dropping dimes, left and right. ... Then one of the other players picked them up and said, "Uncle, you like your loose change?"
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Dave Reardon
8 years
The Kahuku fans are awesome. With all the emotion they invest, the loss has to hurt, but they're still cheering like their team won.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
The 28 points is #HawaiiFB most in a game this season.
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Dave Reardon
3 years
Thank you @arejayhollis for sharing your perspective on this ... everyone in Hawaii is a stakeholder, but you are uniquely qualified to speak on the issue at hand, and I know you are among those who want to be an agent for positive change.
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Dave Reardon
6 years
The #hawaiifb defense stops UNLV on fourth down at the Rebels own 7 and UH runs out the clockt. Hawaii wins 35-28 and has clinched a Hawaii Bowl berth.
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@dave_reardon
Dave Reardon
6 years
OK, here's my first take on #hawaiifb 's stirring comeback win against UNLV tonight, and whether Chevan Cordeiro has done enough now to unseat Cole McDonald as the Warriors starting QB.
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Dave Reardon
6 years
The last time #hawaiifb played at Army (2010) the Warriors from UH edged the warriors from West Point 31-28 by building a lead early, slumping in the middle and finishing strong. Sounds familiar. Also, that was the last Hawaii team to finish with a winning record.
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Dave Reardon
7 years
FINAL: HAWAII 38, UMASS 35. #HAWAIIFB
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Dave Reardon
8 years
June Jones headed to Saint Louis School as AD. @FerdLewis breaks the story in the @StarAdvertiser
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Dave Reardon
2 years
Maybe Facebook becoming Meta and Musk buying Twitter is God's way of telling me to return to spending my free time at softball fields and sushi bars.
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Dave Reardon
5 years
21 penalties in this game just announced as a SoFi Hawaii Bowl record ... then again, everything in the first SoFi Hawaii Bowl is a SoFi Hawaii Bowl record. #hawaiifb
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Dave Reardon
8 years
FINAL: Hawaii 41, Tennessee Martin 36. #hawaiifb
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Dave Reardon
6 years
Here's a really good photo gallery documenting Vince Manuwai's eight seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, from The Florida Times-Union.
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Dave Reardon
8 years
From @benjytshaka Taylor a few minutes ago: "I'm happy for the kids ..." #hawaiimbb '14-'15 interim coach texted. "They not done yet"
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Dave Reardon
2 years
Hawaii SB 3268, as amended/passed by Ways and Means today, would allocate $3.6 million gen'l funds to UH-Manoa sports, $400K to Hilo. (Same bill empowers regents to hire/fire AD and others paid $200K/year). Still hoops to go through before law. Full story to come @StarAdvertiser
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Dave Reardon
3 years
@HawaiiFootball Yeah, he did, and it just made No.1 on ESPN's College Football Plays of the Week.
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Dave Reardon
6 years
@ClintSmithIII @Kaleb_M_Carter Great advice for aspiring writers. Also, your writing will be better if you listen and observe more than you talk.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
Defending champs Hawaii wins first set 25-22in NCAA championship match against LBSU. #hawaiimvb @staradvertiser
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Dave Reardon
8 years
Marcus Kemp has been added to the watch list for the Biletnikoff Award, which goes to the top receiver in college football. #hawaiifb
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Dave Reardon
3 years
One of the things about anxiety and depression is that tasks or social situations that seem "easy" or "normal" for most folks can be very challenging or dreadful for those afflicted. I think this column is free content; I apologize in advance if it is not.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
Hawaii wins in 5 against Ball State... Advances to defend its national championship Saturday against Long Beach State #hawaiimvb @StarAdvertiser
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Dave Reardon
3 years
I'm for zero anthems before games.
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Dave Reardon
7 years
There's absolutely no reason for #HawaiiFB to not give no. 2 QB McDonald some serious playing time.
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Dave Reardon
2 years
Is his last name the last name of a big city we went to in December, 2007?
@StephenTsai
Stephen Tsai
2 years
Word on the street is a Central Oahu coach is a consideration for a spot on the @HawaiiFootball staff #HawaiiFB @StarAdvertiser
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Dave Reardon
5 years
@KirkHerbstreit Great exposure for Manly "Pumba" Williams and Kalen Hicks and the entire Hawaii program. And a lot of eyes were also on Cedric Byrd's 4 TDs and more than 200 receiving yards. Great stuff that maybe gets lost among other great stuff if it's not Week Zero.
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Dave Reardon
8 years
#hawaiifb kicker/punter Rigoberto Sanchez has committed to play in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl on Jan. 21.
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