As I sat down to write this story, I wanted to think of a farm analogy for a good buddy who has done some serious cultivating of land on Kauai. Two things immediately came to mind — a Led Zeppelin song and the movie “Easy Rider.“ Ho, ho, ho, how does this type of stuff […]Read More
Dave Kawada has been around a few more years than Tiff Wells, but both of their voices are well known in Hawaii sports radio circles. They’re now teammates again on the “Dave and Tiff Sports Podcast.“ Kawada has done play-by-play for high school and college sports for many years, and Wells is the play-by-play man […]Read More
Surprises abound when you open your eyes. As a journalist for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser from 2000 to 2020, my scope was relatively narrow. Focused is another word. High school sports, surfing, occasionally UH football. Plenty desk duties. Great job!!!!!!!!! And unbelievably fortunate to be there. But I did not have the luxury of writing about […]Read More
This story is about a bird and so you may be wondering why in God’s name is that dunderhead writing about non-sports related things again. Well, this is the age of COVID-19 and I have a ton of excuses. There have been very few sports going on anywhere in the world since March. Somehow, though, […]Read More
Kobe Kato’s whirlwind finish was something to behold. It’s too bad he lost steam in the summer baseball playoffs. Kato, the former Aiea baseball standout and current University of Arizona player, was named Team MVP of the La Crosse Loggers of Wisconsin in the Northwoods League. Kato proved without a doubt that he’s is indeed […]Read More
Former Aiea baseball standout Kobe Kato — just like nearly every college athlete last spring — had his season destroyed by COVID-19. The University of Arizona utility player got sent home, along with all of his baseball teammates, right in the middle of March as the Wildcats were getting ready for a series against Oregon […]Read More
People are still wondering if there will be any college football and NFL this year. Some leagues say yes, some say no. The NFL has not wavered an inch from its stance that there will be games, and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has proclaimed that his team will play all of its 2020 home […]Read More
On Saturdays, nobody is on the Internet checking out what to read. Except you. And now that I’ve got your attention, I’d like to give you a look into what’s next at NickAbramo.com. There are a lot of new and exciting things on the way. Saturdays are a day I personally like to clear the […]Read More
In this edition of “Archives Sunday,” we take you on the way-back machine to 1998. That was the year when the Oakland Athletics drafted Koloa’s Tyler Yates. The night he signed his first pro contract, while on a phone call to the family — father Gary, mother Janna and Tyler himself — you could tell […]Read More
The plan at NickAbramo.com — a place for readers to get a unique take on Hawaii sports — is to have a notebook-style story about once a week. That way, a bunch of story ideas that aren’t in the mix for a full-blown screed can get some air. Me and the website team call them […]Read More
