Dave Reardon: New AD Matt Elliott must solve puzzle facing University of Hawaii
At 48, Matt Elliott is significantly younger than his recent predecessors were when they took the post 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
NFL’s Rams to refurbish Lahainaluna locker rooms
The Los Angeles Rams, Hollman Lockers and design firm Forty Nine Degrees have teammed up to refurbish the boys and girls locker rooms at Lahainaluna High School. Read more
Dave Reardon: Arkansas’ Wehiwa and Kuhio Aloy are paying it forward at CWS
For the Aloy brothers of Wailuku, this is the second trip to Omaha, Neb., and the Men’s College World Series. Read more
Dave Reardon: Let’s hope this UCLA hire is as good as previous one
When the University of Hawaii hired an athletic director with UCLA ties about 50 years ago it worked out pretty well. Read more
Dave Reardon: Selecting the season’s top prep athletes not easy pickings
It has been 43 years since the Hall of Honor was started, going back to 1983. Read more
Dave Reardon: Mental health awareness should be an all-year effort
As we turn the calendar today, what groups of people and things are we supposed to pretend to care about more this month than during the other 11? Read more
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Dave Reardon: Time will tell if Hunter can become an Ohtani-like 2-way star
I learned something about Travis Hunter recently that makes me think he has a better chance than I did before of succeeding as a two-way player in the NFL. Read more
Dave Reardon: Keith Amemiya should be the next Hawaii AD
The only constants in college athletics are change, and the never-ending need for money. And when it’s UH, more challenges come into play because of our unique geography and sports culture. Read more
Dave Reardon: For now, UH part of BWC baseball’s resurgence
The Big West Conference is showing signs of a return to the status it once enjoyed in college baseball. Read more
Dave Reardon: ’Bows’ regular-season finale ‘the biggest home game in decades’
It wasn’t really planned this way, but yeah, my old friend and fellow get-off-my-natural-grass purist Scott Robbs is right. The University of Hawaii baseball team’s regular-season finale today against UC San Diego is huge. Read more
Radford completes historic run in Division II boys volleyball
The final kill of Keani Kaneakua’s high school career was a history maker. Read more
Punahou regains boys volleyball crown
Porter took over at a critical juncture, and Punahou cruised the rest of the way to a four-set victory over defending champion Kamehameha at the New City Nissan/HHSAA Boys Volleyball State Championships at Moanalua on Saturday. Read more
Kamehameha, Punahou set up another title rematch in boys volleyball
Unseeded Kamehameha added to what might look like an exhausting gauntlet with a five-set survive-and-advance Friday. Read more
Coolen’s Hawaii softball career ends with 2 tough losses
The Manoa magic ran out for Hawaii in Fullerton, Calif., on Friday as the Rainbow Wahine lost two games and were knocked out of the first Big West Softball Championship tournament. Read more
Rainbow Wahine fall at Big West tournament, play again today
Despite hitting three home runs, the Rainbow Wahine now need to win a survival game tonight at Anderson Family Field to earn another shot Saturday at the Matadors for the conference championship. Read more
Hawaii pulls off incredible comeback in tourney
With runners on first and third, Jamie McGaughey was just trying to keep the ball away from the the shortstop and third baseman. Read more
Wahine get wild win with 9-run seventh to advance in Big West tourney
With its fourth win in a row and second in the tournament at Fullerton’s Anderson Family Field, UH (33-18) advanced in the winners’ bracket of the two-loss elimination tournament. Read more
Martinez powers Hawaii past LBSU in Big West tourney opener
Hawaii (32-18 overall) scored four in the fourth inning after which UH led, 7-4. Read more
Dave Reardon: Manin keeps her word, won’t seek AD position
Much has happened in the past five months in the world of University of Hawaii sports and college sports in general, but nothing to make acting athletic director Lois Manin change her stance. She still is not pursuing the job she has worked at since December on a permanent basis. Read more
Dave Reardon: Hawaii softball’s Coolen caps 34-year run providing leadership, strong voice
Bob Coolen is my favorite University of Hawaii head coach in nearly 45 years of writing about UH sports. Read more
Dave Reardon: In-person Warriors volleyball match experience needed for analyst
I’ll cut Vinnie Lopes some slack because I’m told he has not been to the University of Hawaii for a men’s volleyball match. As UH football coaching legend June Jones would sometimes say about someone who did not quite get it about the run-and-shoot: “He doesn’t know what he doesn’t know.” Read more
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Dave Reardon: New AD Matt Elliott must solve puzzle facing University of Hawaii
