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Fun Day Monday – Name That Band

May 10, 2010

So last week, a friend of mine posted something on his Facebook status that got me pretty excited. He said: “What!?! Color Me Badd and Shai are coming to Honolulu?? Time to buss out the ol’ Z Cavaricci’s.” I know, sounds kinda da kine to get excited over something like that, but sheez, that be [...]

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Fave Friday: Sports

April 9, 2010
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First thing’s first. As an MMA fan, I would be remiss if I did not mention tomorrow’s big UFC card that will showcase two of our very own, local, Hawaii boys: Hilo’s BJ Penn and Maui’s Kendall Grove. Local Boys: Lightweight Champ BJ Penn (left) and Middleweight Contender Kendall Grove (right) Lightweight champ BJ Penn [...]

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Fave Five Friday – Celebrity Photo Opps

August 14, 2009

I’ve never been a fan of autographs. It’s too easy to forge, and, unless you can verify it and possibly even sell it for a premium, to me, it’s worthless. Celebrities are humans too. Some piece of paper with their chicken scratch on it doesn’t hold much weight. That’s just me. But, as girly/kiddie as [...]

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Fun Day Monday: Ask a Shane (Victorino)

August 3, 2009

Hey Hey Hey! We may’ve done it again gang! As part of my UFC 101 weekend in Philadelphia this weekend, I’ve been in contact with Shane Victorino’s management company (shout out to Josh Goldberg at Beverly Hills Sports Council) to see if I can’t line up an interview with our proud Phillie All Star that [...]

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BJ Penn On Family, Fighting Florian, and the Future

July 1, 2009
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B.J. Penn. Say it but once and it commands respect. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last decade or so, the name B.J. Penn is one you’re probably very familiar with. It’s the same name that is revered in Mixed-Martial Arts circles and synonymous with that word “respect”. Best of all, bruddah [...]

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BJ Penn Interview Recap

June 1, 2009

As some of you may know, dis buggah was lucky enough to have the unbelievable opportunity to fly to Hilo this past weekend to interview Hawaii’s own, BJ Penn. Using Twitter as our base, here’s a recap of the weekend’s activities. What a BLAST! 2:19 PM May 29th – Hilo here I am! LOL! Just [...]

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Fun Day Monday: Ask a BJ (Penn)

May 25, 2009

OK, so I think I did it! After months of persistence, I think I’ve finally secured that interview with BJ Penn! Much love JD! Gonna be flying up to Hilo this weekend, but before I do, I wanted to check in with all y’all MMA fans (or fans in general) to see if you had [...]

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Monkeying Around with Jason “Mayhem” Miller

March 1, 2009
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Jason “Mayhem” Miller and I have been “friends” on MySpace for years, but he probably had no idea. Sure, we’ve traded a few emails about him possibly becoming an AroundHawaii columnist one day, but that was way back in the day. You know, before he really became the Mayhem we all know and love today. [...]

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Survey Thursday – Superbowl Betting Results?

February 5, 2009

* How did you do in your Superbowl bets? Please do not post your losses if it will get you in trouble with the wife/husband/gf/bf/friend/loan shark/parents. *grin* And by no means does this mean I condone betting as a regular activity. Personally, I don’t really like to do big cash bets – especially if it’s [...]

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UFC 94 Highlight

February 3, 2009

It’s gonna take me a little more time to organize my thoughts (my photos as well) on my UFC 94 weekend in Las Vegas, but here’s a lil’ sumthin’ sumthin’ for y’all in the meantime. It’s a video of BJ Penn’s entrance. The building was going bananas: B-A-N-A-N-A-S! Enjoy!

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UFC 94 Weekend In Vegas

February 1, 2009
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Every so often, there comes a time in a man’s life when the stars just align. The perfect storm of pleasure if you will. The weekend of January 30th was one such time. You see, The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) – the most popular Mixed Martial Arts promotion – was having their biggest, most highly [...]

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Survey Thursday – BJ Penn or Georges St. Pierre?

January 29, 2009

* Who are you picking to win at UFC 94: BJ Penn or Georges St. Pierre? These two bruthas are arguably the best pound for pound MMA fighters in history and they will be facing off this Saturday in Las Vegas for the UFC Welterweight Championship (again). Penn is a local boy from Hilo and [...]

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News Day Tuesday: January 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

Lots goin’ on in the world out dea folks. We can talk about the obvious, like Bruddah Barack’s historic inauguration today (congrats Barack!), but we all know errbody and their mama will be talking about that up in hurr. Lessee, we can gossip about American Idol, which will air its 3rd and 4th shows of the [...]

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Wedding Day Recap – Part I

December 15, 2008

As some of you may know, my friend Noreen made global, national, state, island, city, November-weddings-in-Honolulu-Hawaii history by live-Twittering our wedding for us. Using her “play-by-play” as the framework, I’ll interject my personal commentary and some photos I’ve received from others to help give y’all a feel for our big day. I promise, after this, [...]

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How to Get Married In Hawaii

December 1, 2008
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With the festivities to my own wedding here and gone, I’d like to think that I’ve got a pretty decent grasp on what it takes to get married here in our beautiful islands of Hawaii (Oahu in particular). From quality vendors to use to helpful tips to help make your (or someone you know) special [...]

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Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – October 22, 2008

October 22, 2008

OK, so your boy blew it last week by neglecting to notice (and Photoshop out) the obvious “Jurison’s” left on the plate. Either way, HNL2LAS was the big winner (again), making that her second in three weeks! Congrats HNL2LAS! This week, I made sure to double (AND TRIPLE) check the plate to make sure there [...]

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The Ultimate Fighter Season 8 Debuts Tomorrow Night!

September 16, 2008

Are you as excited as I am for tomorrow night gang? It’s the premiere of the 8th season of The Ultimate Fighter, tagged as Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. Yes, it’s been 8 seasons since Forrest Griffin’s and Stephan Bonnar’s historic fight that (re-)started it all. Not much has really changed as far as editing [...]

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What’s In a Name?

September 2, 2008

Recently, two professional athletes did the unthinkable and legally changed their names to their nicknames. MMA fighter Jon “War Machine” Koppenhaver, to get around a WWE wrestler’s trademarked name, changed his legal name to War Machine. That showed ‘em. Not to be outdone, NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson added “Ocho Cinco” to his name legally [...]

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MMA Television Programming for September 2008

September 1, 2008

MMA Television Programming for Hawaii – September 2008 (All shows are in HST on Oceanic Time Warner Cable): Info may be updated after original post date so keep checking back. Wed, September 3 @ 4PM on Versus Channel 0210 or HGOLF Channel 1216 TapouT: John and Julie: On this episode of TapouT, the guys head [...]

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MMA Television Programming for August 2008

August 1, 2008

MMA Television Programming for Hawaii – August 2008 (All shows are in HST on Oceanic Time Warner Cable): Info may be updated after original post date so keep checking back. Fri, August 1 @ 3:30PM on HDNET Channel 1355 Inside MMA: Guest panelists include MMA legend Randy Couture with details on his new book Becoming [...]

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