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This week on Shakas & Swings, Episode 4 Hunter Hughes recaps the PGA Tour FedEx Cup Championship which ended with Rory McIlroy on top. Hunter wanted to pose this question to YOU. "Does a FedEx Cup title equal winning a major championship?"   On the back nine, Hunter gives his reasons for why Rory might be the new face of golf. We also get an update on the on going battle between the PGA T...

The Sports Animals field in the numerous questions about the University of Hawaii football team after this weekend's loss against Vanderbilt and prepare for Saturday's bout with Western Kentucky. Their head coach, Tyson Helton, joins the show to discuss his team as well as his experience back in the early 2000's when he was a member of June Jones staff at the University of Hawaii. Jamey Eisenberg...

Kanoa Leahey and Lori Santi join forces to react to Saturday's big loss to Vanderbilt in football as well as other UH sports from the weekend. 

Josh Pacheco comes in with his reactions to the weekend. From the game day atmosphere, to how he now views the Rainbow Warriors after the blowout loss to the Vanderbilt Commodores, and how he feels about the predictions made last week. 

The Sports Animals break down everything from the weekend, mostly focusing on the Hawaii football opener to the Vanderbilt Commodores. Billy Hull starts the show off with some good news out of a very great weekend of high school football, including a Game of the Year candidate between Campbell and Mililani and looking forward to the Punahou and Kahuku game this weekend. John Veneri hops on to disc...

Its the day before Hawaii and Vanderbilt, and Josh Pacheco comes in to breakdown what you need to know about Vanderbilt, especially after Vegas raised Vandy's odds to -9.5. 

Josh Pacheco fills us in on the upcoming Hawaii-Vanderbilt game on Saturday. Reactions from the Aaron Donald situation at the joint Bengals-Rams podcast and Matt Araiza lawsuit flow in as well. 

Josh Pacheco fills us in on High School Sports around the state. Brandon Ching from Scoring Live give his insight in this week's Game of the Week on CBS 1500 between Kamehameha-Kapalama and Moanalua in a cross-league division 1 open matchup. Rob Colias from Maui News breaks down the scene in Maui and why we should be paying more attention to the county.

Kaleo Baxter joins the show to preview the Rainbow Wahine Volleyball team before they start the season tomorrow morning at Texas A&M. Brian Batko from PG Sports Now talks the Pittsburgh Steelers and his thoughts on the quarterback race between Mitchell Trubisky and Kenny Pickett. Hunter Hughes joins the show to give his opinions on the Rainbow Warrior football team as we sit at two more days b...

It is go-time for the University of Hawaii Football Team, and this Saturday’s game is “Everything Green” (wear green). This week on Episode 52, Jordan Helle and Hunter Hughes run through the official Week 0 depth charts for Vanderbilt and Hawaii and get you HYPE for this first game of the Timmy Chang Era.   With a lot of unknowns pertaining to how this team will perform, Jordan and Hunter do...

Josh Pacheco fills you in on the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, fitting as it is game week. Hunter Hughes, sideline reporter for the ESPN Honolulu broadcast, breaks down what he's loving out of fall camp, his opinions on Vanderbilt, and some other directions the Hawaii offense could be going in this Saturday. 

The Sports Animals fill you in on NFL, Hawaii football and everything Fantasy Football you NEED to know. Larry Kruger of The Krueg Show and 95.7 The Game in San Francisco fills us in on the San Francisco 49ers and what the offense is shaping up to look like in 2022 being led by Trey Lance. Arnold Martinez from the Countdown to Kickoff Show before the UH Football broadcast talks UH football and wha...

Honolulu Little League Head Coach Gerald Oda joins Gary Dickman and Chris Hart to give an update on his health and will be back on the field to coach the boys in their game against Tennessee. 

Daren Kimuratalks with Reed Kasaoka from Dave & Adams's Card World to talk some childhood stories when he grew up in Hawaii, talked about card bans in high school, as well as his greatest find in his career. In Buy Low, Sell High, Daren talks autographed cards and some of the business around recently deceased athletes and poor design choices. 

Josh Pacheco goes all in on Kevin Durant after the Brooklyn Nets make the decision to "move forward" with their partnership, meaning KD will be a Net for the remainder of his contract. With Hawaii-Vandy on the horizon, Josh talks about both teams as well as his bet with fellow baseball play-by-play caller at Vandy on the Honolulu Little League team as they take on Tennessee on Wednesday morning.&n...

Kanoa Leahey and Jordan Helle join forces to break down how great Honolulu Little League is on their road to dominating the 2022 Little League World Series. They ask "What the Bleep?!" about Kevin Durant and the Nets, Nick Saban's brand new contract, and certain antics by New York Yankees fans. 

This week on Shakas & Swings, Hunter plays a round of golf with his brother Tanner Hughes who is the Director of Instruction at the Forest Ridge Golf Club in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. As someone who helps golfers improve their game, Tanner talks with Hunter about a few things new golfers and even seasoned golfers can do to minimize their scores and have more fun on the courses. In the first half...

The Sports Animals fill in today after the big news that Kevin Durant will be sticking around in Brooklyn. Kalani Takase from Scoring Live goes over his favorite surprise teams from the first month of play, and answers the big question from this season of prep football, can anyone beat Kahuku this season? The guys catch up with Gerald Oda after he's finally released from isolation during the Littl...

Josh Pacheco takes us through the shortened show today after Honolulu Little League takes down Texas, 6-0, and now prepares for Tennessee on Wednesday morning. Joining Josh is Vanderbilt football play-by-play caller Andrew Allegretta to preview this Vandy team before gameday on Saturday, as well as go over a quick bet over the HLL and Tennessee matchup in the Little League World Series. 

The Sports Animals hosting today. Matt Snyder from CBS Sports talks the MLB and whether or not the Yankees are ready to be back at the top of the MLB or not after an abysmal run after the All-Star break. John Veneri joins the show to preview the Rainbow Warriors before Game Day this Saturday. Nate Kreckman from "This Week in the Mountain West" joins the show to look around the conference, and whet...

Josh Pacheco fills in today to give further reactions on the NFL preseason and the Deshaun Watson suspension/settlement. We also are joined by Donny Kadokawa, coach from the 13u Kado Baseball team that just won the Babe Ruth World Series today. We further our discussions from yesterday's BOR plan to further the expansion of the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex as well as the relocation of the...

Kanoa Leahey is joined by Brian McInnis from Spectrum News. The guys go over the newly released 2022-23 Rainbow Wahine Basketball schedule, and to help them break it down is the Rainbow Wahine head coach, Laura Beeman. 

The Sports Animals take over for this Aloha Admissions Day Friday. Former Rainbow Warriors runningback and former Green Bay Packer Alex Green hops on the show to update us on his life. He talks about his brand new children's book, Dream and Believe, AJ Wants to Play Football, and his return to UH-Manoa for the academic year to finish school. Mark Veneri, color analyst for UH Football, talks his op...

Kanoa Leahey is joined by KHON's Rob DeMello today. They talk about the new Manti Teo documentary and bring on his close friend and a part of the documentary, Robby Toma. Toma recounts his times with Teo during the catfishing, as well as his time with being interviewed in the documentary. The guys also touch on the Deshaun Watson settlement, the New York Yankees' summer slump, and their best and w...

Josh Pacheco hosts today. David Matlin joins the show today to go over the BOR going forward with the plan to expand the Clarence TC Ching Athletics Complex to 17,000 seats, as well as moving the track to Cooke field and eventually making the plan to move the Rainbow Wahine back onto campus. Josh goes over other big stories like the Deshaun Watson settlement and his reaction to the suspension.&nbs...