BOSTON — As soon as Jaylen Brown split between defenders Kris Dunn and James Harden, Kristaps Porzingis pointed his finger toward the TD Garden rafters and took off running for the basket. The gesture was unmistakable. Porzingis, in his regular-season debut Monday night, wanted his alley-oop partner to throw one high above the rim.

HILO — Kamehameha Schools-Hawai‘i boys soccer opened up its 2024 season with a 5-2 win over Hilo on the road.

Quarterback Daniel Jones asked for and was granted his release from the New York Giants on Friday.

Brock Purdy and Nick Bosa are not available for the San Francisco 49ers when they enter Green Bay with designs on finding their finishing kick on Sunday afternoon.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — UH-Hilo women’s soccer claimed its first-ever NCAA postseason victory after edging out Concordia, 3-1, Thursday morning in the NCAA West Regional First Round held at Point Loma Nazarene University.

It’s been almost three weeks since Konawaena football last took the field, and the Wildcats are hungrier than ever for their biggest game of the season.

The Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) basketball season kicked off this week after Hilo’s preseason tournament last weekend.

Chris Sale of the Atlanta Braves and Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers culminated dominant seasons by winning the Cy Young Awards of their respective leagues, as announced Wednesday night by Major League Baseball.

BOSTON — The drama arrived late, but with enough intensity to fulfill the game’s immense promise.

NEW YORK — More than a month after Jets owner Woody Johnson fired Robert Saleh, he has made another change.

On Nov. 13 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hilo High School’s cheerleading team achieved an impressive second-place finish in the COED division of the 2024 Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) Cheerleading Championships.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Details have emerged from the 76ers team meeting that delayed coach Nick Nurse’s postgame news conference and locker-room player interviews by more than an hour Monday after a 106-89 loss at the Miami Heat, which dropped their record to a dreadful 2-11.

By Tim Wright