Read more about the article How Bob Apisa and I’d like to see Navy’s loss as Michigan State’s gain

How Bob Apisa and I’d like to see Navy’s loss as Michigan State’s gain

PHOTO: Ken Niumatalolo is on his way to the College Football Hall of Fame after 15 years at Navy. Visit my website at TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN The college football world quickly came down on the side of Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo upon news Sunday he was unceremoniously dismissed. Twitter reacted within moments and stories were posted and printed in the old-fashioned world within a day. How do you let go a guy who is on the way…

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Read more about the article Small world: My story in the Honolulu Star Advertiser

Small world: My story in the Honolulu Star Advertiser

PHOTO: Army's Quinn Maretzki of Honolulu Punahou kicked two field goals in the fog in Army's 2020 win over Navy to clinch the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. Visit my website, TomShanahan.Report Personal note: About 1960 or so, my namesake uncle was a young U.S. Marine Corps officer stationed in Hawaii. The Honolulu Advertiser used a political cartoon he drew. With this story I wrote on Army place-kicker Quinn Maretzki, the name Tom Shanahan is back in Hawaii's newspaper. *** By…

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Read more about the article Michigan State still has “Tommy Kaulukukui” eyes and ears eager to help re-tap Duffy’s Hawaiian Pipeline

Michigan State still has “Tommy Kaulukukui” eyes and ears eager to help re-tap Duffy’s Hawaiian Pipeline

PHOTO: Hawaiian Pipeline alumnus Charles Ane of Honolulu Punahou was a second-team All-Big Ten center his senior year in 1974. By TOM SHANAHAN Charles "Kale" Ane III enjoys watching college football mainland games beamed to his Hawaii TV, unfolding coast to coast by time zones. He’s alternately filled with pride and a pang, the emotions churning within him. Pride in the number of Hawaiian athletes succeeding on the mainland. Pang for the absence of Hawaiians playing at Michigan…

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