Sports

Online sports betting will not be legalized this legislative session. Lawmakers decided to defer the measure Friday afternoon. The bill would have allowed online sports betting and taxed it at a 10% rate.

Although House lawmakers passed a resolution to study legalizing gambling in Hawaiʻi, another measure that legalizes sports betting is still being considered. The bill would legalize online sports betting and tax it at a 10% rate. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports.

House lawmakers passed a resolution Monday to convene a working group to evaluate legalized gambling. Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm thinks it’s a bad idea. HPR's Ashley Mizuo has more.

Hōlua sledding is not nearly as well-known as other Hawaiian sports like surfing or canoe paddling. As HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports, cultural practitioners are working to change that.

Lānaʻi was once the only populated Hawaiian island without a skatepark. Since the '90s, skateboard enthusiasts have petitioned for a facility to be built.

A measure aims to require children under age 16 to wear helmets while skateboarding. Current law prohibits young bike riders from riding without a helmet.

Professional baseball across the Pacific has a history that also involves Hawaiʻi. Before former Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome threw out the first pitch at Monday night’s game in Tokyo, HPR's Bill Dorman spoke with Robert Whiting, a Tokyo-based author who has written 10 books on Japanese culture and history — including several on baseball.

Noelle Fujii-Oride, founder of Overstory, shares the mission of the new digital journalism outlet; HPR staff reflect on their time as members of the Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony

Supporters of the measure said residents are already betting illegally, and that by legalizing it the state will be able to generate more revenue.

Football players at Kalani, Roosevelt, and Saint Louis high schools have been part of a UH Mānoa study that aims to reduce concussions by training football athletes to tackle like rugby players. The Conversation spoke with Troy Furutani, the program manager for the Hawaii Concussion Management Awareness Program, about their findings.