
Curran Events captures Bobby Curran’s take on local and national sports triumphs, and tragedies. Bobby Curran is the morning sports talk show host on KKEA 1420 AM, and he is the voice for UH football and basketball.
Below are the last 5 columns written by Bobby Curran
Here’s hoping that the Law of Failed Expectations won’t kick in for Sunday’s Super Bowl. According to the rule, whenever you get two exciting conference championship games, the expectations that we’ll get a fabulous Super Bowl grow - and inevitably, it’s a dud.
Read Column>>Like most sports fans in Hawaii, I’ll view Sunday’s Pro Bowl in Miami with disdain and a little sadness. Not only has it been stolen from Hawaii, but being played the week before the Super Bowl removes participants from that game as well.
Read Column>>USC’s hiring of Lane Kiffin following the departure of Pete Carroll says more about USC than it does about Lane Kiffin. Kiffin is the son of legendary NFL defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin.
Read Column>>With the new year under way, it’s time to acknowledge a couple of the great business people from the sports world. I remember a great line from an otherwise forgettable movie, where a bejeweled crone is lamenting her late spouse. “My husband was a wonderful man. He worked his employees like dogs and paid them next to nothing!”
Read Column>>The coaching profession has undergone significant changes over the last couple of decades, and two high-profile college football head coaches have situations that are, in one case, quite modern and in the other, old school beyond belief.
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