Hawaii Major Leaguers find new homes through free agency Hawaii in the MLB (Source: Twitter/@MLB) By Kyle Chinen | January 19, 2021 at 4:08 PM HST - Updated January 19 at 4:08 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - As Major League Baseballâs free agency season continues, some of Hawaiiâs biggest names in the majors will be playing for new teams next season.
It was announced on Tuesday, that former All-Star closer and Kauai native Kirby Yates has agreed to a deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Blue Jays and relief pitcher Kirby Yates have agreed on a deal, per @Ken Rosenthal. pic.twitter.com/dcGLxsStp8â MLB (@MLB) January 19, 2021
Danielle Bradbery lost her dear grandmother just over eight years ago. But to this day, the country singer finds herself surrounded by reminders of her spirit from the tattoos she sees in the mirror, to the sound of her grandmother s voice in her head that, thankfully, has never left her. I remember her voice like she was here talking yesterday, Bradbery tells Taste of Country. It s engrained in me.
It s this voice this woman who directly inspired Bradbery to record a Spanish version of her addictive hit Never Have I Ever. Her grandmother, Gloria Avila Redden, was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, and made her living as a female entrepreneur who owned a number of Mexican restaurants in Texas.
Although weâve already made it to 2021, we still have a few loose ends to tie up from last year. A big one is the 2020 Dano Awards for Glaring Public Stupidity. Itâs named after yours truly because I manage to meet the seminal qualifications on a weekly (if not daily) basis.
But Iâm hardly unique in that regard. Thereâs a lot of stupidity going around, and the Dano Awards honor it. We had umpteen nominees this year. They were almost everywhere you looked. Often you could find them bare-faced in the grocery store.
Here are this yearâs winners, in no particular order:
A legendary 1989 WWF match in Anchorage is one of the last holy grails in pro wrestling Published December 27, 2020
“Mr. Perfect,” aka Curt Hennig, celebrating after an April 15, 1991, victory in Omaha, Nebraska. Super fans regard a 1989 match between Mr. Perfect and Bret “The Hitman” Hart in Anchorage as a WWF holy grail, but no recording has ever surfaced. (Photo byInFlamester20 via Creative Commons)
Share on Facebook on local history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story. What if one of the greatest wrestling matches of all time happened not in New York, Atlanta, Memphis or any of the sport’s traditional hotbeds, but Anchorage? There was no title on the line, only a technical masterclass from two of the most gifted wrestlers ever, each part of a multigenerational tradition of excellence. For more than 30 years, that match has existed only in cherished