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Hanging with “Kahuna”

January 30th, 2009
By dreardon

Spent some time with my pal Steve “Kahuna” Anthony today. Kahuna, who got his nickname from Chris Berman, is an Iolani grad who has worked at ESPN since the early 1980s, and has won several national Emmy’s as a director of SportsCenter and other ESPN shows. Poor guy is on a plane back to Bristol, Conn., right now.

We were with Kahuna’s dad, Joe Anthony, at the Sam Snead tavern at the Navy-Marine Golf Course. It’s a really cool place, with lots of Snead memorabilia. I mentioned that though Sam Snead is one of the handful of greatest golfers ever, if someone asks me to name the top five of all-time off the top of my head, his name doesn’t immediately come to mind for some reason. Here are the ones that do: Nicklaus, Palmer, Hogan, Woods … and the fifth spot open for debate.  I can’t rattle off the stats, and maybe others have better accomplishments, but these are the names I’ve been programmed to think of. Byron Nelson’s name came up too.  I’d like to read the thoughts of others on this.

7 Responses to “Hanging with “Kahuna””

  1. SAWARRIOR:
    January 31st, 2009 at 9:04 pm

    Gary Player,Bobby Jones, Byron Nelson, Sam Snead and maybe Watson?


  2. dreardon:
    January 31st, 2009 at 10:38 pm

    No love for Nicklaus, SA?


  3. SAWARRIOR:
    February 1st, 2009 at 12:01 am

    OK, Nicklaus. lol

    I actually forgot to list him.


  4. SAWARRIOR:
    February 1st, 2009 at 12:06 am

    … I also forgot the guy named Tiger.

    1. Nicklaus
    2. Woods
    3. Hogan
    4. Jones
    5. Nelson
    6. Snead, Palmer, Player, Watson


  5. dreardon:
    February 1st, 2009 at 1:26 am

    I figured you left Tiger out because he’s still active (assuming he comes back).


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