The (Rainbow) Warriors and Pittsburgh Steeler All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu will team this summer to work football clinics in American Samoa.

For several years, Polamalu has been trying to promote football in that area.

Defensive coordinator Thom Kaumeyer, linebacker coach Tony Tuioti and offensive assistant Ed Ta‘amu will represent the Warriors.

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Avis has selected Wafan as the winner of the T-shirt.

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Today's prize is another T-shirt. To enter the drawing, please post: Happy birthday, D-1shima

Avis will select a winner.

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We also extend birthday wishes to Bill Stutzmann Sr. and Peaches.

Saint Louis School's Devan Stubblefield has received the hometown two-for-one offer from UH.

The Warriors made an offer that would allow Stubblefield, a Crusader wide receiver, to also play baseball. He is an outfielder.

The dual offer is not unique. Punahou's Larry "Tui" Tuileta has accepted an offer to play for the UH football and volleyball teams in 2014. Stubblefield, like Tuileta, is a senior-to-be.

Stubblefield was born in North Carolina.

Here's his 2012 highlights: Stubblefield video

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In 2006, former All-State cornerback CJ Tausaga decided to leave the UH football team to focus on serving as a mentor for his church.

Tausaga's decision, in a way, parallels Sean Carney's departure from the volleyball Warriors' coaching staff.

Carney is seeking to expand his youth volleyball club from one team to four. Carney probably will do more to promote volleyball in that role than as a college coach. A self-proclaimed "Warrior for life," Carney said he hopes many of his players will find their way onto the Manoa campus.

We wish Carney well in his new endeavors.

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Bookchic808 is the winner of the T-shirt.

Please e-mail you address to stsai@staradvertiser.com

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Another day, another T-shirt contest.

To enter the drawing, please post: Congrats, Princess Leila.

(She earned her master's degree in public administration.)

Avis will select a winner.

Last weekend, Baldwin High's Keelan Ewaliko tore it up at the state track meet.

Now UH has torn up plans to grayshirt Ewaliko. Instead, Ewaliko will join the Warriors for training camp in August. He will compete initially as a receiver, which will allow him to motion into the backfield as a runner or option passer.

Ewaliko is a multi-sport, multi-talented athlete. He is an award-winning rodeo competitor. At last week's meet, he won the 100- and 200-meter sprints. He then capped his night as the anchor in the 400 relay. The Bears won the boys' state title.

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He said, "no need prize," which must be the magic words because Avis has (randomly) selected BG as the winner of the T-shirt. OK, everyone stand up and salute.

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And, hey, we've got another T-shirt from surfivor.com and Mr. Anonymous. To enter the drawing, please post: Happy birthday, Jason.

Avis will pick a winner.

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And happy birthday to Gwyn Pang.

It's OK for Warrior football fans to exhale.

Word on the (Dole) Street is that Waianae's Kennedy Tulimasealii and Kahuku's John Wa‘a and Aofaga Wily have met the NCAA eligibility requirements to play this coming season.

Tulimasealii will be part of the rotation on the interior defensive line that includes Saui Matagiese, Moses Samia, Marcus Malepai, Hunter Thomson and Mike Andrade. There is a possibility that Calen Friel, recently healed from a year-long injury, will move to the offensive line.

Wa‘a will compete for a rotation spot at offensive tackle.

Wily will compete at running back.

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With his contract as Hawaii News Now's sports director set to expire,  Chris Tanaka faced an uncertain future.

The cloud has been lifted with his move to co-anchor of the station's 5 p.m. weekly newscasts. He doesn't have to attend 6 a.m. practices, and he gets to sit next to Stephanie Lum five evenings a week. He'll also have more time to spend with his wife and their 6-month-old son.

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Thanks to surfivor.com and our anonymous donor, we're giving away this cool T-shirt:

To enter the drawing, please post: Happy birthday, Mo808.

Avis will pick a winner.

Gary Beemer, the Warriors' newly hired strength and conditioning coach, has an impressive history.

He worked out for a year to gain enough strength and weight to join the Florida Gators as a walk-on lineman. Later, he joined the Gators' strength staff  (under Mickey Marotti) while earning a master's degree in biomechanics. This past year, he was a member of the Minnesota Vikings' strength and conditioning staff.

In searching for candidates for the newly opened UH position, UH athletic director Ben Jay contacted Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer. (Jay previously worked as an administrator at Ohio State.) Meyer directed Jay to Marotti, now OSU's strength coach. Marotti recommended Beemer.

"Working in the NFL is awesome," Beemer said. "The players are world class. But my heart is in helping young men develop into great football players. I think that happens more at the college level than in the NFL. Guys who come to the NFL are pre-packaged, pre-formed. They've already arrived. ... In college, you get a young guy — raw talent, undeveloped. ... You get to mold him and meld him and get him ready to play high-quality football at the college level, and then go on to play in the NFL. That's the goal."

In his final season as a player, Beemer had a very memorable moment.

Check this out: "Legend of Gary Beemer" video

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Former UH linebacker Paipai Falemalu is seeking another NFL opportunity after being released by the Cleveland Browns.

He had signed as an undrafted free agent.

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Happy birthday to our occasional karaoke singer Aya Ibarra.