Football is a sport of circles. And a few such story arcs came around for Rich Miano in Honolulu on Pro Bowl Sunday.

Miano, the associate head coach at the University of Hawaii and the former Jets safety from the late Eighties, took his kids to see the NFL's all-star game at creaky but colorful Aloha Stadium. They happened to be sitting next to the radio booth, where Boomer Esiason happened to be… More

The Jets' all-star nouveau riche, meaning the four first-time Pro Bowlers, were doing all right for themselves. Leon Washington said he and fiancée Charity were the Taboo card-game leaders at the team hotel — "As far as couples, we run things out here," Leon said. And Thomas Jones needed no guidance to set up a hot-ticket pool party.

But if any of the neophytes needed tour guidance, Alan Fanec… More

Even at the Pro Bowl, you knew music impresario Thomas Jones would be a little bit about the tunes.

"I had a pool party during the week and it was great," said Jones, the Jets running back, from the final walkthrough today at Aloha Stadium for Sunday's all-star game at the same venue. "All the guys came, and we had a couple of celebrities hosting it and DJ-ing it. Everybody had a good time and en… More

A week in Hawaii sounds like fun. But it can be hard work as well.

I'm not talking about myself. Sure, I'm hiking 30 miles from Honolulu to Kapolei and Ko Olina and back every day to bring you some inspirational stories of the half-dozen Jets participating in Sunday's Pro Bowl.

But that's nothing compared to the schedule for Ryann of the Jets' Flight Crew as she and 25 other NFL cheerleaders pre… More

Aloha, y'all. The Radar is now pinging from Hawaii.

I won't bore you too much with the sightseeing, since I'm here to report on the six Jets here for the game - Thomas Jones, Leon Washington, Alan Faneca, Nick Mangold, Kris Jenkins and Darrelle Revis (Brett Favre withdrew due to injury) - plus Flight Crew member Ryann.

But in advance of today's practice, I wanted to check in and let you know wha… More