Month: March 2010
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RELEASE THE HOUNDS!
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Doggy-Smile, Holmes: As Monty burns, the Dawgs are in Baskers-ville, after biting back the Bears to become Big Dance-bound, while it’s elementary that Cal should still be a sure lock What’s brown and black, and looks good on a trojan? A Doberman Pinscher. And another cockeyed classic canine query: Who let the Dawgs in? …
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BRICKS & DONE
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Haggard Bruins Swift-ly lose their Rhythm, their Range, their Pride, and their Season, with no Trace of Rimes or Reason, as Rich Bears Cash in, 85-72 Parton is such sweet sorrow. And UCLA fans can now part ways with any wild hopes of a magical miracle run to March Madness,…
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GoldenEye
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Double-Double-0-7: Nelson. Reeves Nelson returns from eye injuries with a License to Kill, and on Q, Pierces ‘Cats SPECTRE with 19 and 10 to help UCLA finish Onatopp 75-69, so that the Bruins can get a Quantum of Solace, and Eye Another Day Never Say Never Again… even if Cal scares…
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HONOR ROLL
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ROLL CALL: Michael Roll is present on the All Pac-10 1st Team, while Nelson and Honeycutt make the grade for the Freshman Team It’s been a long road for Michael Roll. From almost going to UCSB, to playing in Westwood behind a slew of NBA-bound players, from showing an early spark…
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AVATARRED AND FEATHERED
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Pandora Boxed Out: Avatar and James Cameron get defused by The Hurt Locker and Cameron’s ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman ever to win Best Director POOR James Cameron. The man who has directed the top two moneymaking films of all time just suffered a crushing blow: The film that…
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THIS WAS NOT A BOATENG ACCIDENT!
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We’re gonna need a bigger Boateng: Maneater Eric Boateng and chums devour sinking Bruins, who are now one wave short of a shipwreck, after ASU’s 56-46 feeding frenzy It’s going to take the JAWS of Life to save the Bruins now, because UCLA apparently jumped the shark two years ago. …
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BRUINS SLIP NOOSE ON IN TUCSON
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UCLA coughs up a 14-point, 2nd Half lead in Arizona, hanging themselves with frozen ropes and a trap-door Defense, and dying too young on Drago’s premature foul execution, as the Bruins hang their heads after losing by a neck, 78-73 It’s not a complete and total “choke” when you lose by 5 on…
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SLIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTERED BY THE SMITHSONIAN
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O.J. donates his “Acquittal Suit” to the Smithsonian, but the Institute tells the institutionalized ex-trojan to keep his pants on (good advice where HE is) In the last few days, there has been a flurry of activity in O.J.’s camp, but things at the Smithsonian couldn’t have been Stiller. Despite…
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LET’S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN!
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It’s just a jump to the left: This past year has been a Rocky Horror for UCLA, but the Bruin Pic-Cheer Show remains a beloved Cult Classic It’s astounding. Time is fleeting. (March) Madness… takes its toll. And so does cheering for bad teams. And Bruin fans have really been…