Category: UCLA/usc/Sports Photos

  • BRUINS HEAD FOR GLAMOR, TROJAN HEADS TO SLAMMER

    Did I stammer? — Bruins hear a clamor as they hammer home the message at the UCLA Football Spring Showcase that they will BUST OUT this season — something that ex-trojan Bryce Dixon would love to do, since he just got sentenced to 6 years in prison for Carjacking and…

  • A MILLION WAY$ TO DIVE IN THE WE$T

    Geronimo-ney! —Swim with Mike 2016 at USC raises over a million dollars for physically-challenged athletes, thanks in part to the bighearted USC Song Girls, who dived into the pool for this praiseworthy charity Welcome to the annual bury-the-rivalry-hatchet week, as I put aside my allegiances to praise the efforts of…

  • TURN THE BEAT AROUND

    Go to the Matt — The Bruins’ odds of surviving are similar to Matt Damon’s in “The Martian,” but that doesn’t mean we can’t still hold out hope, enjoy the ride, and enjoy some more images from Senior Day at Pauley I’m a sore loser, and if the worst happens…

  • LOOKIN’ LIKE A MILLION IN PAULEY PAVILION

    From rags to riches — Even though it’s hard to watch the 2016 Bruin Basketball team sometimes, the UCLA Spirit Squad is always a sight for sore eyes No matter the price of admission to see the Bruins play Basketball, it’s always worth it to be in the arena, thanks…

  • HEART-Y BOYS MYSTERY

    Not the way Nancy Drew it up — UCLA shows incredible spirit and heart, fighting back from 16 down in the final minutes, but with a chance to win it with 5 seconds left, a Turnover costs them the victory in their last game in Pauley, and deepens the mystery…

  • IT TAKES A LOTTA BALLS TO DO IT RIGHT

    Super Ball Saturday — Footballs, Basketballs, Meatballs, Crab Balls, and Cheese Balls help make the UCLA Spirit Squad’s lavish fundraising ball a huge success, just like Bruin Football Recruiting, which I learned tonight also does it right: Achieving success while operating with total INTEGRITY unheard of in this day and…

  • CLUTCH KICKER KA’IMI & KICKASS KENNY CLARK COLLECT KUDOS

    Congrats, kids! — Ka’imi Fairbairn wins the Lou Groza Award as the Nation’s Best Kicker, and is named 1st Team All-American, and Kenny Clark makes 3rd Team All-American It’s hard to write about UCLA Football after what happened last month, but I would be remiss if I failed to mention…

  • ROSEN IMPLOSION

    UCLA’s True Freshman Quarterback finally plays like a True Freshman, committing three straight critical Turnovers, one returned for a game-changing TD, as UCLA blows a second-half 21-20 lead to lose 40-21, ending the Bruins’ three-game winning streak against the trojans Josh Rosen is a great Quarterback.  Even as a True…

  • FIRE’S UP, FOUR’S UP!

    Feel the burn — This year, because there are no protestors and no wind, we finally get a flaming fire… and a funny Forte… and a frightening faux pas, as the fans feverishly file for fourth straight defeat of Fig Tech Jim Mora knows how to fire up a crowd,…

  • PARIS PAIN PUTS PAULEY, PASADENA PITFALLS INTO PERSPECTIVE

    SacreBlue –UCLA loses in Overtime to lowly Monmouth in Basketball, then loses in the last 3 seconds to underdog Washington State in Football, while u$c Football barely escapes Colorado with a win after trailing by 11 in the second half; Ordinarily I would call this triple-whammy a “tragedy,” but not…

  • ROSEN MASTERPIECE IS A WORK OF (DU)ARTE

    Painting by numbers — Rosen-to-Duarte draws 116 yards and 2 TD’s, 3 different Bruin Running Backs etch TD’s, and the Bruin Defense creates 4 Turnovers and gives up 0 points to help sculpt UCLA’s looting of Oregon State 41-0 On Saturday afternoon in Corvallis, under a barrage of constant showers,…

  • PICKING AND SCREAMING

    Picks Elated – A first half Pick 6 by Ishmael Adams and a game-clinching Interception by Nate Meadors  picks up the Bruins (and their fans) from the depths of near-catastrophe (and depressed silence), and lifts them to an improbable 35-31 Pick-tory (and wild celebration cheering), over lowly Colorado Despite being…