Month: June 2012

  • DO I FEEL A DRAFT?

    With no Bruins (or trojans, of course) getting selected in today’s NBA Draft, allow me to shift your attention to more UCLA-centric matters About 44 years ago, UCLA’s Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) was the first pick in the NBA Draft, and his Bruin teammate Lucius Allen was the third pick. …

  • THE FIRE OF ‘ELL

    BLAZING — You can now add ARSON to the growing list of trojan crimes, as Kevin Ellison purposely sets his apartment on fire with a Marijuana blunt, because “God told him to” Oh my God, where do I start??  This is the Story of the Year for me.  It’s got everything: …

  • ROYALTY ON PARADE

    As the World Champion Los Angeles Kings get ready for their victory parade through the streets of Downtown, I give you another regal procession, of the Princesses of Westwood, from the recent UCLA Dance Team auditions As an (extremely) casual fan of the Los Angeles Kings since the early 70’s,…

  • THUNDERCLAP

    Let’s hear it for lightning-quick Bruin Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder, who have taken the NBA West by storm and are roaring to the Finals, after washing out the Spurs 4 games to 2, coming back from being down 0-2 in the Series, and down 18 in Game 6 There will…