Author: ucladavid
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WHILE MY GASOL GENTLY SWEEPS
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My Sweep Lord: By George, Pau is Leenon towards a Ring-o, as Gasol and Kobe Come Together and Beat the Help!-less Jazz 111-96 Yesterday, to Best them 4-0 and Get Back to the Western Finals — but Here Come The Suns (and LeBron is thinking: “I’ll Follow The Suns”) Hello,…
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THE A-TEAM IS ON THE JAZZ
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Nice, L.A.! I love it when a plan comes together, and I pity the fool who bet the Van on Utah, as the explosive Lakers hit 13 bombs to barely survive, 111-110, and build a 3-0 Series lead over the soon-to-be-underground Jazz (who Face elimination and are Howling Mad over…
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CUSHING UP DAISIES
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Ex-trojan’s NFL career could go six feet under, after the Juicer from Juice U. gets squeezed with a 4-game suspension for Steroids Another trojan Award Winner who should give the Award BACK. First Bush, now Cush. The NFL’s current Defensive Rookie of the Year (and ex-trojan) Brian Cushing has just been suspended…
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TEEN-AINGE WASTELAND
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He Can’t Explain: It may not be a Legal Matter, but Boston GM (and Honorary Trojan) Danny Ainge, Who was a Celtic Sub-sti-tute from My Generation, shows his low class and immaturity by Fiddling About with a towel-toss, orchestrated to Rock a Cleveland Free Throw shooter Can you see The Real He he…
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GUTTY WHITTLE BRUINS
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Forget “The Hurt Locker” — The toughest job in the World is trying to pare down to 20, the 50 or so dynamite nominees for the UCLA Spirit Squad Welcome to the third day in a row of me leading you in a cheer of “We’re not worthy!” in honor of the…
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HEART-BREAKERS, DREAM MAKERS, AND LOVE TAKERS
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The heart-breaking process of selecting the next heart-breakers is not for the faint of heart Pat Benatar. The Rolling Stones. Led Zeppelin. They each sang a different song called (something very close to) “Heartbreaker.” UCLA Spirit should have taken those three songs and played them in a continuous loop on Sunday, as about…
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MISS-SHUN IMPOSSIBLE
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The Hunt to replace the Cruising heart-throbs had to include choosing NOT to accept quite a few “can’t-miss” girls, proving that the UCLA Spirit Squad will not be self-destructing in 5 seconds, or any time soon How do you replace a legend? And how do you replace THREE legends? The answer…
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WHOLLY RAIL TO HOLY GRAIL
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Did you choose wisely? Calvin Borel and his mount Super Saver take the inside path to a Kentucky Derby win, giving the jockey called “Bo-rail” a miraculous TRINITY of Derby Triumphs IN FOUR YEARS, a Sport of Kings barrier that no one before could Cross It’s a Three-out-of-Fourpeat. Jockey Calvin…
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WELCOME TO “THUNDER DONE”
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Two Teams Enter, One Team Leaves, and thanks to the Gas Man topping it off, that One Team is the Lakers, who leave the Okies in their dust, Mad to the Max Russell Westbrook ran out of gas, and Oklahoma City ran out of Gasol-blockers. On a night when the…
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GLEAMING THE CUBAN
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Face-plant by dirty-Slater Kidd lets #7 Spurs skate into 2nd Round, while Cuban’s #2 Mavericks see their season grind to a halt Once again, Jason Kidd is fleeing the scene of an accident. Last time, he (allegedly) ran away on foot after he crashed his Toyota (Hey! Maybe it was…
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A POUND OF THUNDER
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Sometimes you’re the boot, sometimes you’re the butterfly: Westbrook gets stepped on by Kobe, as the prehistoric Lakers go back in time and ‘bury OKC 111-87, to alter the future and give fans a Ray of hope Is this the NBA, or is it Science-Fiction? Is Home Court Advantage really…
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3 10’S TO YUMMY
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Train Kept a’ Rollin’: The Pistol may still be in trainwreck-stage, but nothing can derail the locomotive that is the UCLA Spirit Squad, even when they’re taken down to 1, 2, 3 All Aboard! Even though only 3 Cheerleaders moseyed on over to the Scrimmage, they all looked so darn-spankin’ good that it…