Author: ucladavid
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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…
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COMEBACK-SLAYER OF THE YEAR
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Second-half surge is spoiled by Sophomore’s second-straight snafu in the last 72 seconds, in 70-68 Senior Day (and ’70 Day) setback With the Bruins down by 3 with 2 minutes left, Jerime Anderson took the bull by the horns, and drove to the hoop. He got fouled, but muscled up a shot…
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STEAMIN’ TYLER
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Sweet Emotion: Amazing Tyler Honeycutt does What It Takes to Draw the Line — Rockin’ a Crazy 18-10-4-5-3 line that makes the Cryin’ Beavers Dream On, and puts the Elevator-Bruins Back in the Saddle, 65-56 The Tyler Train Kept a-Rollin’, All Night Long. And it’s a good thing for UCLA…
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THE CHOKER AND THE THIEF
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Ex-trojan (sort of) O.J. Mayo chokes away the game-sealing Free Throws, Kobe’s 3 with 4.3 seconds left steals the lead away, and Mayo’s miss at the buzzer leaves Memphis in a Purple Haze If none of his games at sc actually counted, is he still an ex-trojan? You’re damn right he…
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GORGE WASHINGTON
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Abyss-mal: Up and down season goes south up north, as Bruins free-fall in Seattle while Huskies gorge on UCLA’s donut Defense, 97-68 Every time you think the Bruins don’t suck, they dial up a performance like this one. On the heels of a sweet, 20-point victory on the road over Washington…
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PROBE OF McNAIR’S NOT SHORT-SHORT
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The NCAA Interrogation of Todd McNair and sc FOOTBALL gets legs and runs for two full days — kicking Floyd back — and in a close shave, a Bush deposition on March 5th WILL BE IN TIME to increase the severity of sc’s penalties, which really has trojan fans in a lather…
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BRUINS ROLL THE BONES (THE HARD WAY)
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Pullman Pair-a-dice: It gets a little dicey, but UCLA is still on a roll in Boxcar Town, as Michael Roll and new shooter Tyler Honeycutt come out hot to lead the bloodied Bruins over Ken Bone’s Cougars for their 17th straight win at Washington State, 71-51 If Ben Howland’s team could be…