Author: ucladavid
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TIM FLOYD CUTS OFF HIS JOHNSON
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#1 will no longer be available to sc coach, whose refusal to guarantee now-departing Angelo Johnson a starting slot showed some sack (or did it?) What good are a pack of trojans with no Johnson? Back-up Point Guard Angelo Johnson has bailed on Tim Floyd and the usc Basketball team. According…
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POM POM PETER PICKED A PECK OF PACKIN’ PECKERS
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Formerly-incoming trojan Maurice Simmons is convicted of Felony Robbery and Assault with a Firearm — And just for THAT, he’s not worthy of playing Football in front of O.J.’s jersey? Will Simmons be Simmering in Sing Sing for Seven Stanzas? Don’t write him off just yet — He still has a…
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THE STARTING BELL
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Bruins ring in Fall Practice with Bullish Kahlil Bell atop the stocked Tailback position UCLA Football 2008 is underway, and even though Karl Dorrell is gone, three primary figures from the tough 2007 campaign are being counted on to keep the Bruins from a repeat performance. Fully-recuperated Kahlil Bell starts…
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THE HARDEST PART
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The Waiting is almost over, if you Need to Know, so don’t have a Breakdown; Here comes Free Fall(in’) practice, where the Bruins will be Learning to Fly and Runnin’ Down a Dream — Time for UCLA fans to put aside their Petty disputes When the NFL is back on Network Primetime, Even the Losers know…
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REGGIE FAILS
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Bushgate mushrooms back into a pickle for usc, as Judge squashes Cornwell’s motion to settle via confidential (no-leek) arbitration; Instead, someone’s going to spill the beans If Bush is covering up something juicy, it’s about to be exposed, and oralized in Court. Maybe. A San Diego Judge ruled yesterday AGAINST Reggie Bush, DENYING the…
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L.A. SNAKES WACKY, PISSED-OFF MANNY ———— L.P. MAKES MACKEY LIST (OF MANY)
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Dodgers find lost Sock; Codgers raise Logan’s stock: L.A. hits the Lotto with Ramirez, and Paulsen’s gotta lotta admirers Suddenly, the Dodgers are for real. With one unpredictable three-way (trade), the Dodger GM has gone from goat to hero, and the Dodgers have gone from certain first-round casualty (at best), to serious contender for the National League Pennant and…
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CLEARED IS A BELL
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Tardy Bell — Now with medical clearance, Starting Tailback Kahlil Bell’s return is finally in full-swing, but a hunch says Bell will need to ring up a hellacious effort in practice to silence others trying to crack the Starting line-up It’s a Bell Curve — Lots of talented Tailbacks will…
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MEDICINAL MACARENA
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Are you battling “Co(ed)-Dependency?” Is it a chronic condition? Fill your prescription here, with indoor and outdoor, homegrown Spirit A long, long, time ago, a conspiracy theorist once said something like: “The Pharmaceutical companies make sure that Pot stays illegal, because if it were legal, no one would ever buy an aspirin.”…
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WESTBROOK GONE WITH THE WIND?
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They “don’t know nothin’ about birthin’ no nicknames!” — Oklahoma City narrows Nickname search down to 6 choices; Hopefully for Russell, they’ll pass on “Wind” (if he frankly gives a damn) Who’s in charge of new Nicknames for the Oklahoma City team — Tommy the Trojan’s soon-to-be Husband? The former Seattle…
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VENUS ENVY
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Until Bushgate or Mayogate hits the fan, the best way to hit a trojan fan is to bring up Song Girl-gate Yesterday was Pac-10 Media Day, when all the Coaches bring a Player to the Press for statements and Q&A’s. So naturally, you would assume that this site would be full of quotes…
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QUEER EYE FOR THE SKIRT GUY
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Fairy Tale Ending: A 10-year Tommy Trojan’s Gay Wedding is greasing the wheels of the fight against a ban on Same-Sex Marriage Just call him “The Gay Caped Crusader.” Every once in a long while, an ex-trojan does something worthy of strokes, and this time, it’s Tommy the Trojan himself. A guy…
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Ex-trojan Bengal CAN’T change his stripes, CAN eat his young
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Holy Cornhole Carson’s pie-hole makes him sound wholly like an a-hole, to a whole lot of fans in Ohio Former trojan Quarterback Carson Palmer has said his share of dumb things over the years, but he may have just topped himself. Yesterday, the Host of Carson’s Cornhole Classic apparently thought that what he said…