Author: ucladavid
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DANCE LIKE NO ONE WAS WATCHING
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Depsite a questionable résumé, a lack of signature wins, and a bevy of pundits predicting exclusion, UCLA gets invited to The Big Dance as an 11th Seed, and will play Larry Brown’s SMU in Louisville on Thursday, thanks to the Bruins’ steady improvement throughout the season, ultra-competitive game against Arizona, and…
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GIMME HAM ON FIVE AND HOLD THE MAYO’S
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Ham Slams the Shams — Isaac Hamilton has a career day with 36 points including 7 three-pointers, as UCLA destroys troy 96-70, making it SIX straight (NINE straight including Football) over a school whose only recent Basketball headline was a claim to shame, when O.J “Pay-o to Play-o” Mayo was…
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TROJAN-8-ERS CLUB
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We’ve got ’em behind the 8-ball — Bruins Beat$C handily 85-74 behind huge nights from Tony Parker and Bryce Alford, making it EIGHT STRAIGHT beatings of the trojans in the two major sports Eight is not enough… but it’s a damn good start! With Wednesday night’s 85-74 beatdown of troy…
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TREASURE, I LAND (AND IT’S NOT A MIRAGE)
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ARELI BIG SHOW — 11 days before their Vegas trip, UCLA Spirit hits the jackpot with a lavish party emceed by Areli, that strikes gold for the squad… and for me, as I win a raffle for a Basketball autographed by Steve Alford and the 2015 Basketball team, plus 4…
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MEET CUTE; NEAT LOOT
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Come meet the UCLA Cheerleaders in person and win exciting, big-ticket prizes this Saturday (2/28) from 4p to 7p in Pauley Pavilion; Bruin stars (of the past, present, and future) Tyus Edney, Myles Jack, Paul Perkins, Jerry Neuheisel, Norman Powell, Tony Parker, Josh Rosen, and Baseball Coach John Savage are…
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MIGHTY MORPHIN POWELL RANGERS
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The Bruins’ morphin’ releases endorphins — Led by superhero Norman Powell and his sidekicks Tony Parker and Isaac Hamilton, UCLA morphs into a dominant team, and eradicates the supervillian Huskies 88-66, inhibiting the transmission of pain signals from the 2-game losing streak Ever heard of “Scrubbing Bubbles?” Well, on Wednesday…
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A LEAGUE THAT WE OWN
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Bruins are best of the best — Russell Westbrook’s record-setting performance in the NBA All-Star Game nets him the MVP Award, after rookie Zach Lavine stuffs all the competition on his way to claiming the Slam Dunk Championship Two NBA Trophies, two UCLA recipients. This weekend, besides being Valentine’s Day…
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JANE THE VERSION: 2012
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Buried Treasure — Three years ago I had the honor of taking photos of the UCLA Dance Team’s beautiful Jane at the Miss Teen CaliforniaUSA Pageant, but I didn’t know it was her until just now I always knew that the UCLA Spirit Squad is made up of the most…
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WHAT IT MEMES TO BE PETE CARROLL
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All the Pete Carroll memes fit to print — It’s just the memes to an end: The end of all this ass-kissing and adulation of Pete the Cheat Carroll, who was once again exposed on the biggest stage, at the most crucial time The whole world is jumping all over…
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PETE THE CHEAT IS PETE THE CHOKE!!!!!
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Beastly arrogant Pete Carroll idiotically calls a pass on the one-yard line while Marshawn Lynch watches, and the Patriots intercept it to clinch the Super Bowl!!!! Seattle had it won. Even after choking away a 10-point lead in the 4th quarter, they got a miracle catch in the final minute,…
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UTE-FUL INDISCRETION
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Ute is wasted by the young — #11 Utah comes into to Pauley overconfident (after having beaten UCLA by 32 three weeks ago), and gets out-played, out-hustled, out-muscled, and outscored 69-59 by the youthful Bruins, who came in 0-4 against Ranked teams, having lost those by about 20 a game…
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SEVEN (DOMI)NATION ARMY
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UN-UNBROKEN — Bruins smack down the clowns for the 4th straight time in Basketball 83-66; Add that to the 3 straight beatings in Football, and that’s SEVEN straight UCLA torchings of u$c in the two biggest college sports Rivalry? What Rivalry? With UCLA’s latest annihilation of the u$c Clown College…