Category: Blue & Gold News
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ANOTHER L.A. DRIVE-BY
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Just a flesh wound: Menacing Lakers protect their turf and gun down Boston 102-89, drawing first blood with through-and-through penetration and bulletproof Gang Defense, but it’s just Game 1, and the armor-Pierced Celtics could retalliate with improved shooting The Celtics brought a knife to a gunfight. And the Lakers brought…
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KOBE FARMS IT OUT
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Bryant outsources the Laker Offense with a Playoff career-high 13 Dimes, and his Technical Support Staff answers the call, as Gasol and Artest combine for 47 Points, and Farmar’s 4th quarter long-distance connections help put the Suns’ upset plans on hold, 124-112 Oh, Calcutta! The Lakers made it 8 in a…
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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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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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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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PISTOL-WHIPPED INTO A FRENZY
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Pistol at Dusk: UCLA’s “Pistol” isn’t a lethal weapon yet, and their Saturday Night Special scrimmage shows that the new Offense is not on target to shoot something other than blanks; However, the Defense proves that THEY still have stopping power Kevin Prince is going to have to break some tackles this…
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PRICE GOETH BEFORE THE FALLEN
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Bri Goes Before Them All: UCLA’s Brian Price gets drafted before anyone from usc, and is going down to Florida to be a Buc for lotsa bucks, while Bruin Gymnastics refuses to go down in Florida, to Florida et al., buckling down to buck the trend and win UCLA’s 105th National…
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STEALING THUNDER
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Lakers steal thunder from steely Thunder by thundering out to 17-point lead and weathering storm when Westbrook and OKC storm back Bruin Star Russell Westbrook played in his first ever Playoff game on Sunday at Staples, and he almost stole it for the Thunder. It’s hard to believe, but even…
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WATCH YOUR SIX
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Six Bruin fighters are soaring into the NBA Playoffs, led by OKC’s high-flying pilot Russell Westbrook, who is Thundering back to L.A. to combat the Top Gun Lakers (who have been in Cruise Control for weeks, cooling their jets) Attention UCLA Basketball fans: There is still more Bruin Roundball to root for this year,…
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ONE’S NOT THE LONELIEST NUMBER
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UCLA Baseball is ranked #1 in the Nation, Bruin Gymnasts are seeded #1 in the Nationals, and Michael Roll is honored as #1 of the ’09 – ’10 Basketball Bruins For the first time in 13 years, the UCLA Baseball team is ranked #1 during a season. After starting the season 22-0,…