Category: Non-Rivalry Photos

  • “MARILYN ALICE” DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE

    Burstyn out:  Gritty ex-UCLA Dance-Teamer’s all-girl group “Marilyn Alice” is going places [ARTICLE EDITED ON 6/17/10]  UCLA Dance-Teamer Update:  Kelly is a former UCLA Dance Team Member from the 2005-6 era, when the Dance Team was starting to be widely recognized as the Nation’s Hottest, and she is in an all-girl band called…

  • ZENYATTA, THEN SLAUGHTA’

    Whipped Titan runs down rivals to make World History, then run-down Bruins whip rival Titans to make World Series In big time College Basketball, there is “88 STRAIGHT.”  In big time Pro Basketball, there is “33 Straight.”  In big time Baseball, there is “56 Straight.”  In the big-time Rivalry, there’s…

  • DEREK EXPLODES, RUINS C’S; BRUINS CLEAN UP

    After collapse, slick Fish heads off disaster by filling the hole to save the Lakes, while Wooden inspires massive BP (Bruin Pride) to surface, and it caps off the ‘Cats, and floats UCLA Softball to the top Every year, some ungrateful Laker fans complain to Phil Jackson via the Internet and Talk…

  • ROBIN GOOD AND HIS ‘MAR’E MAN

    Not ready to Bow out:  Lopez and Stoudemire combine for 62, and a Forest-like Zone has Phoenix Robin from the Rich 17 times (including 10 Steals), as the Suns Tuck and run out of the Friar, 118-109;  It Sherwood be nice to get more than 9-for-32 from Odom and the…

  • BOSTON GOES COMMANDO ON ORLANDO

    Brief Series:  Balls Out Boston lets it all hang out to blow off limp Orlando’s bloomers 94-71 and go up 3-0, as they jockey for a flashy sweep before giving L.A. another crack The Moon is setting on Orlando, and the end is near… No buts about it. The Boston…

  • 4:20 DROUGHTS BAKE BERKELEY

    Smokin’ Blue Devils weed out wasted Golden Bears:  Cal — UCLA’s Pac-10 buds — can’t light it up, coughing up two 4:20 breaks without hitting any J’s, and get blitzed by #1 Seed Duke, 68-53 Stoned-cold California’s pipe dream is toast.  Even with a spark from former Blue Devil Jamal Boykin, Cal…

  • QUINCY CORONERS THE MARQUETTE

    Marquette will not honor Q-Pon:  Washington’s Quincy Pondexter pronounces the Golden Eagles legally dead, and the Cause of Death is a Q-Pon bankshot Jack-ed up two seconds before time expires What a(u)topsy-turvy opening day of the NCAA!   Three games went into Overtime (which is as many as the whole Tournament last…

  • “LIAR McGWIRE” HAS A DENIER: HIS SUPPLIER

    Ex-trojan didn’t REALLY come clean in his Steroid confession:  His Dealer says McGwire injected NOT to recuperate from injuries as he claims;  On the contrary, the “recipe” was specifically designed to make him bigger, stronger, and faster “If Paris Hilton was to take that array, she could run over Dick Butkus.” That…

  • NOTHING TO HIDE

    The NCAA’s investigation of usc’s b.s. continues to stall, thanks to Bush’s payoffs and trojan stonewalling Okay, so does everyone understand?  Go ahead and break every rule you can, and when you get caught (cardinal-)red-handed, just deny everything and buy off harmful witnesses.  THAT, is the usc credo. The NCAA…

  • MAGIC-LEE DELICIOUS

    Lakers are lucky, charmed, and 2-0, as Orlando’s Stars show Heart, but Courtney Lee’s marshmallows go soggy, allowing L.A. to milk out a 101-96 win in Overtime This is the way it was supposed to be.  The Lakers aren’t really 25 points better than the Magic.  These are actually two…

  • TORRE, TORII, TORI, (HIS-)TORY

    The “Tories” are the Toast of the Town, but King James is just Toast:  Joe knows, Hunter crows, Tori glows, but LeBron blows “Amazing Tories” A long time ago, the California Angels had a great Color Commentator named Joe Torre.  Joe was a former ballplayer who knew the game inside…

  • ALL HAIL HALO’S AND HELIO

    Just Another Halo (& Helio) Victory:  Castroneves dodges Dan & Danica, then burns rubber on a seriously wide-open Freeway to win his 3rd Indy 500, while Angels burn Dodgers, winning 3rd & rubber game of Freeway Series He-men of the World can breathe easy:  Despite getting a scare from Danica…