Category: UCLA/usc/Sports Photos
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WESTBROOK FLOWERS, MAYO SHOWERS
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Bruin Star ends ex-trojan’s season, with a Game 7 Triple-Double, the first one in the NBA for 19 years O.J. Mayo had already been temporarily suspended from playing this year, after testing positive for a steroid-related, banned substance. Now he has been suspended from playing until next season, after his…
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IWISH SPRING
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Every Spring, I wish for invigoration, a clean scent, and no stinging injuries, but it’s hard to get worked up into a lather when the Offense scores only three TD’s all night. I WISH I coulda been there. Due to a new gig, I had to work Saturday night, and couldn’t make it…
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THE RICH GETS RICHER
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Rich Gets Quick — Richard Brehaut is Money in practice, cashing in repeatedly as his Offense hits paydirt several times Old Army guys used to sing a song called “You’re In The Army Now” that included the lyrics: “You’ll never get rich, you sonofabitch, you’re in the Army now.” And if…
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BYE, CURIOUS-LEE (DYE FURIOUS, KNEE)
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Lee Flees, Dye Fries — Malcolm Lee inexplicably says “Bye” to UCLA just as his injured knee is healed, by irreversibly putting his name on the NBA Draft List, while Tony Dye frustratingly says “Hi” to an MRI after injuring his knee, just as his name is justifiably put on…
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CAN YOU CHEER ME NOW?
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Great Reception, with two bars — UCLA Spirit Sprints forward, as the upwardly-Mobile squadmembers connect with fans who drop thousands in support at the annual Bruin Cheerleader Reception and Silent Auction Set it on vibrate. The James West UCLA Alumni Center was full of good vibrations on Sunday, as the…
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NIPPY AND CHIPPY
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Barely 18 — Butler fires up an ice-cold 18% from the field, as UConn’s Defense takes away the Bulldogs’ One Shining Moment, and the fired-up young Bruins ignite a few heated moments of fighting on the practice field, before the shining, in-the-moment Defense gets about 5 take-aways So much for Butler being…
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A THRILLA THE HUN(DLEY)
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It’s a Spring Awakening for UCLA Football, as Freshman Pocket Rocket Brett Hundley shows a Spring in his explosively-nimble step Some guys just have a knack for finding the hole. And no, I’m not talking about the rooftop-sex trojan. I’m talking about Brett Hundley, a Freshman who is trying to become UCLA’s new Starting…
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HONEY CUTTS AND RUNS
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Cutters — Tyler Honeycutt is Breaking Away from UCLA; Malcolm Lee will jump into the quarry too, but unlike Tyler, he could come riding back The Honey-moon is over. Bruin SOPHOMORE Tyler Honeycutt is about to hire an Agent, meaning that he will never play another game for UCLA. Unlike his former…
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KAREEM RISES TO THE TOP
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Kareem of the Crop — UCLA hits the All-Time Exacta, placing 1st (’67) AND 2nd (’73) in the poll for Best College Basketball Teams in History If you are reading Sporting News’ new Top Ten Best College Basketball Teams of All-Time from the bottom up, and you just want to know who’s #1,…
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COLLAPSE BUT NO TAPS
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Collapse Dance — UCLA nearly blows 23-point lead in final 8 minutes before nipping MSU 78-76 (bringing Florida to the table) Yesterday morning, if you knew that UCLA would never trail Michigan State, and would win the game by 2, you would have taken it, gladly. Now, maybe not so…
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DEPARTIN’ SMARTIN’ STARTIN’ WITH SPARTANS
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Battered Bruins Limp off to Tampa to Rumba with Michigan State in the Big Dance Believe it or not, UCLA’s humiliating loss to Oregon may have been a blessing in disguise. Not only did it allow the ailing Bruins a few extra days of rest and recuperation, but it ended up…
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HIGHER LOVE
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Record of the Year — Kevin Love brings the Win and and the Wood, lifting his T-Wolves to victory with his Record-High 52nd-straight Double-Double Unconditional Love. Tough Love. Kevin Love. Former Bruin Star Kevin Love just broke the NBA Post-Merger Record for consecutive Double-Doubles, by notching his 52nd in a row…