Month: April 2011
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KAREEM HOOKS ANOTHER ACCOLADE
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Bruin great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named to Top 10 Greatest NBA Playoff Players of All Time Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will never be forgotten. This week, another list of legends has been published, praising the Bruin Star for his success in the Pro Basketball Playoffs. Ranking right up there with Magic, Kobe, Jordan,…
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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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DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND (SONG GIRL) POWER
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Bread and Water — USC Song Girls take to the water to raise bread that empowers courageous accident victims to pursue their athletic and scholastic dreams Maybe they can’t WALK on water, but they certainly are saviors to a certain group of scholarship recipients. The USC Song Girls have to be commended,…
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HEARTS OF POM
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Rosie Poms — Cheery SC Song Girls open their hearts and jump in the pool, to get fans to open their wallets and pool their resources for the totally-worthy “Swim with Mike” Charity Truce On! Yes, it’s that time of year again, when (for the 5th year in a row) I…
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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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I LOVE IT WHEN A SHAN’ COMES TOGETHER
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A-Team Face — She’s not Howling Mad and she doesn’t have a Bad Attitude, but in 2009, SHANNON was a member of the classic UCLA Dance Team that’s always On The Jazz This is not a re-run, it is a Box Office Blockbuster. “Two years ago, a crack commando unit was…
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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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BETTER LATE THAN TROJAN — The Trojan-Haters Club is now on Facebook!
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BeatSC.com finally takes the Facebook plunge After 6 years of toiling away in the Zuckerberg-free zone, I finally started a Trojan-Haters Club Facebook page. I just started it a few minutes ago, so be patient as I add more posts and photos to it. However, it IS operational right now,…
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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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