Author Archives: Adam de Jong

Since the moment he took the job a little more than three years ago, coach Ben Howland has preached to his players the importance of the tradition of UCLA men’s basketball. One of the most closely followed yet least heralded traditions is the Bruins’ involvement in the SayNo/ProCity Summer League at West Los Angeles College. […]

Assault charges were dropped against former UCLA football player Maurice Drew for an alleged altercation at a Denny’s restaurant in Westwood on April 23 after surveillance video footage showed Drew leaving the restaurant before the alleged altercation took place. Drew and former UCLA football players Ricky Manning Jr. and Tyler Ebell were each charged with […]

These days, when Nikki Blue talks about UCLA women’s basketball, she needs to stop and correct herself. She can’t help it. After four years of serving as the face of the program, she is trying to make the transition from emotional leader to hopeful outsider. “I still say “˜we’ when I talk about the team,” […]

The muggy heat is circling a gymnasium at West Los Angeles College, where James Keefe is trudging his 6-foot-8, 220-pound frame up and down the floor in the Say No/Procity Summer League. He isn’t at Pauley Pavilion, with the banners hanging above the players’ head as the crowd builds, yet this is the start of […]

UCLA sophomore guard Arron Afflalo made official what had been speculation for several weeks by announcing on Saturday that he has withdrawn his name from the upcoming NBA Draft and will return to school for his junior year. Over a teleconference call he held with UCLA coach Ben Howland on Saturday afternoon, Afflalo cited the […]

Their success defined a university. From the baby boomer generation to the Y2K scare, it was a constant. And all of a sudden, it was gone. The UCLA men’s basketball team was the benchmark of greatness for so long that when the program completely bottomed out three years ago, a whole community lost its identity. […]

The short-attention-spanned media often has a way of letting the same stories get covered in completely different ways. For those foolish enough to rely on innuendoes and blanket statements made by newspapers and television news reporters, the recent controversy surrounding USC and Duke athletes must seem to deal with situations as distinct as night and […]