UCLA has been playing musical chairs on the base paths for the past few weeks. Only, when the music stops, all of the Bruins are left stranded with no place to go. The UCLA baseball team has been 9-8 over the past month after a meteoric rise during February and March that took a lifeless […]
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Three chosen in NFL Draft
Two thousand, four hundred and thirty-three miles of America separate Los Angeles from Jacksonville, but soon a Westwood connection will become a South Florida spark. UCLA tight end Marcedes Lewis was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the No. 28 overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. Lewis, the winner of the 2005 Mackey Award, […]
Pair of tough losses comes at inopportune time for Bruins
As his team was quietly eating a Sunday dinner to close out a rough weekend in the Bay Area, John Savage didn’t want to blow things out of proportion. But he did want his players to absorb a simple fact. “I just told them we have a lot of work to do,” the UCLA baseball […]
NFL Draft: Page’s flexibility may attract more organizations
Excuse Jarrad Page if he isn’t getting lost in the media spectacle that has become the NFL Draft. Page has already had his draft experience. He’s heard his name called, felt the butterflies in his stomach after finding out which team had claimed him, and has even faced the prospect of falling down the draft […]
Players’ exit leaves big shoes to fill
After seeing two of her guards transfer from her program in the past six months, UCLA women’s basketball coach Kathy Olivier will be looking to add some warm bodies to her back court to fill the roster. Freshman Ashlee Trebilcock, a highly touted prospect coming out of nearby Hart High School, left the program after […]
Bruins drop the ball at Arizona
Relief pitcher Paul Oseguera has been the great stabilizer for the UCLA bullpen this season, leading the team in appearances and posting the flimsiest ERA. But Oseguera finally faltered on Thursday night, as he was unable to hold a one-run lead against Arizona. Relieving junior Hector Ambriz after six quality innings of work, Oseguera promptly […]
In a season of steady growth, baseball hopes to win on road
If winning on the road is important to all coaches, then it is tough to quantify what it would mean for John Savage to see his team beat Pac-10 foes on their own fields. The UCLA baseball coach has seen his young players perform far beyond their years. Perhaps the last stage in the Bruins’ […]