It may not have been the final that everyone had anticipated, but if Saturday’s matches were any indication, it should still make for some pretty good tennis. German Tommy Haas, the tournament’s sixth seed, will meet the eight-seeded Russian Dmitry Tursunov in Sunday’s final. Haas, currently ranked 21st in the world, breezed by Slovak Dominik […]
Author Archives: Ben Azar
Basketball recruits still up in the air
The UCLA basketball program has added another late recruit for the 2006-2007 season. The L.A. Daily News reported that 6-foot-7 swingman Nikola Dragovic, who hails from Serbia, has been accepted by UCLA and will enroll at the university. He is also the second player named Nikola Dragovic to become part of the UCLA athletic program. […]
[Tennis Insert]: Americans see a resurgence
A lot has been made of the American struggles in men’s professional tennis in recent years. It’s been nearly three full years since an American has won one of the four major tournaments, and the new crop of young American stars has not yet panned out the way many thought it would. But the talented […]
Undrafted Bozeman hustles with Hawks
Cedric Bozeman ended his college career as UCLA’s team leader. But just three months later, as an undrafted rookie in the NBA, Bozeman is just another body trying desperately to make the team. Bozeman has been taking part in the Atlanta Hawks’ camp this summer, playing with the team in the Rocky Mountain Revue summer […]
Farmar takes quickly to Lakers’ offense
LONG BEACH “”mdash; Jordan Farmar isn’t wasting any time proving he belongs in the NBA. The new Los Angeles Lakers guard shined in his first two professional games over the weekend at the Long Beach Summer Pro League. In a Lakers loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday in front of a sold-out Walter Pyramid […]
Assistant coach takes job at Central Michigan
The game of basketball has taken Ernie Zeigler just about everywhere. Now, it is taking him back home. Zeigler, an assistant coach under Ben Howland at UCLA for the past three seasons, accepted the head coaching job at Central Michigan University on Thursday. “This is a bittersweet moment for me, leaving the Bruin student-athletes that […]
[ORIENTATION]: Let the baseball-fan war begin
With 99 NCAA titles, unmatched athletic success and a football and basketball program on the rise, there is no question that UCLA is a great place to be for a sports nut. But one of the coolest things about being a sports fan at UCLA has nothing to do with the Bruin athletic program. If […]