Author Archives: Ben Azar

In sports, when people think of the hero’s journey, they usually think of minor league baseball players who aren’t top prospects. They think of the endless hard work, the low salaries and the rough living conditions that these players endure to fulfill a dream that looks blurry but is not quite out of reach ““ […]

After a successful week at home against Oregon State and Oregon, the UCLA men’s basketball team was rewarded in the latest edition of the Associated Press Poll on Monday. The Bruins (22-6, 12-4 Pac-10) moved up from No. 19 to No. 15, jumping over West Virginia, Michigan State, North Carolina State, Florida, and Kansas in […]

The UCLA softball team has gotten off to a great start, but if it wants to be successful this weekend, it has to play better than it has been playing lately. The No. 3 Bruins (8-1) are headed to the Palm Springs Classic, where they will play five games ““ three of which are against […]

Ryan Hollins has seen it all in his college basketball career. There have been so many twists and turns, so many changes to adapt to and so many learning experiences to grow from. Now in his senior year and third year under coach Ben Howland, Hollins is playing the most productive basketball of his career […]

While the offense has begun to cool down for the UCLA softball team, the Bruins continue to have the same winning results early in the season. Senior pitcher/first baseman Lisa Dodd pitched seven shutout innings and senior third baseman Andrea Duran drove in both of UCLA’s runs in the Bruins’ 2-0 victory over UC Riverside […]

The UCLA softball team could taste a national championship. All they had to do was win one of their next two games against Michigan to clinch the best-of-three series and win the national title. But the Bruins couldn’t do it, losing the second game of the series 5-2 and falling 4-1 in the third and […]

As the end of the women’s basketball regular season approaches, the NCAA Tournament talk is heating up. For the Pac-10 teams looking to earn a spot or improve their seeding in the tournament, the last two weeks of the regular season, along with the Pac-10 Tournament, will be a make or break period. With its […]