Author Archives: Ben Peters

We need this one badly. And when I say badly I don’t mean it in a purely basketball sense. Sure, tonight’s game against USC has implications for postseason positioning, and we definitely need to stop this three-game slide, but the urgency to win runs deeper. We need to beat USC tonight for our pride. In […]

It’s the new Miracle on Ice. Strip the old one of the Olympic, political and nationalistic implications and you’re left with tonight’s USC-UCLA showdown. In fact, tonight also compares favorably with another hockey classic: junior Team USA’s epic penalty-shot-deciding triumph over Team Iceland in the timeless, “D2: The Mighty Ducks.” Against a tense backdrop, 1980s […]

So, what did I miss? A quick scan of the world I return to, following five months in Southeast Asia, reveals many interesting developments. Where did this Paris Hilton come from? Was she in a movie or something? Britney and Madonna kissed?! We caught Saddam Hussein. Britney and Madonna kissed?! Of course, the biggest story […]

SINGAPORE “”mdash; You know in “Rocky IV” when Rocky fights the ridiculously over-the-top Russian villain in Moscow? First, the crowd practically burns the stars and stripes in the stands. But then, Rocky’s heart wins them over, and by the end they sappily chant “USA, USA.” Well, that’s kind of, almost, well actually a really big […]

In Gary Adams’ 29 years as head coach of the UCLA baseball team, he has enjoyed exceptional success in luring star recruits to the UCLA program. Thirty-seven future major-leaguers have eschewed other suitors for the beauty of Westwood, the prestige of a UCLA degree and the chance to compete at what Sports Illustrated once called […]

After much speculation about his job security, UCLA baseball head coach Gary Adams put an end to all doubts about his future by declaring that he will retire at the end of next season. “Next year will be my 30th, and last, season as UCLA’s head coach,” Adams said. “I talked about it with my […]

After much speculation about his job security the last few weeks, UCLA baseball head coach Gary Adams put an end to all doubts about his future by declaring that he will be retiring at the end of next season, his 30th as UCLA’s head coach. "Next year will be my 30th, and last, season as […]