Author Archives: Ben Peters

This column is about why my roommate Billy is a huge nerd. Yet, I’m beginning to wonder whether in the future he may be one of sports’ great superstars. Last week, I walked into my room to the usual sight of Billy hunched in front of our TV with his mobile PlayStation 2 controller clenched […]

The UCLA baseball team’s 18-game losing streak has been noteworthy for some time now, and every additional loss heaps more attention on the situation. The Bruins (7-22, 0-6 Pac-10) have thus gained notoriety of the kind they very much would rather not have going into their weekend series against UC Santa Barbara. But unfortunately for […]

In other years, UCLA’s 4-2 midweek loss at Loyola Marymount would be unremarkable, and at most annoying. Every loss such as this one, however, now adds another dimension to the UCLA baseball team’s school-record losing streak that, at 18 games, has become quite remarkable. In that way, the losing streak has accentuated the Bruins’ dismal […]

A new Pac-10 season has just begun, and the UCLA baseball team hopes that it brings a fresh start. Unfortunately for the Bruins, though, the Pac-10 doesn’t appear like it will cooperate easily. The conference has a strong argument for being the deepest in the nation. Six of the nine conference teams have appeared in […]

Despite a sixteen-day break between games, the UCLA baseball team’s fortunes remained the same. After losing nine straight heading into time off for finals, the Bruins returned to action last Tuesday, falling to defending national champion No. 2 Cal State Fullerton and prolonged their struggles by getting swept over the weekend by No. 10 Arizona. […]

At 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, everyone in Westwood and millions across the country will be watching the Bruins. But at 6:30 p.m., none of those people will be able to see them. In today’s sports world, the media covers a team’s every last minutiae ““ including how overcoming that nasty splinter gave a player the […]

UCLA’s 79-72 loss to Oregon State was pathetic. The Bruins were thoroughly outplayed. At one point, they were losing by 22 in the first half to a Beaver team that did not win a single conference road game. Not only did UCLA get outhustled and outmuscled, the Bruins were simply not the better basketball team. […]