Author Archives: Bobby Gordon

I planned on going home this past summer. I really did. I was looking forward to finishing my last final and heading the 400 miles north up Interstate 5 to spend my summer in Berkeley. Those of you from the Bay Area understand how much I was looking forward to some Zachary’s Pizza and a […]

At the start of the season, it looked like the No. 10 UCLA men’s soccer team was one piece short of a complete puzzle. With a top-drawer keeper, a veteran defense and an influx of talented youth in the midfield, the Bruins seemed to have everything but a proven goal scorer to put the ball […]

The Bruins showed against Utah and Rice that their offense can do it all. It can move the ball through the air and on the ground. The only thing the Bruins have left to do is show they can do both in the same game. Ben Olson came out gunning against Utah, and with great […]

The guy absolutely made my week. After I insulted Utah in a football column, my inbox was flooded with less-than-supportive responses from Utah fans. My column said that if UCLA lost to Utah it would be a really bad sign for the Bruins’ season, and I got kind of worried that I had put my […]

With the game knotted at one and time ticking down in the second overtime period, two exhausted teams each got opportunities to steal the season opener with great chances on goal. But neither could capitalize, ending the game in a 1-1 tie. No. 5 UCLA got the first shot on a blast from freshman Jason […]

It happens like this every year. The countdown to college football ends with the first snap at the Rose Bowl, weeks before UCLA students’ summers end. The Bruins welcome Utah on Sept. 2, long before Welcome Week and the first day of classes, which come a lot later for UCLA than most other schools. This […]

They owned the line of scrimmage. They gang-tackled Chris Markey for a loss. They put pressure on Ben Olson and forced him to throw an interception to Michael Norris. After the fall scrimmage, one definitive thing can be said about a UCLA team for the first time in a considerable while: The defense is good. […]