Author Archives: Bobby Gordon

The Bruins forgot a lot of things this weekend. They forgot to be intimidated by the No. 17 team in the country, and they forgot to be affected by the long trip across the country. Luckily UCLA remembered to pack its brooms as it went on to sweep North Carolina State (13-4) in a three-game […]

The members of the baseball team haven’t been thrown to the wolves, they’ve been shipped. UCLA (6-9) will travel 2,550 miles to take on No. 17 North Carolina State (13-1) for a three-game series this weekend. The Bruins will start Hector Ambriz on Friday night, with Dave Huff and Tyson Brummett pitching on Saturday and […]

They played like champions. In the biggest game of the year thus far, the Bruins played their best basketball and found a way to win. The team leaves Berkeley just where it wanted to be: in control of its own destiny, heading toward the No. 1 seed in the Pac-10 Tournament. The sports cliche saying […]

He fell hard. There are no two ways about it. He had seven stairs left before getting to the bottom of the upper student section at the basketball game against Oregon State on Thursday. His legs were not interested in this information. They stopped moving, causing the nameless UCLA student to roll and tumble to […]

UCLA (4-6) won their first series of the season this past weekend, taking two of three on the road against the University of the Pacific (4-6). The Westwood Nine capitalized on some superb starting pitching on the road to victory. After a rain delay on Friday night, the Bruins took both games of the Saturday […]

If there is no crying in baseball then the Bruins will have to be brave at the doctor’s office. The UCLA men’s baseball team suffered two injuries in the 6-4 loss against UC Riverside on Tuesday night. X-rays revealed freshman outfielder Tim Murphy had suffered a fractured wrist when he was hit by a pitch […]

The first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem. The issue, however, is whether or not there really is a problem on the UCLA campus. Students have long complained about the divide between athletes and non-athletes, pointing to the exclusive gear and elevated social status as evidence of the separation. The question […]