Author Archives: Bryan Chu

As the 2004 Olympic Games wear on, it seems as if UCLA and the United States go hand-in-hand with the success they are seeing. With five Bruins making up the roster of the softball team, Team USA (2-0) is steamrollering through its competition. Sunday’s game against Australia was living testimony of that fact as former […]

Reunited, and it feels so good. That’s the way Maylana Martin and women’s basketball coach Kathy Olivier feel. It may have seemed like kismet, but after the departure of Theon Carrier, who decided to call it quits after four years to become a firefighter, an assistant coaching position lay vacant in the UCLA coaching staff. […]

Though it’s been 108 years since Athens, Greece, last hosted the Olympics, the essence of the games remains constant ““ peace, good will and solidarity. And though I’m 6889.66 miles away from the XXVIII Olympiad, I find myself cheering louder than ever for Team USA athletes. Unlike past Games, I watched the entire opening ceremonies. […]

Nothing is for certain. The last four Olympiads have proven so with four different countries taking the gold medal each time. Come the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, Hungary and a host of other countries are favored to vie for the gold. But, in years past, the U.S. men’s water polo team has been somewhat […]

Burning inside each and every one of them is the will to win. As the gold glistens brighter by the day and as the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, draw nearer, 15 women will fight with blood, sweat and tears for their country. Side by side they stand together to represent the United States […]

In the musty halls of West Los Angeles College, a familiar face sauntered in Saturday. Clad in a white Jordan tank top and basketball shorts drooping below his knees, Dijon Thompson headed to the court to do battle against Salvatori’s Squad in the Nike Los Angeles Pro-City League. Though Thompson’s team, Hank’s Team CTS, fell […]

I watched the L.A. riots unfold in ’92, felt the ’94 Northridge earthquake, and this past month witnessed the crumbling of a dynasty. It’s an image that’s unfathomable and a decision that’s dumbfounding. Yet, somehow this was inevitable. After being literally dismantled piece by piece by the NBA champion Detroit Pistons, everything for the Los […]