Author Archives: Colin Yuhl

Officially out of playoff contention, only one thing has yet to be decided for the Bruins: whether or not head coach Gary Adams will return for a 30th season at the helm of UCLA baseball. After dropping two of three to Stanford, the team’s slim chances of making the postseason were rendered nil. Still, with […]

With runners on second and third, a thick-limbed kid strolls to the plate. He takes a few confident, smooth practice swings and steps into the box, ready to announce his presence with authority. He quickly gets into an 0-2 hole chasing high fastballs. Without batting an eye, he rips the ball into the left-center gap […]

The Bruins knew their chances of a run at the postseason were slim to none heading into this weekend series against Washington (35-15, 10-8 Pac-10). Slim, it seems, has turned its back on UCLA for good. After an impressive 5-4 victory in the opener, the Bruins dropped the next game 3-2 before finally taking a […]

Scandal is the soup-du-jour of college sports right now, and it tastes “Mmm mmm good!” Former Iowa State basketball coach Larry Eustachy and ex-Alabama football coach Mike Price are just the last two in a long line of coaches sent packing for extracurricular activities deemed inappropriate by the powers that be. But these aren’t your […]

Mother Nature and Lady Luck had conspired to give the UCLA baseball team two consecutive comeback wins against Oregon State, but a third was simply too much to ask. UCLA (22-26, 7-8 Pac-10) won the first two games 8-7 and 10-9 before dropping the final weekend contest 7-6 to the Beavers (19-24, 5-13). On Friday […]

Twelve Step Process to Recovery After Your Team Goes Down: When the final buzzer sounds and the last fan leaves the building, there are only two things left: the thrill of victory or the agony of defeat. And maybe the smell of stale hotdogs and urine. So what do you do when your team goes […]

What’s more exciting than watching paint dry, and only slightly less thrilling than the upcoming series between the Devil Rays and Orioles? How about the conference championships for women’s water polo, the NCAA tournament for gymnastics, Pac-10 tournaments for golf and individual player tournaments for tennis? All this excitement in just one weekend! How could […]