Author Archives: Daniel Miller

On Sept. 14, my dog Al turned 3 years old. Al is a terrier mutt ““ a medium-sized dog with brown and white short hair. Al reminds me of actress Nicole Kidman and Portland Trailblazers power forward Rasheed Wallace. He is aloof, strikingly beautiful and crazy. Al is so cute and spunky, I got to […]

Junior Taylor takes care of his roommates like he takes care of opposing cornerbacks. The sophomore UCLA wide receiver, who lives with teammates John Sciarra and Keith Carter, loves catching the football and cooking Italian dinners. “John has never taken care of himself,” Taylor said laughingly. “Keith is learning, but John has no survival skills.” […]

The talk at Tuesday’s football practice was all about underestimating Arizona and how the Bruins (3-2, 1-0 Pac-10) will not be doing that when they travel to Tucson for this weekend’s game. “Our challenge is to make sure that we are ready to play,” UCLA coach Karl Dorrell said. “I have played against teams like […]

Every college football team hopes for a duo like quarterback Cody Pickett and wide receiver Reggie Williams. When UCLA opens its Pac-10 schedule Saturday afternoon against No. 17 Washington at the Rose Bowl, the Bruins (2-2) will have to worry about the Huskies’ (3-1) experienced senior quarterback and their superstar wide receiver. “Reggie presents a […]

For one day last June, Samir Patel held my heart in his little hands. I had decided to take a break from studying and turned on the television hoping to catch something interesting on the History Channel. However, when I came across ESPN’s coverage of the 75th Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, I could not […]

By Daniel Miller BRUIN SENIOR STAFF dmiller@media.ucla.edu It looks like UCLA could be heading for quarterback controversy with sophomore Matt Moore’s recovery from a bone bruise coming on the heels of improved play by Drew Olson in UCLA’s 20-10 victory over San Diego State on Saturday. However, UCLA head coach Karl Dorrell says there is […]

PASADENA “”mdash; After thirty minutes of play it appeared the only fireworks UCLA fans could see in the Bruins’ game against San Diego State would be courtesy of the halftime pyrotechnics show. However, as UCLA’s wide receivers stepped up in second half, they put on their own fireworks display ““ giving the team the offensive […]