Author Archives: David Regan

Billy Martin doesn’t have plans to attend this week’s Mercedes-Benz Cup. But that doesn’t mean the UCLA men’s tennis coach isn’t excited about it. When some of the best professional tennis players in the world come to Westwood to play in the first stop of the US Open Series, a swell of pride will rise […]

Did anybody else have a chance to catch the NBA Draft on Thursday? What? No? Well, I don’t blame you. I watched the first 45 minutes and couldn’t take it any longer. My assignment, which I unwillingly chose to accept, was to watch the draft and see what implications it had for former UCLA players. […]

Welcome one, welcome all ““ this is the wonderful world of UCLA sports. As you young freshmen enter this fine world of Westwood, consider this your introduction ““ a little peek into how things used to be, are now and probably will be in the future. So here’s the history. I’ve pretty much been a […]

There aren’t many schools at which athletes can host a party with the theme “National Champions.” But UCLA is not many schools. The winningest institution in the history of collegiate athletics, NCAA titles are commonplace around Westwood. They are so commonplace, in fact, that a party open only to national champions would be well-attended almost […]

TULSA, Okla. “”mdash; Tobias Clemens knew how he wanted to end his UCLA career. And this wasn’t exactly it. But even though the Bruins failed in yet another bid to win an NCAA Championship, the lone UCLA senior refuses to dwell on the numerous disappointments he’s experienced throughout his years in Westwood. “I don’t even […]

TULSA, Okla. “”mdash; You know that T.S. Eliot poem, The Wasteland, when the world ends not with a bang but a whimper? That kind of epitomizes this. There was no devastating defeat, no heartbreak, no “¦ nothing. Baylor systematically dismantled the UCLA men’s tennis team, 4-0, in the NCAA Championships on Tuesday at the Michael […]

TULSA, Okla. “”mdash; Monday’s semifinal match between UCLA and Illinois was more than just a battle of two teams attempting to advance to the NCAA championship. It was a clash of coaching philosophies, a clash of nationalities, a clash of two teams that have seemed to develop into bitter rivals in the course of the […]