Author Archives: Diamond Leung

After the rout, UCLA let it all come out. Curse words flew from the mouth of muttering cornerback Ricky Manning Jr. as he watched a Gatorade-drenched Pete Carroll lead a Rose Bowl victory parade on the shoulders of his USC players. Tears welled up in the eyes of senior tight end Mike Seidman, who will […]

It wasn’t all too long ago when Mike Seidman actually hated UCLA. No, it wasn’t that the Bruin tight end was upset about not getting enough balls thrown his way. Actually, he was raised a USC fan and grew up listening to his father tell glorious stories about O.J. Simpson. In fact, he loved following […]

You can forget about it. UCLA head coach Bob Toledo understandably isn’t going to talk about last year’s game against USC. “It’s over,” he said of the ignominious 27-0 loss. “It’s done with.” Still, Toledo and his players claim that the bitterness has subsided and that the will to beat their crosstown rival remains. This […]

The UCLA men’s volleyball team will go into its preseason match against the Team Canada Masters tonight at the Wooden Center banged up. Senior middle blocker Scott Morrow had surgery on his torn knee tendon Thursday and will be out of the match. He suffered the injury last season in March. “It hasn’t healed like […]

Manuel White is back, but it’s not in black and white. The UCLA sophomore tailback returns to action Saturday against Arizona after four weeks of sitting out with a hamstring injury. Still, he is a bit rusty. “I feel clumsy out there,” White said. “But my hamstring is feeling 100 percent. I just have to […]

SEATTLE ““ UCLA picked a good time to get warm. The Bruins were left for dead after losing their senior starting quarterback and the game to Cal two weeks ago. They were playing in front of a hostile Washington crowd on Saturday, in weather that was even colder. And UCLA actually didn’t get bowled over. […]