Gymnastics: Gymnastics falls in Husky meet

Less than one week after setting the all-time NCAA Division I record for highest single-meet team total, the No. 1 ranked UCLA gymnastics team faltered at No. 15 Washington, 197.225 to 197.1. Before a crowd of 2,161 Husky faithful, UCLA’s usually consistent bars team recorded three consecutive falls by Holly Murdock, Lori Winn and Kristen […]

Grandstand fans plan a hoot in left field

What’s small, obnoxiously loud, and scattered around cities housing MLB teams? I’ll give you a hint, sports fans: the answer is not illegitimate children.  Give up?  It’s grandstand fan clubs! The small groups of die-hard baseball fans you see sitting in the cheap seats and wearing ridiculous costumes are the heart and soul of any […]

Gymnastics: Gymnasts tie all-time NCAA scoring record

Oregon State came into Pauley Pavilion at a bad time.  After losing Friday to Cal State Fullerton, 194.275 to 193.6, and posting the team’s lowest scoring total of the season in the process, the third-ranked UCLA gymnastics team had something to prove Sunday. And they did so in decisive fashion, defeating the Beavers 198.875 to […]

A baseball tale unlikely to be found at UCLA

All right, sports fans. It’s that time of the year again: the smell of freshly mowed grass, the “thump” of genuine leather mitts, the “ping” of double-walled aluminum alloy on a horsehide Rawlings. It’s college baseball time. With nothing better to do on a Friday night, my brother and I wanted to catch our first game […]

Gymnastics: Gymnasts work to balance injuries, lineup for Sunday

The third-ranked UCLA gymnastics team will take on Pac-10 foe No. 7 Stanford at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday. Stanford and UCLA are the only two teams to win the Pac-10 title in the last seven years, including last year’s UCLA victory at Pauley Pavilion. UCLA is coming off a dominant performance against Cal State Fullerton […]