UCLA students have vastly different dreams, desires and goals. Some want to land that job in the mail room at William-Morris. Others will be the first in their family to obtain a college degree. Many will go on to earn MBAs. For Jason Gaulton, all he ever wanted was to recreate great moments in UCLA […]
Author Archives: Eli Karon
Big game is all in the palm of the beholder
Desperate times call for desperate measures, sports fans. The last time we beat ‘SC, my voice was deepening and I was sprouting hair in strange places. Maybe it was only five years ago, but I was a late bloomer. I desperately needed to know if this is the year of the Bruin or the year of […]
NorCal trip yields dented Lexus, tailgate competition
It’s as real as the Curse of the Bambino or the Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx. Every time I make the trip to Northern California to faithfully cheer on our football team, I come away feeling like someone sucker-punched me. But this year was bound to be different. This year I wasn’t going for the football. […]
Beer cans of optimistic sports fans are half full
On Saturday I was standing in the Rose Bowl with a few buddies and watching UCLA defeat Arizona State. One of my buddies in particular is a pessimist of the utmost sort. He takes one sip of a full beer and the can is half empty. He hates rainbows because they are a result of rain. […]
All Ignored Sports Hero Men: We salute you
You know those brilliant Bud Light commercials praising “Real Men of Genius” and “Real American Heroes?” Here are several sports-inspired versions that did not make the cut, sports fans. The man who narrates the Bud Light commercials does so in a voice more enticing than Barry White’s, more mellifluous than the High Life narrator’s. The following should […]
Basketball’s former good luck charm reminisces
The names of UCLA basketball greats roll off the tongue like a who’s who guide to the Basketball Hall of Fame: John Wooden, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, Sean Farnham. Sean who? Exactly, sports fans. Who is Sean Farnham? Farnham is a gangly, goofy guy who works hard and laughs harder. Whether reporting on high school […]
Live from UCLA: “˜Sports Eye for the Queer Guy’
Unless you live in a cave or have been competing on “Survivor” for the past year, you have seen and love the hit Bravo show “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.” In the series, five gay men ““ the Fab Five ““ perform makeovers on inept straight men in an effort to make them more […]