Author Archives: Eli Karon

After yet another nearly flawless meet, the UCLA gymnastics team has rendered the once-watershed score of 198 meaningless. On Sunday in Tempe, Ariz., UCLA used four perfect 10s to achieve its highest score ever in an away meet, in a 198.4 to 198.15 victory over No. 7 Arizona State at Wells Fargo Arena. UCLA was […]

It is all over campus, in board shorts and flip-flops, miniskirts and tank tops. It is in Ackerman, Wooden and LuValle. It may even be around South Campus; I’ve never set foot over there. “It” is pessimism. Bitter and faithless pessimism, mostly about the UCLA men’s basketball team. As far as I am concerned, there […]

The UCLA Bruins conquered two beasts on Sunday in Pauley Pavilion. In addition to beating No. 13 Washington, the Bruins finally bested their previous school record of 198.350. The Bruins employed one of their strongest lineups of the year in front of 1,353 excited fans, and it payed dividends with a victory over the Huskies, […]

Simply put, Kate Richardson is a stud. All five feet of her. The freshman gymnast from Coquitlam, British Columbia, was almost exactly 10 years old when former Bruin and fellow Canadian Stella Umeh won gold at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Then and there, Richardson decided that she, too, would win gold at the Commonwealth Games. […]

Dear Dan Guerrero, We write to you again this week to address a troubling sign posted all around the outside of Pauley Pavilion that needs some serious revisions. The sign reads: “For the safety and comfort of all, the following items are not permitted in Pauley Pavilion: 1. Containers of any kind. 2. Noisemakers, signs […]

It seems like the only consistent way to see a team win in Pauley Pavilion is to attend a UCLA gymnastics home meet. The fifth-ranked Bruins recorded another dominant home victory in front of 1,415 fans on Sunday afternoon, beating Arkansas 198.175-193.475. The meet marked the second time this season UCLA has broken the 198 […]

In a world where equality has made tremendous strides over the last 30 years, the world of sports remains tainted by controversy. The Commission on Opportunity in Athletics, under the direction of President George W. Bush, met on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss several proposed changes to the 30-year-old Title IX law. Many women’s rights […]