It’s natural and expected for a coach to always defend his players. But Sunday, the most famous active basketball coach in the country took it too far. At the end of the Duke-North Carolina game, UNC star Tyler Hansbrough took a nasty fall to the floor and had blood all over his face after receiving […]
Author Archives: Gilbert Quiñonez
Senior pitcher lends team consistency on the mound
In college baseball, pitchers don’t pitch all nine innings that often, but UCLA senior pitcher Tyson Brummett has thrown two complete games in a row. The feat is more remarkable when considering that the Bruins as a team had only six complete games during the entire 2006 season, and only one of them was by […]
Baseball unable to capture series
It was a battle between an up-and-coming program and a perennial powerhouse, but ultimately UCLA couldn’t do enough to win that second game against Cal State Fullerton and the series. After winning Friday night 6-2, the UCLA baseball team lost 7-4 on Saturday and 7-2 to No. 10 Fullerton on Sunday. The No. 15 Bruins […]
Imagine a new ranking system
Over the next few weeks, there will be rampant talk about the bubble teams in college basketball. Analysts everywhere will debate which teams are going to be in the Big Dance for sure, which teams are on the bubble, and which teams have played themselves out of a bid to March Madness. This is the […]
Dorrell would do well in NFL
Upon hearing the news on Monday that the San Diego Chargers had fired coach Marty Schottenheimer, UCLA fans everywhere hoped the Chargers would lure USC coach Pete Carroll away from the college ranks. And it would be great for UCLA if the Chargers did hire Carroll. USC was a mediocre program before Carroll and instantly […]
Pitchers mow down Riverside
In college baseball, midweek games are traditionally the ones least likely to result in pitching duels, since teams typically hold their top three starters for the weekend. Tuesday was an exception, however, as UCLA beat UC Riverside 3-2 on a cold, windy night in front of 385 fans at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The win gives […]
Don’t cry over dropped game
This wasn’t like the losses to Oregon and Stanford. Saturday’s loss to West Virginia won’t mean that much in the greater scheme of things. Sure, it would’ve been great had the Bruins finished off the comeback. But this loss shouldn’t be as deflating as the Oregon and Stanford losses were. It has often been said […]