The rebuilding era is over. For the UCLA women’s basketball team, Selection Sunday means much more than just going to its first NCAA Tournament in four years. It means validation. Coach Kathy Olivier no longer has to worry about rebuilding a program in distress. She can focus on making UCLA a consistent postseason contender. Sure, […]
Author Archives: Gilbert Quiñonez
With softer floors, men’s volleyball is No. 1 again
It turns out a broken mirror is worth only one year of bad luck, not seven. How else do you explain the return of the men’s volleyball team to its rightful spot as the No. 1 team in the rankings. Last year, UCLA had its worst season in history and was plagued by injuries the […]
Basketball, not football, the pinnacle of college sports
I love college basketball. After Saturday, I now declare college hoops a better sport than college football. Sure, football may have higher ratings and may bring in more revenue and more fans to its stadiums. But I found one rhetorical question which proves why college basketball is superior to college football. When else is a […]
W. tennis: Tennis falls to Troy despite strong doubles
The match started out as a role reversal for UCLA and USC. It didn’t stay that way however, as the USC women’s tennis team beat UCLA 5-2 on Wednesday. When the two teams met back on Jan. 30, the Women of Troy were riddled with injuries but started off the match by winning the doubles […]
Bruin sports (and readers) deserve fair coverage
Everyone’s a critic. I know, because over the past few weeks, there were several of you out there who have been telling me via e-mail how to do my job as sports editor. This is a good thing. Please, continue to tell me how to do my job. Or please, send me an e-mail about […]
Foreign athletes rare at UCLA
Foreign athletes have been major factors on several NCAA championship teams and account for some of the best performers in collegiate sports. They also account for much internal debate and controversy within the NCAA. “Certainly there are a few more things that we have to clear up with the European players, because they’re not playing […]
M. tennis: UCLA drops the ball to Baylor, 5-2
The loudest cheers at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on Thursday came well after the Bruins had already lost. While Tobias Clemens was in the middle of an upset win over the No. 1-ranked singles player in the country, Baylor’s Benedict Dorsch, No. 3 Baylor (8-1) won enough singles matches to clinch a 5-2 victory. […]