Author Archives: Gilbert Quiñonez

I don’t want to come across as a male chauvinist. I am all for women playing sports. But Martha Burk, the National Council of Women’s Organizations, and the WNBA players union need to chill. On the heels of Title IX discussions last week, Burk, the chairperson of the NCWO, announced her support for the WNBA […]

When a No. 1 team plays to its full potential, look out. The top-ranked UCLA softball team scored 35 runs in a doubleheader against UC Riverside yesterday and didn’t allow any from the other team. “We still have work to do, but I’ll give the players a day off,” UCLA head coach Sue Enquist said. […]

Wooden. J.D. Morgan. Ackerman. Pauley. Hedrick. Sproul. All of these successful Bruins have made their mark on UCLA with buildings named after them. Michael Sondheimer, UCLA associate athletic director and director of recruiting, had a box score named after him. “The NCAA already had basketball box scores, and I tried to model the volleyball box […]

Five softball teams will come together this weekend to help commemorate a Bruin great. UCLA will open its season with the second annual Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament, which starts today, at Easton Stadium at 9 a.m. “Everybody will take a moment to remember her,” Bruin head coach Sue Enquist said. “She emulated the Bruin spirit.” […]

The UCLA softball team is reloading, not rebuilding. Despite losing All-American Amanda Freed and NCAA all-time home run leader Stacy Nuveman, the Bruins are the preseason favorites to win the Pac-10, a conference in which seven of its eight teams advanced to last year’s postseason. “We’re going to have a different look this year,” head […]

Several players on the UCLA men’s tennis team felt they didn’t get a good enough workout during their 7-0 dismantling of University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Therefore, they decided to hit some more balls after yesterday’s match. “They had already done their job,” UCLA men’s tennis head coach Billy Martin said. “If they feel they […]