Author Archives: Gilbert Quiñonez

This team never stopped believing in itself when it had every reason to. This team never gave up at times when it would have been understandable to. For these reasons, the members of the UCLA men’s volleyball team can call themselves champions. This team didn’t have a single All-American on it. It didn’t have the […]

I had already written most of a column about how epic a national championship match between UCLA and top-ranked UC Irvine would be. Huge underdog Penn State wasn’t supposed to have a chance to beat UCI in the semifinals on Thursday night. But as I was finishing up, I saw the score ““ and Penn […]

For the first time in years, it’s been great for UCLA fans to follow USC football. UCLA just might be the best collegiate football team in the city … with the amateur status of a couple of the USC players suddenly called into question. Just look at all of the potential scandals and recent bad […]

Lisa Dodd was pitching one of the best games of her career. Through five innings, she had yet to allow a hit, and the only Arizona State Sun Devil had reached base on a hit-by-pitch. Yet after allowing only a leadoff single and a sacrifice bunt in the sixth, Dodd was pulled from a 0-0 […]

The top-ranked UCLA softball team may be loaded with offensive, defensive and pitching talent. But against good teams in softball, it often takes the little things on top of talent to win. UCLA had a weekend sweep against two top teams, beating rival No. 3 Arizona 8-2 on Friday and winning against No. 7 Arizona […]

I thought for sure the UCLA men’s volleyball team was going to lose to Hawai’i this past Saturday. Sure, the Bruins were on a nice winning streak. But Hawai’i had a winning streak twice as long. Sure, UCLA had the greatest coach in the history of the sport at the helm. But his team lost […]

Millions of fans everywhere dream about being able to take some swings at a major league ballpark. They dream about walking onto the field and experiencing the beautiful feeling of hitting a line drive at a place where they’ve seen so many of the players they admire do the same thing. Wednesday, I got to […]