Usually, dreams have no boundaries. But in the case of UCLA men’s head tennis coach Billy Martin, his dream has four walls and a roof over it. Backed by the Southern California Tennis Association, several private donors and his own team, Martin has proposed to the athletic department that a roof be built over four […]
Author Archives: Greg Schain
Grades are in: Patterson cannot play
Andre Patterson has been dismissed from the school for academic reasons, the Athletic Department said Thursday. Whether the starting forward enrolls at another school to try to get back into UCLA is still an open question, as is whether new coach Ben Howland would give Patterson his scholarship back. When his family was contacted Thursday […]
Cummings may exchange senior year for NBA draft
Will T.J. Cummings return for his senior season? Speculation abounds that Cummings won’t be back in Westwood next year. The forward, who has been known to have academic problems, might opt for the NBA draft instead of improving his reportedly woeful GPA. He was the only player to skip new coach Ben Howland’s inaugural team […]
Howland excited to make “˜dream come true’
Smiling from ear to ear, Ben Howland was formally introduced as the UCLA head men’s basketball coach on Thursday. The 45-year-old Southern California native glowed as UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero made the formal announcement in front of a horde of broadcast media, print media, boosters, UCLA administrators and Howland’s family in the J.D. Morgan […]
Howland to replace Lavin as head coach
Ben Howland has agreed to become the next UCLA head basketball coach, according to several sources. Howland interviewed with UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero on Sunday, and will become the eighth head coach to take the reins of the UCLA program since legendary coach John Wooden retired in 1975. An official announcement from the Athletics […]
Identity of new coach uncertain
There is no imminent hire set to take over as the next UCLA head basketball coach. But there are lots of rumors, expressions of interest, denials, and ambiguous question-dodging by everyone involved. Ben Howland of Pittsburgh and Mark Few of Gonzaga seem to be emerging as the favorites. UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero interviewed Howland […]
Bruins unable to fight off Ducks, lose 75-74
Somewhere on the floor of the Staples Center still sits the broken heart, the teardrops and the shadow of a lost UCLA season that ended as disappointingly as it began. And, if you look hard, you might also be able to see the ghost of Steve Lavin, who is nothing more than a memory to […]