They won’t do it. No matter how far the UCLA Bruins fall, they refuse to equate this season to last year. And frankly, they’re right. Thursday night’s 55-48 loss to Washington State may have been more demoralizing than anything witnessed at Pauley Pavilion last year or any other year for that matter. The die-hard few […]
Author Archives: Jeff Eisenberg
M.track: New coach gives sprinters individual attention
Tony Veney has always kept one eye on the UCLA men’s track and field program even when the sport deposited him thousands of miles from Los Angeles. So when the Bruin alumnus finally returned to Westwood as the new men’s sprints coach last June, he was already well aware of the potential of his young […]
M. soccer: Guerrero comments on search for soccer coach
Nobody dishes out pink slips faster than Dan Guerrero. But when it comes to hiring new coaches, Guerrero favors a more deliberate approach. The second-year UCLA Athletic Director is leaving no resume unread and no reference unchecked in his quest to replace Tom Fitzgerald with a new men’s soccer coach. Consequently, the search process which […]
W. track: Women’s track raises bar for new records
A first place finish and a new personal record make a great way to start a season. But Cari Soong hopes it’s just the beginning. Soong, who won the weight throw competition Saturday at the Husky Invitational in Seattle with a 67-foot, 8.25-inch heave, hopes to be clearing the 70-foot mark later this season. “And […]
M. soccer: Panel prolongs soccer coach selection
The meandering search for a UCLA men’s soccer coach appears to have hit another snag. A panel of UCLA Athletics Department officials headed by Associate Athletic Director Ken Weiner interviewed three candidates for the job on Thursday; however, none of them have been offered the job. Multiple sources close to the program have indicated that […]
M. basketball: Red Storm capsizes Bruins, 71-55
NEW YORK “”mdash; The sting of a fifth consecutive defeat apparently subsided quickly. No more than a half-hour after Saturday’s crippling 71-55 loss to St. John’s, several UCLA players had already seemingly forgotten about the outcome as they shared jokes and snapped photos of one another inside the hallowed hallways of Madison Square Garden. That’s […]
M.basketball: Farmer’s play throws Bruins off-kilter
The Pac-10’s most notorious villain stole one from UCLA on Thursday night. With Pauley Pavilion rumbling and all the momentum squarely behind the Bruins, USC’s Desmon Farmer snatched it right back. Punctuating every basket with a smug smirk or a menacing stare, the Trojan guard almost singlehandedly thwarted UCLA’s second-half comeback attempt as USC left […]