He’s made his list and checked it twice, and now Dan Guerrero is finally ready pick up the pace in his search for the next UCLA men’s basketball coach. But if the Bruins’ athletic director expects to complete the interview process at the Final Four this weekend in New Orleans, he might find the best […]
Author Archives: Jeff Eisenberg
Bruins deserve nothing but the best head coach
Say what you will about Steve Lavin, but he sure can make an exit. After months of dominating the local sports landscape, Lavin finally left our collective consciousness for good over the weekend when his latest Houdini act simply ran out of magic. Mere hours after pulling off an unimaginable victory over No. 1 Arizona, […]
UCLA anxious to learn postseason fate
The trademark confidence of the UCLA women’s basketball team was missing after practice on Wednesday afternoon. In its place was an feeling of nervous anticipation. With Selection Sunday looming and the Bruins perched squarely on the bubble, even head coach Kathy Olivier was thinking about the team’s NCAA tournament hopes as the players finished up […]
Men in, women out of Pac-10 tourney: Stanford defeats UCLA, 69-64, but team still feels worthy of NC
SAN JOSE “”mdash; Michelle Greco was in agony after UCLA’s loss to Stanford on Saturday afternoon, but it wasn’t because she took a vicious blow to her nose that sidelined her for much of the first half. Instead, the source of Greco’s pain was the Cardinal’s Nicole Powell, who broke a 61-61 tie with 1:56 […]
NCAA bid real possibility for Bruins
They first considered it while lifting weights over the summer. It was in the back of their minds as they struggled through a disappointing preseason. They never gave up on it even after a disheartening three-game losing streak in early February. And now, with their careers nearing an end, a berth in the NCAA tournament […]
Track star returns to UCLA as Titan coach
One of the greatest track and field athletes in UCLA history returned to Westwood this weekend, but he was not clad in his alma mater’s traditional blue and gold. Mike Powell, the world record-holder for the long jump, manned the sidelines as an assistant coach for Cal State Fullerton as the Titans squared off against […]
NCAA, MTV: the next pop duo?
When thousands of Democrats and anti-war zealots walk out of their classes on Wednesday, expect a few basketball fans to be close on their heels. It appears that war with Iraq has been tentatively scheduled for the same time slot as the NCAA tournament. According to CBS President Sean McManus, the network might preempt its […]