Daily Bruin: What’s it like being the youngest player on the team? Russell Westbrook: I like being young. A lot of people put a lot of stuff on you, a lot of pressure. I like taking that on. DB: Do you have any siblings? RW: I have a younger brother. He’s 15 and in 10th […]
Author Archives: Jonathan Lee
Basketball Preview: Put your money on Bruin coaching
Many in the national media are making Arizona the trendy pick to rule the Pac-10 and make a run to the Final Four. If they looked a little bit closer, though, they’d know the smart money wouldn’t be on the Wildcats but instead on the Bruins repeating their magical run from last season. With the […]
Bruins score an easy 6-1 win over a familiar face
Although her Bruins romped to an easy 6-1 over UNLV Friday night, UCLA women’s soccer coach Jill Ellis could not celebrate as much as she might have liked. The Rebels were not just another opponent for the Bruins because they were led by a familiar face making a homecoming. UNLV is coached by former Bruin […]
UCLA attacks in postseason games
After suffering heartbreak in the past three seasons, the UCLA women’s soccer team’s ultimate goal of winning a national title has finally come within sight. In the opening weekend of the postseason, the No. 2 Bruins (19-3) took their first two steps toward that goal, advancing to the third round after beating UNLV 6-1 on […]
Nitpicky rules spoil the game
The recent NCAA ruling that freshman forward Nikola Dragovic will be ineligible for the first 10 games of the season represents everything that is wrong with college sports. What exactly does the NCAA gain by continually making these kinds of decisions? Dragovic will be ineligible to compete for the Bruins until late December simply because […]
Lee on College Sports: Playoffs would solve BCS controversy
With every release of the Bowl Championship Series standings comes a new set of controversies and uproar. It fuels endless watercooler talk and sports radio for a full week until a new batch of standings come out the following Sunday. And that’s just how it appears the NCAA likes it. This week, Ohio State and […]
W. Soccer: Quest for title begins with tournament draws
When it comes to the NCAA Tournament selection committee, one can never know exactly what to expect in any sport. Monday’s women’s soccer pairings followed this same vein as UCLA, the No. 3-ranked team nationally in the polls, received a mild surprise with a No. 2 seed regionally in the lower-left section of the bracket. […]