Author Archives: Sagar Parikh

It was almost unthinkable. The Bruins were 5-10 in conference play and were on the outside looking in for the MPSF Conference Tournament. During that time, UCLA’s players and coaches talked about how they kept their goal in mind from the beginning of the season: Win their conference tournament, and win the national title. The […]

Senior Dennis Gonzalez can remember it as if it was just yesterday. Standing on the sidelines last May, he watched helplessly as Pepperdine celebrated the national championship on his own home court. Knowing that he only needs four more victories to reclaim that title, Gonzalez would love nothing more to beat Pepperdine (17-7) tonight and […]

The UCLA men’s volleyball team enters Hawai’i’s Stan Sheriff Center to a chorus of boos every year, as Hawai’i fans affectionately know them as the “big, bad Bruins.†But the Hawai’i fans will have a different chant for UCLA on Saturday: “the big, underdog Bruins.†Never in the history of the two teams’ rivalry have […]

Sophomore guards Jordan Farmar and Arron Afflalo were given the John Wooden Award as UCLA’s Co-MVP’s at UCLA’s annual Hoopsters Awards/Dinner Banquet on Tuesday. The co-captains, both of whom are expected to announce whether they intend to return to school or enter the NBA Draft by the April 29 deadline, took the stage for numerous […]

A sold-out crowd. Fans screaming on their feet. UC Santa Barbara’s Robertson Gymnasium was an intimidating place to play Wednesday night. Luckily for the Bruins, they will not have to return there again this season. As a result of their 30-23, 30-24, 34-32 victory over UCSB on Wednesday, the UCLA men’s volleyball team clinched home-court […]

UCLA football kicker Justin Medlock has been reinstated into the program, coach Karl Dorrell announced Monday, after being sentenced to three years’ probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge. Medlock was suspended indefinitely Dec. 11, 2006 in conjunction with his arrest the morning of Dec. 10 for allegedly driving under the influence […]

UCLA may have lost the championship game Monday, but its run through the NCAA Tournament was certainly not all for naught. Viewing all the Bruins’ games through the NCAA Tournament were UCLA’s potential recruits, and that exposure can only help the Bruins’ recruiting in the future, says assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Kerry Keating. “It […]