Don’t look now, but the UCLA baseball team is winning again.
Or do, it doesn’t matter, they’ll keep winning games.
Author Archives: Sam Strong
_Strong Sides: Former UCLA football coach Rick Neuheisel will be a good fit for the Pac-12 Networks_
Rick Neuheisel’s exit from UCLA was unceremonious.
His Bruins were routed 50-0 by the crosstown Trojans, and Neuheisel was fired two days later.
_Strong Side: Coach Mora should name Brett Hundley as quarterback to bring fresh start for program_
The UCLA spring game is starting to develop a Groundhog Day feel to it.
_Strong Side: Coach Jim Mora’s younger coaches improve football program by connecting with players_
Adrian Klemm had to take a seat.
He had spent the last three hours running around Spaulding Field trying to change the face of a football program.
_Pauley Pavilion’s reopening will signal fresh start for UCLA men’s basketball program_
On an early afternoon in mid-December of last year, the wheels that had so shakily kept the UCLA basketball team going fell off completely. Sure, there were the two ugly losses to open the season and the dreadful showing at the Maui Invitational, but fans still held out hope … until that 69-59 loss to Texas.
_Out with the old & in with the new_
There’s a structure on the side of Spaulding Field. I’m not really sure what to call it. Work room would be giving it too much credit, but it’s more than a shack. It houses various supplies for the football team and during the spring and fall, it’s cleared out for members of the media to work on their stories.
_UCLA may have a new football coach, but the program still lacks student interest_
Spring quarter always seems to bring new beginnings: You start with a clean slate in new classes, the weather is nicer and, of course, my weekly column returns.