Every time UCLA’s Ryan Hollins goes up for a dunk or plucks a rebound out of the air in traffic, he notices the difference ““ he no longer winces when he comes back down. “Night and day,” he said. Hollins, a senior, struggled mightily in recovering from off-season surgery on his right knee last season, […]
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Thompson selected in 2nd round
Bunkered in his agent Tom Ramasar’s office in Beverly Hills, surrounded by some friends and family on Tuesday night, Dijon Thompson prepared to watch and wait as the NBA Draft unfolded. But as the seconds turned into minutes and the minutes turned into hours without hearing his name called, what was originally thought to be […]
Bruin part of amateur surge at U.S. Open
Upon taking a casual glance at the final leaderboard of the U.S. Women’s Open, it seemed like amateurs overran professional women’s golf’s most prestigious event. One of the young uprising stars that contributed to the ambush on the leaderboard was 19-year-old UCLA sophomore women’s golfer Amie Cochran. Despite finishing at a tie for 50th at […]
Thompson faces NBA Draft
For the last four years, Westwood has been the permanent address of Dijon Thompson’s basketball career. But on Tuesday, the graduated senior will most likely call one of 30 different destinations his new basketball home. What that the destination is, however, will be determined Tuesday night at the 2005 NBA Draft at Madison Square Garden […]
W. golf: Golfer stays true to her game
When senior women’s golfer Melissa Martin was five years old, her father gave her the nickname “The Mighty Mo,” named for the battleship USS Missouri which saw action in three wars and was known for never having sunk. Though she had been playing golf for all of one year, Martin already showed signs of a […]
M. golf: Bruins fall short at NCAAs
Before the NCAA men’s golf championship began last Wednesday, UCLA coach O.D. Vincent believed his team could win the title just as likely as it could finish in last place. Yet sticking with convention, the Bruin coach thought the most probable finish for his team was going to be somewhere in between the two extremes. […]
M. golf: Departing senior sees an early exit
Senior John Poucher’s collegiate career, much like the UCLA men’s golf team’s season, was cut one round short. Because they failed to make the cut following Friday’s third round, the Bruins came back to Los Angeles a day early, marking a subdued end to Poucher’s time at UCLA. The senior struggled in his final event […]