Monday, 8/11/97 Davis, Cotton under NCAA investigation INVESTIGATION: Cars believed to be possible incentive for signing with UCLA By Traci Mack Daily Bruin Senior Staff Two Bruin basketball recruits are under investigation by the NCAA, the Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday. The subject of the investigation is believed to be the students’ cars. It […]
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Resilient squad faces nationals
Monday, 8/11/97 Resilient squad faces nationals MENS: Four dedicated Bruins to vie for spots on world team By Steve Kim Daily Bruin Contributor There’s a reason why they nickname the horizontal bar "high bar." The apparatus doesn’t look very big on television, but up close, it is dauntingly high. Steve McCain is 10 feet up […]
Change of name should be in future of Redskins
Monday, 8/11/97 Change of name should be in future of Redskins Younger fans don’t see extent of insult to American Indians The day of reckoning is near, but that isn’t important right now … Did you know that there is one professional team out there whose nickname immediately strikes up controversy? And no, it is […]
W. Swimming Briefs
Monday, 8/11/97 W. Swimming Briefs BRIEFS: Three of UCLA’s swimmers, Lindsay Etter, Keiko Price and Jill Jenkins competed in the Phillips 66 U.S. National Swimming Championships with impressive results. Etter placed seventh in the 200-meter breaststroke with the time of 2:32.57 and eighth in the 100-meter breaststroke with 1:11.12. Price placed seventh in the 50- […]
Top seeds serve it up at Classic
Monday, 8/4/97 Top seeds serve it up at Classic TENNIS: Defending champion Davenport to play; rising star Williams aims for redemption By Steve Kim Daily Bruin Contributor Just weeks after the men’s Infinity Open, the top women’s players will get their turn at a highly competetive tennis competition under the southern California sun for the […]
NBA superstars, celebrities join to raise money for good cause
Monday, 8/4/97 NBA superstars, celebrities join to raise money for good cause BASKETBALL: Festivities draw enthusiastic crowd, while benefiting charity By Tim Yun Daily Bruin Contributor Showtime returned to the Great Western Forum on Saturday night, as a handful of the NBA’s biggest and best stars participated in the Mid Summer Night’s Magic All-Star game. […]
UCLA ready for upcoming season
Monday, 8/4/97 UCLA ready for upcoming season FOOTBALL: Returning players bring experience to team, look ahead to challenging 1997 schedule By Tim Yun and Steve Kim Daily Bruin Contributors After successfully completing his rookie campaign, head coach Bob Toledo enters the 1997 season hoping to avoid a Sophomore Slump. "It’s hard for me to believe […]