Mark Shapiro is a wacky and fun-loving junior who enjoys romantic candlelight dinners and moonlit walks on the beach. His column will appear every other Tuesday in Sports. Hey, Pete Dalis, have you gotten the message yet? The UCLA football team doesn’t have to start out every season with a roll call of the Top […]
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Bruins, Gauchos match up in same boat
By Grace Wen Daily Bruin Senior Staff Quick, name one thing the UCLA and UC Santa Barbara women’s volleyball teams have in common … Both UC schools? Yes, but that’s not the answer. Both have coaches who have amassed over 500 victories and been named Coach of the Year? Yeah, but it’s something else. Give […]
Michigan crushes hapless Bruins
By Christopher Isidro Special to the Daily Bruin ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Entering Saturday’s matchup pitting Michigan against UCLA, it was tough to tell which team was ranked seventh in the country and which one was snubbed by the polls. After all, the No. 7 team came from behind to subdue a Boston College squad […]
Bruins douse opponents in Air Force Tournament
By Rick Banks Daily Bruin Contributor Opposing coaches must be scratching their heads and wondering if anyone got the license plate of the truck that is the UCLA men’s water polo team. Going into this weekend’s Air Force Tournament, the Bruins had outscored their opponents 101-56. In their four games in Colorado, they put 71 […]
Frosh goalies saves Bruins from a loss
By Brad Zucker Daily Bruin Senior Staff San Diego goalkeeper Allison Worden showed off some impressive athletic ability on a couple of spectacular plays during a Saturday afternoon. Then again, unlike her UCLA counterpart, she wasn’t being constantly battered by a torrent of cleats and hard-charging bodies. "They beat the crap out of me," Bruin […]
Women’s volleyball beats Trojans in nailbiter
By Grace Wen Daily Bruin Senior Staff In the battle between the Davids and Goliaths of this world, chalk one up for Goliath. Despite the dueling bands and the noise of 850 people in North Gym, UCLA defeated cross-town rival, USC, 15-5, 15-9, 8-15, 13-15, 15-9 in a five-game thriller that took over two hours […]
NBA’s biggest problem solved just like magic
Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, step right up and witness as The Great Roberno solves the National Basketball Association’s most daunting problem. Behold the world’s greatest sports magician and his epic struggle against a beast that threatens to tear the very league apart!!!! What is the fearsome creature that threatens the very fabric […]