Thursday, May 16, 1996 By Scott Yabroff Daily Bruin Contributor Some people might think that UCLA athletics have every comfort and convenience at their fingertips. The basketball teams play in a beautiful, modern arena that seats thousands of people right down Bruin Walk. The football team gets the opportunity to fly out to Hawaii for […]
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Hurlers hope comeback not too late
Thursday, May 16, 1996 After injury-ravaged year, playoff berth hangs in balance By Yoni Tamler Daily Bruin Staff Back in January, the UCLA baseball team expressed with conviction that it was the team to beat and predicted a UCLA trip to the College World Series for the first time in head coach Gary Adams’ Division […]
Sprinter finds Olympic stride under Smith’s guidance
Thursday, May 16, 1996 Coach provides atmosphere for Hassan’s successBy Emmanuelle Ejercito Daily Bruin Staff There are some high school athletes who sit on their hands hoping that a coach will come around bringing a ticket for a free college ride, but not UCLA sprinter Ibrahim Hassan. "He basically recruited us," UCLA sprints coach John […]
Netter goes from whiner to winner
Thursday, May 16, 1996 Sophomore Gimelstob rises to top after calming down on-court anticsBy Mark Shapiro Daily Bruin Staff This time last year, he was the bad boy, the player that people came out to watch in hopes that they would be witness to one of his patented on-court outbursts. This season, Justin Gimelstob has […]
UCLA Softball takes top honors
Thursday, May 16, 1996 Bruins’ Adams, Howard, Burns, Poulson among those given Pac-10 awardsBy Brent Boyd Daily Bruin Contributor Heading into this weekend’s NCAA regionals, the UCLA softball team should compete with plenty of confidence, as 10 Bruins were honored by the Pacific 10 for their performances this season. Leading the pack was freshman third […]
Rekindling a UCLA traditiona
Thursday, May 16, 1996 Sprinter sets out to leave her own legacy for w. trackBy Scott Yamaguchi Daily Bruin Staff There was a time  a stretch of almost 15 years  when UCLA’s women sprinters owned the NCAA Track and Field Championship meet. From 1977, when Evelyn Ashford won the first of UCLA’s 100-meter […]
M. Golf trying to prove itself at NCAA…
Wednesday, May 15, 1996 Poor Pac-10 finish has UCLA striving to get back on trackBy Arthur Choung Daily Bruin Contributor The UCLA men’s golf team hopes to rebound at the NCAA regionals after a disappointing ninth-place finish at the Pacific 10 championships two weeks ago. "We got off to a bad start there. I thought […]