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The No. 14 UCLA Bruins defeated the Washington State Cougars, 11-2, to win their fifth-straight baseball game and clinch the series sweep. This marks the eighth consecutive victory for UCLA over Washington State and the seventh-straight series victory over the Cougars. The Bruin offense was too much to handle for Washington State, racking up 11 runs on seven hits. Eric Filia (2-for-4, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI) led the way, belting his second home run of the season. Luke Persico (3-for-4, 2 R) was also strong, racking up a season-high three hits. The...
The remarkably successful Special Olympics World Games, held in Los Angeles last summer, was named the top sports moment of 2015 at the 11th Annual LA Sports Awards, held last weekend at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. The LA Sports Awards are produced annually by the Los Angeles Sports Council to celebrate the greatest moments of the year in the Los Angeles/Orange County area. In other award presentations, Blake Griffin was honored as 2015 Sportsman of the Year and the FIFA World Cup Champion U.S. Women’s National Team was named Sportswomen of t...
The UCLA women’s basketball team is moving in the right direction at the right time. They have won 11 out of their last 13 games, went undefeated at home and they are the No. 3 seeded team in the Women’s Pac-12 Tournament that started yesterday in Seattle. The lady Bruins will play the winner of the Oregon versus Arizona game at 2 p.m. on Friday. If the Bruins win they will probably face No. 2 seeded Arizona State on Saturday at 6 p.m. in the semi-finals. If they win their semi-final game they will play for the championship on Sunday at 6 p.m...
When the 2015-16 basketball season started both the USC men’s and women’s teams were winning games and their hopes were high. A few months later hope has turned to desperation now that both teams have started losing games. Now they find themselves in must win situations if they expect to make the NCAA Tournament. The women played their first game in Pac-12 Tournament Thursday, March 3 and if they win that game they will face No. 1 seeded Oregon State on Friday. If they advance pass Oregon State they will play a semi-final game on Saturday and...
The No. 14 UCLA women's basketball team will play their final two home games of the regular season this weekend when they host Arizona on Friday at 8 p.m. and No. 9 Arizona State on Sunday at 11 a.m. Both games will be played inside Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. The lady Bruins are 20-7 overall and 12-4 in the Pac-12. If they expect to stay in the top bracket of the Pac-12 and get a high seed in the upcoming Pac-12 Tournament they need to win one of the two games against the Arizona...
The No. 14 UCLA women's basketball team will play their final two home games of the regular season this weekend when they host Arizona on Friday at 8 p.m. and No. 9 Arizona State on Sunday at 11 a.m. Both games will be played inside Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. The lady Bruins are 20-7 overall and 12-4 in the Pac-12. If they expect to stay in the top bracket of the Pac-12 and get a high seed in the upcoming Pac-12 Tournament they need to win one of the two games against the Arizona...
The USC men’s basketball team has come to that NCAA fork in the road. If they win least four or five more games they will make the NCAA Tournament. If they lose four or five games their tournament dreams will probably disappear. They lost their first home game of the year last Sunday, to Utah 80-69. Utah was led by its 7-foot center Jakob Poeltl from Vienna, Austria. He dominated the Trojans in the paint. USC is now 15-1 at home. “I am proud of the team’s effort,” said USC head coach Andy Enfield after the loss to Utah. “Our effort level is...
When someone mentions UCLA sports the first thing that comes to mind is men’s basketball. For over 50 years the men’s basketball program has been the light that has shined the brightest. This year the light still shines but it’s pointed in the direction of the UCLA women’s basketball team. The Bruin women also have a strong tradition in Westwood and this season the No. 12 lady Bruins are 19-6 overall and 11-3 in the Pac-12 trailing only Oregon State (22-3, 13-1) and Arizona State (22-4, 13-1) in the Pac-12 standings. This weekend UCLA is on the...
There are only five games remaining in the regular season for the USC men’s basketball team. They are currently 18-7 overall and 7-5 in the Pac-12 conference. All of their seven losses have come on the road but the men of Troy are unbeaten at home at press time. The results of their late game last Wednesday did not make this edition. Their five remaining games are against Utah on Sunday at home in the Galen Center at 3 p.m., they travel to the bay area to play Stanford on Thursday February 25 at 8 p.m. and California on Sunday February 28. O...
The UCLA Bruins men’s basketball team is flirting with NCAA Tournament qualifying failure as they travel to Arizona to face the University of Arizona on Friday, February 12, at 6 p.m. on ESPN and Arizona State this Sunday at 5:30 p.m. on ESPNU. UCLA is 13-10 overall and 4-6 in the Pac-12. Against Washington State last month and USC on February 4 the Bruins changed their starting lineup hoping to provide a defensive spark. They inserted Jonah Bolden, a 6-10 guard/forward into the lineup to replace senior Tony Parker and the experiment was s...
USC’s men’s basketball team’s 80-61 win over cross town rival UCLA last week proved that the Trojans are for real. For the past few months everyone has been waiting the Trojans to fall back down to earth, but they continue to reach for the sky. They are currently ranked No. 23 in the nation and have an overall record of 18-5, good for second place in the Pac-12 with a record of 7-3. They face another tough test this weekend when they travel to play Arizona State on Friday at 5 p.m. and Arizona at 5 p.m. on Sunday. The Trojans need to win both...
USC and UCLA men’s and women’s basketball teams have reached the half way mark in the super competitive Pac-12 Conference. All four teams are keeping their NCAA tournament hopes alive. The USC men are 17-5 overall and are tied for second with four other teams with a 6-3 conference record. The USC women are 16-6 overall and tied for fifth place with 4-6 record in the Pac-12. By next weekend the USC men could be in first place. “We are just trying to get better,” said USC coach Andy Enfield after his win over first place Washington last week. ...
USC’s Clay Helton, who successfully made the rare transition from interim coach to head coach after taking over mid-season after Steve Sarkisian was fired, has been selected the 2015 Coach of the Year by the Los Angeles Sports Council. Helton will be honored at the 11th Annual LA Sports Awards, which will be held on Thursday, February 25 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. Helton succeeded in keeping the Trojans together during a challenging set of off-field circumstances. Under his leadership, the Trojans won four straight conference games and d...
Sports Reporter There are several ways to look at the UCLA men's basketball season. If you look at the Pac-12 standings the Bruins are listed as the 10th place team in the league but if you look at the records of the teams they are actually tied for third. That's how competitive the Pac-12 is this season. UCLA is has an overall record of 12-8 and is 3-4 in the Pac-12. If they expect to keep up with the top teams in the league they must beat Washington and Washington State this weekend on their h...
The USC men’s basketball team is tied for second place with six other Pac-12 teams and they are hoping that a sweep of the Washington schools this weekend will put them back in first place. USC played Washington State on Thursday and will battle Washington Saturday at noon in the Galen Center on the USC campus. The Trojans are 15-5 overall and 4-3 in the Pac-12. Other teams that are 4-3 in the Pac-12 are Arizona, California, Colorado, Stanford and Utah and UCLA and Oregon State are 3-4. Right now there are 10 teams in the league with an o...
USC’s Clay Helton, who successfully made the rare transition from interim coach to head coach after taking over mid-season after Steve Sarkisian was fired, has been selected the 2015 Coach of the Year by the Los Angeles Sports Council. Helton will be honored at the 11th Annual LA Sports Awards, which will be held on Thursday, February 25 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. Helton succeeded in keeping the Trojans together during a challenging set of off-field circumstances. Under his leadership, the Trojans won four straight conference games and d...
The USC men’s basketball team moved into a tie for first place in the Pac-12 when they beat UCLA 89-75 last week at UCLA. One of the main reasons they were able to defeat the Bruins was the play of freshman Chimezie Metu. Against the Bruins Metu, who played for Lawndale high school last year, made eight out of 10 shots while scoring 21 points. Some of the moves he made against the Bruins would make an NBA scout smile. He also recorded eight rebounds and he leads the team in block shots this season with 32. “He is learning the college gam...
By Myke Williams Sports Reporter The UCLA men's and women's basketball teams are playing competitive basketball in leagues where on any given night the last place team can beat a top team. The league is that competitive. The UCLA men found that out during their first weekend of Pac-12 play when they lost to Washington and Washington State. After starting 0-2 in the Pac-12 the Bruin men turned their fortunes around when they swept the Arizona schools last week. Their 87-84 thrilling victory over...
By Myke Williams Sports Reporter The USC men’s and women’s basketball teams are a combined 28-5 at press time. For any school that’s a great record but for USC it’s surprising. The men are 14-3 and the women’s record is 14-2. Known as a football school, this year it looks like the Trojans can add basketball to that label. In Pac-12 play the men are 3-1 which is good enough for second place and the women are 2-2 and in seventh place but only one game away from being in second place. Both teams are coming off impressive wins last weekend....
By Myke Williams Sports Reporter The UCLA Bruins and USC Trojan men’s basketball teams hope their home courts will provide that extra push into the victory circle this week when they take on the Arizona schools. Last weekend their trips to the University of Washington and Washington State proved to be a disaster for both schools. The Bruins played Arizona last Thursday and will face Arizona State on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. The Trojans played Arizona State last Thursday and will battle Arizona on Saturday at 4...
By Myke Williams Sports Reporter The 2016 Rose bowl game will showcase two physical teams that are almost identical. Stanford and Iowa rely on their running games and efficient play from their quarterbacks and both teams look to capitalize on their opponents’ mistakes. What sets No. 5 Iowa (12-1) and No. 6 Stanford (11-2) apart is Christian McCaffrey of the Stanford Cardinal. On Friday January 1 at 2 p.m. in the Rose Bowl the nation will get the opportunity to see what the west coast has witnessed this year. They will see why he was the H...
The UCLA Bruins have been ranked number 10 in Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s Fabulous 40 Pre-Season Poll. This marks the fourth time in the past six seasons that UCLA has been ranked inside the top-10 to begin the season. In 2016 the Bruins will face eight teams who are ranked in the top-40 including Oregon State who comes in at number eight. The remaining seven ranked teams UCLA will play are Mississippi State (11), Cal State Fullerton (12), California (13), Oregon (14), North Carolina (22), Pepperdine (30) and Texas (40). The Bruins are o...
By Myke Williams Sports Reporter The season is still early but the USC men and women basketball teams are a combined 18-3 to start the 2015-16 season. The women are 9-0 and the men have a record of 9-3 but the biggest hurdle the Trojans face will be when Pac-12 play starts in a few weeks. All of the men and women teams in the Pac-12 are very competitive this season. The women, who are coached by former USC star Cynthia Cooper, host their own holiday tournament this weekend starting tonight when they face Florida A&M at 6 p.m. at the Galen...
By Myke Williams Sports Reporter It’s a great time to be a local college sports fan. USC and UCLA football teams are headed to local bowl games. The Bruins and Trojans women’s volleyball teams are in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The UCLA men’s water polo team won the NCAA championship with a victory over USC last week and the Bruins and Trojans men and women basketball teams have come up with some impressive wins so far this season. The 8-4 UCLA football team will face a 5-7 Nebraska team in the Foster Farms Bowl at Levi’s Stadium...
Two of the most storied programs in college baseball will once again meet at Dodger Stadium when UCLA takes on USC in the Baseball Classic on March 6, 2016. In the first game of the Sunday double-header the Oklahoma Sooners of the Big 12 Conference will oppose the SEC’s Mississippi State Bulldogs. The Oklahoma-Mississippi State game is slated to begin at 11 a.m. and the USC-UCLA matchup will begin at 3 p.m. Tickets are priced at $40 for Dugout Club seats, $30 for Baseline Club seats, $20 for Field level VIP, $12 for Field level and $10 for pavi...
