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NCAA, NBA should put end to one and dones (237 clicks)
This is that special time of the year when the nation's best freshman basketball players appear in front of the TV cameras, say that deep in their hearts they'll always be a Bruin-Wildcat-Trojan-Tiger-blah, blah, blah, and then announce their decision to leave school for "the next level."
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AWE-DISHIN' (180 clicks)
UCLA Spirit Squad Try-outs: An awesome display of talent, beauty, and grace that asks the Judges to do the impossible.
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UCLA Football Coach Heads List of Muir Hall Inductees (94 clicks)
Defensive Coordinator DeWayne Walker, who served as head coach in UCLA?s last football game and was referred to by Rick Neuheisel as "my top recruit" upon replacing Karl Dorrell as the Bruins? head coach, heads the list of four alumni elected to the 21st annual John Muir High School Hall of Fame.
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Olivier coming back to UNLV (176 clicks)
Women's basketball job goes to ex-Rebel, former UCLA coach
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Re. Sidney/Stephenson "Package Deal" for UCLA (318 clicks)
Last week there was a lot of commotion in a number of Bruin message boards stemming from "package deal" story posted on Bruin Report Online, involving the #2-ranked player in the class of 2009, post player Renardo Sidney, and the #3-ranked player in the nation, 6-5 small forward Lance Stephenson.
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Luc declares for draft (112 clicks)
A day after UCLA's starting center and one of its starting guards declared for the NBA Draft, its starting power forward announced that he'd be joining them.
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Waves crash down on Bruins' season (110 clicks)
It was a fitting end as Pepperdine's Paul Carroll smashed down a kill, ending the Bruins' title hopes Friday night in Pauley Pavilion.
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Women's tennis earns its first Pac-10 title (97 clicks)
As Tracy Lin battled for and won the final point of her singles match against USC on Friday afternoon, she clinched perhaps the biggest win in the team's history.
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Win secures fifth straight conference championship (88 clicks)
While UCLA's Harel Srugo was busy doing his patented jog to pick up balls between points and trotting to the bench at changeovers, USC's Robert Farah was hunched over on the other side of the net trying desperately to catch his breath.
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Neuheisel focuses on need for offensive progress for spring game (120 clicks)
The UCLA football team's Friday scrimmage at Spaulding Field turned into an indicator of the progress the coaches want to see from the offense before the spring game next Saturday at the Rose Bowl.
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Baseball avoids series sweep with Sunday victory (78 clicks)
Heading into the bottom of Sunday's first inning down 2-0, it looked like the same old story for the UCLA baseball team.
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Softball undeterred by rain (98 clicks)
In Washington, rain is a daily insignificance. But for the run-thirsty UCLA softball team, a pair of rain delays washed away recent offensive woes.
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Men's track and field comes up short in rainy Oregon (86 clicks)
In a day filled with extreme weather that included rain, wind and hail, the men's track and field team did its best to overcome the elements and the Ducks but fell short in a 94-69 loss.
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High jumper wins invite with lifetime best mark (102 clicks)
For Allie Miller, Saturday was her best day as a Bruin.
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Bruin Recruiting: Prep News Roundup (4/21) (201 clicks)
Updates on UCLA men's basketball recruits.
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Heads Up Re. Sidney/Stephenson (143 clicks)
Videos of Sidney and Stephenson... to UCLA? More thoughts tomorrow.
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One Step Back (102 clicks)
Well, spring practice is rapidly come to an end and the Bruins had their second scrimmage on Friday. With the new offense being installed, you knew the defense was going to dominate... and they did. It seems like this offensive unit it progressing but there are a lot of kinks that need to be worked out. A lot of kinks.
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UCLA Baseball Takes Down No. 10 Stanford, 8-2, in Series Finale (53 clicks)
The UCLA baseball team overcame an early 2-0 deficit by scoring six runs in the first three innings to defeat No. 10 Stanford, 8-2, Sunday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
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Second OL update (121 clicks)
The first-team offensive line hasn't excelled in spring practice, and the second-team offensive line has been an even bigger concern. However, backup tackle Mike Harris said he thought the second unit was doing better after feeling the wrath of new offensive line coach Bob Palcic.
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Gaining speed (107 clicks)
UCLA receiver/punt returner Terrence Austin showed improved speed during Friday's scrimmage, something he attributes to a change in workout philosophy since the school re-hired Mike Linn as its strength and conditioning coach.
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Love sighting (116 clicks)
Kevin Love, who declared for the NBA draft last week, is at today's Lakers playoff game. He's here with his father, Stan Love, a former Laker. [end of text]
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UCLA doubles up on Pac-10 championship (112 clicks)
UCLA tennis finished Pac-10 play with a victory over USC to clinch the league title. "Men's or women's?" you ask. Both.
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ET TU, MOUTE? (118 clicks)
Brutal week: The Decline of the Bruin Empire continues, as even Mbah a Moute -- who'd be more comfortable a-roamin' in Togo than in a Roman toga -- says he'll take a stab at the NBA, but doesn't hire an agent either, so these may not be his famous last words
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Tight situation (112 clicks)
One thing that is interesting to me is how the tight ends are being used. Ryan Moya and Logan Paulsen are lining up in the traditional spot, but also being split wide.
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Giant Breazell (95 clicks)
Former UCLA receiver Brandon Breazell has been getting interest from several NFL teams, and the latest to call and chat with him was the New York Giants.[end of text]
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Offensive measurements (111 clicks)
Is UCLA offensive coordinator Norm Chow pleased with where the offense is with four practices remaining in the spring?
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Chow on the offense (87 clicks)
The sentiment from UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel after Friday's scrimmage was the passing game needed to improve, but offensive coordinator Norm Chow added that the running game also must get better. "We just have to keep improving,'' Chow said. "The problem with these scrimmages is we don't allow them to be game planned. We try to do some different things. We're just trying to get our stuff in, so sometimes we're not going to look good.
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Different defense (115 clicks)
With Kevin Brown, Christian Taylor, Trey Brown, Dennis Keyes, Rodney Van, Chris Horton and Bruce Davis all gone from last year's defense,, Bruins defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker said next season's defense will be much different.
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Dominating D (87 clicks)
Christian Ramirez, Chane Moline and Craig Sheppard combined to rush 16 times for 26 yards in the scrimmage as UCLA's defensive line dominated. In the middle of it all were defensive tackles Brigham Harwell and Brian Price.
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Neuheisel on Craft (115 clicks)
JUCO transfer quarterback Kevin Craft was 5 for 11 for 81 yards and a touchdown in the scrimmage, working primarily with the second-team offense and a little with the third team. His best throw was a 35-yard to Gavin Ketchum.
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Punt returns (89 clicks)
UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel said it was a three person race right now when it comes to the punt returner spot, although Terrence Austin was the only guy to be back during Friday night's scrimmage. Austin returned two punts for touchdowns, but it wasn't as if both were clear returns. It wasn't at full speed, and it wasn't a 100 percent live drill.
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Junior Day plan (125 clicks)
UCLA isn't practicing, but coach Rick Neuheisel and his staff are hosting a Junior Day today. So, what goes on at Junior Day? Well, here's the itinerary:
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Scrimmage stats (89 clicks)
Here are the scrimmage stats:
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Post-scrimmage update (90 clicks)
UCLA's offense didn't look nearly as good as it did in the scrimmage last weekend. The first-team offense didn't score and Patrick Cowan and Ben Olson were a combined 8 for 20. Afterward, coach Rick Neuheisel said, in short, the passing game needed to make a dramatic improvement in the next week to give it some momentum heading into the offseason. The first- and second-team offensive line had trouble with penalties -- holds and false starts.
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Kevin Love's Interview with ESPN (124 clicks)
Check out Kevin Love's Interview on the Dave Dameshek Show.
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Spring Football Notes (70 clicks)
Reading from yesterday's reports in the MSM it sounded like our offense had a pretty mediocre Friday night against the defense. However, a poster named Jeff_is_smiling, who has been publishing some detailed reports from practice, seemed to have a different impression. Per Jeff's report from Friday which he posted in BruinGold, the ' the offense was competitive with the defense':
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Luc's Calculations (124 clicks)
While some UCLA fans are intent on over-reacting to this past week's news (relying on "Star Trek" based "teaching"), let's look at the reasons behind Luc's decision to put his name in the draft.
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Spring Football News & Notes: Under The Lights (93 clicks)
The team had it second scrimmage of this spring last night. By all accounts the defense dominated the offense.
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UCLA's Moya bolsters depth at tight end (113 clicks)
Other than the final season of future first-round NFL draft choice Marcedes Lewis' career, the tight end was an underused - if ever used - part of UCLA's offense during Karl Dorrell's tenure.
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It might be better if stars such as UCLA's Love skipped college (167 clicks)
Rule that keeps high school stars from going directly to the NBA isn't working out well for the NCAA schools.
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UCLA's Mbah a Moute becomes NBA Draft eligible (107 clicks)
UCLA forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute Friday announced he has decided to follow teammates Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook and make himself eligible for the June NBA Draft. Mbah a Moute, however, said he primarily is testing the NBA waters.
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UCLA's Mbah a Moute to enter NBA draft (140 clicks)
Junior forward will not hire an agent so that he can remain eligible to play his senior season if he is not evaluated as a potential first-round draft pick.
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Howland's mea culpa (197 clicks)
During the teleconference to announce power forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute was declaring for the NBA draft, UCLA coach Ben Howland was talking about Mbah a Moute's skill as a defender. He then morphed into a strategic mistake he believes he made in the national semifinals loss to Memphis.
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UCLA's Mbah a Moute declares for NBA draft - LA Daily News (97 clicks)
For the third time in less than 26 hours, a UCLA player announced he was declaring for the NBA draft, but protecting his college eligibility by not hiring an agent.
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Luc release (85 clicks)
Here is the release from UCLA on Luc Richard Mbah a Moute:
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More Luc (76 clicks)
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, who announced he was declaring for the NBA draft, said his ankle is feeling fine, and he doesn't think it will impact him working out for NBA teams. He said he will remain in school and not hire an agent, and that if he isn't going to be a first-round pick, he will return to UCLA for his senior season.
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Harwell on watch (89 clicks)
The Football Writers Association of America has released its 2008 Outland Trophy Watch List, which includes UCLA senior defensive tackle Brigham Harwell.
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Bruins Host Stanford In HUGE Pac 10 Series (61 clicks)
The college baseball season is heading into its final five weeks and for UCLA, the pressure is on as the preseason #1 is facing the prospect of missing the postseason. The Bruins struggled early last season, but was one of the nation's hottest teams in the final month, riding a wave of momentum into the Super Regionals. That wave of momentum started with a series sweep over Stanford, the same squad the Bruins will face off against this weekend in what could be their biggest series of the season.
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Mbah a Moute Decides To Enter NBA Draft (99 clicks)
In a teleconference with the media this afternoon, junior forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute announced he would make himself eligible for the NBA draft but will not hire an agent at this time. By not immediately signing with an agent, Mbah a Moute can still pull his name out of the draft up to ten days prior and still retain his collegiate eligibility. This year's draft takes place June 26.
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UCLA Football Keys to Success: Ditch Spring Practice (113 clicks)
Though I was at school there four years and have followed the team for much longer, I hadn’t heard of it til now. Perhaps it’s because the team never had much hype or expectations. Or perhaps it’s because of this very tradition that the team sucks, and the two go hand-in-hand.
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Making the Grade (205 clicks)
UCLA has been getting a little flack in the press for a high number of admission "exceptions" for athletes, but you would know it based on these winter quarter stats. Out of about 650 student-athletes at UCLA ...
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LOVE TAPS (203 clicks)
The only viable scenario left that has Kevin Love returning to UCLA for his Sophomore season is one where Kevin sustains an injury. Where's Jeff Gillooly when you need him? [Did he really just say that?!]
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In or out? (125 clicks)
I spoke to tailback Christian Ramirez, who is running with a lower pad level this spring than he did last season, which he attributed to getting "lit up" by linebacker Reggie Carter during a practice. During the scrimmage he looked smooth running between the tackles and showed a nice burst getting to the outside, so I asked him which suits his game more.
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Thursday Practice Report (118 clicks)
Another practice and another fantastic practice report from Bruin Gold's Jeff_is_smiling. It sounds like the offense is starting to make some progress. Here are some of the big things that Jeff noticed in yesterday's practice.
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Bob Palcic on the Line (120 clicks)
The offensive line this spring has been taking a beating and not just on Spalding field. They've gotten a bad rap from the media and fans who have watched practice this spring. I thought it would be interesting to look at some of the comments from offensive line coach Bob Palcic on how he thinks this unit will perform come September.
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Back To Football (91 clicks)
I am not going to do any more over the wall posts from my end. I am done. I think the seniors have gotten message that it was a dumb move on their part, which made our program look bad both at local and national level. However, there is no reason to keep beating them over it again and again.
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Ben Ball News & Notes: No Reason To Get Down (152 clicks)
Let's get right to the round up from what was a tough day for lot of UCLA basketball fans around this Nation.
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Tennessee assistant is new women's coach (91 clicks)
Caldwell brings championship experience to a team that never made a Final Four under Olivier
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Love, Westbrook headed for NBA (106 clicks)
Star freshman and athletic sophomore voice their intentions to leave UCLA and enter the 2008 Draft
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Let them go -- their time has come (113 clicks)
Star players will be missed, but they are making wise, well-informed decisions to go pro this year
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Volleyball to kick off playoff run in Pauley (100 clicks)
After losing to Stanford last weekend, Scates and his team are just glad to avoid Pepperdine's gym
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Against the odds, men's tennis' season near-perfect (97 clicks)
Billy Martin is still waiting to be woken up from what he says feels like a dream.
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Healthy lineup puts Pac-10 title in view (89 clicks)
After putting a serious dent in the armor of women's tennis powerhouse Stanford in the semifinals of last year's NCAA Championships, the No. 6 UCLA women's tennis team has opened up another opportunity to give the Cardinal a thorough blow.
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Women's track and field prepping for approaching postseason season at various meets (89 clicks)
This weekend, the women's track and field team will send two squads to two different meets as a part of a midseason tune-up.
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Last place on the line as lacrosse rivals face off (84 clicks)
Although the playoffs are out of the question for both UCLA and USC club lacrosse this season, they are not about to forget the significance of their classic rivalry.
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Softball team braving usually-chilly Washington for weekend conference series (85 clicks)
Softball coach Kelly Inouye-Perez tells her players to "dream for those game-defining moments when you can be the one."
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Bruins hope six rules to live by will guide them through a crucial series against Stanford (81 clicks)
Every time a member of the UCLA baseball team leaves the clubhouse, he walks past a board.
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Men's track to travel to Oregon for rivalry meet (86 clicks)
This weekend at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., the No. 3 UCLA men's track and field team will take on the No. 25 Oregon Ducks, continuing a rivalry dating back to 1966.
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Alumni event (115 clicks)
UCLA Football Players of the Past Visit Practice
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Neuheisel gets Bruins back to work (165 clicks)
They practice for the first time since their controversial one-day sabbatical, and the head coach makes them climb the wall this time to leave practice.
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UCLA hires Caldwell from Tennessee to coach women's team (141 clicks)
Nikki Caldwell helped Lady Vols win their second straight national championship and will replace Kathy Olivier, who led the Bruins for 15 seasons.
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Ditch Day in Perspective (92 clicks)
So the Over The Wall tradition is likely dead after this season. With all the flap over the ditch day that the players organized, I don't think we'll ever see it again. Which is a good thing because it's a pretty lame tradition. But all that being said, I think people are getting WAY too worked up over it.
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UCLA's Love, Westbrook leaving ... who's next? (144 clicks)
UCLA's underclassmen began their exodus Thursday with freshman center Kevin Love and sophomore guard Russell Westbrook announcing they were applying for the NBA draft, but a true look at what next season's Bruins will look like remains two months away.
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Bruins' receivers enjoy freedom of choice (134 clicks)
It used to be UCLA's receivers had two choices on a pass play - run the designed route, or a go-route. It was a source of frustration in a complex, confining system under former coach Karl Dorrell.
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Former Tennessee player, assistant knows how to win (89 clicks)
Championships. That's what UCLA said it was looking for in its next women's basketball coach. And wouldn't you know it, a little more than a week ago, Nikki Caldwell was winning one as an assistant coach for the Tennessee Lady Vols.
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UCLA's Love, Westbrook will enter NBA draft (146 clicks)
It was a fast break as swift and decisive as any UCLA orchestrated this season.
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UCLA hires women's basketball coach (174 clicks)
Caldwell was an assistant under Pat Summit at Tennessee for six seasons.
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Savage hopes to reward coaches' faith (112 clicks)
The offensive linemen said he is gaining confidence in his burgeoning abilities every day.
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Kevin Love's full announcement (152 clicks)
I didn't get a chance to set up all the equipment, so apologies if this is a little raw. Here's a video of the full announcement by Kevin Love.
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Thank You Kevin (75 clicks)
As I have said all along for months this shouldn't have been a surprise to anyone here on Bruins Nation. So there wasn't any tiny voice in my head saying, "what if he stays ...?" :-) I know some of you are disappointed and were dreaming a little bit, but don't say we didn't warn you. We should have been ready for this day all along. This day was coming the very day KL put on the uniform belonging to Coach Wooden's program.
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Welcome To The Bruin Family Nikki Caldwell (79 clicks)
Caldwell, 35, is one of the brightest young assistants in the country who has spent the past six years as an assistant for Pat Summitt at Tennessee.
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Bruins are victims of the transition game (148 clicks)
With Love and Westbrook leaving early, and possibly two others, Howland will have to rebuild on the fly. But that's just the way it is.
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Getting the point (77 clicks)
Russell Westbrook spent much of the season playing off guard, but he thinks he will be able to make the transition to playing point guard in the NBA because of experience.
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Nikki Caldwell story (96 clicks)
Hey, thought this was up on the website already but apparently it's not. Anyway, here's the story I filed on new womens basketball coach Nikki Caldwell, who agreed to a five-year deal Thursday, worth $295,000 per year, or just under $1.5 million over the course of the deal.
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Shipp and Collison (87 clicks)
From talking to sources, I'm hearing wing Josh Shipp and point guard Darren Collison will not make their decisions until mid to late next week about whether to declare for the NBA draft.
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Defensive looks (85 clicks)
While UCLA's offensive players are dealing with their fourth offensive coordinator in as many years, the defense is readying for its third straight year under defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker.
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Love release (79 clicks)
Here is the official press release on Kevin Love's announcement:
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Post practice update (88 clicks)
UCLA players caught the wrath of the coaching staff Tuesday when they did the traditional ditching of practice, but without going "over the wall" but rather by running through an open gate, so coach Rick Neuheisel ended Thursday's practice, after a two-hour session, by sending all the players "over the wall." And this time they all went over it.
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Why no agent (90 clicks)
UCLA center Kevin Love was asked why he is not hiring an agent immediately. "I'm still in enrolled in classes and still soaking up the UCLA experience,'' he said. "I got enough things from my family and from my advisors and Coach (Ben) Howland and the coaching staff as well, to tell me where I could possibly go in the draft. "I got great advice from Coach Howland, be careful, stay eligible and we'll see what happens in the next could months.''
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Love legacy (71 clicks)
Kevin Love was at UCLA for only one season, but he wants to be part of the legacy of great centers to play for the Bruins and isn't going to forget the school any time soon, he said. "I'm just looking to leave a legacy at UCLA,'' Love said. "Former basketball players such as Kareem Abdul Jabbar, who played under Coach Wooden as Lew Alcindor, and Bill Walton left their legacy on the basketball court, and off the court as well.
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Looking ahead (89 clicks)
With the focus on who is leaving, UCLA coach Ben Howland still must deal with the future. With not knowing who will remain in the draft, and decisions on that not due until June 16, Howland said he has no idea what to make of what his roster will look like next season.
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Thank You, Kevin Love (95 clicks)
As you go to the NBA and make all your dreams come true, please don't ever let the sound of the thousands of bruin fans screaming "Kev-in Love," ever fade from your periphery. Remember who you are. Remember how you got here, and, of course... Remember where you went to school:
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UCLA loses two, soon to be three (165 clicks)
In a weirdly twisting Thursday, in which UCLA freshman center Kevin Love and sophomore guard Russell Westbrook declared for the NBA draft, junior power forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute altered his plans slightly at the end. Mbah a Moute was supposed to announce his decision to join Love and Westbrook by putting his names in the draft, but sources said he is delaying the announcement for a day. He is tentatively scheduled to make his announcement Friday.
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Love and Westbrook To Enter NBA Draft Without An Agent (108 clicks)
Freshman Kevin Love and sophomore Russell Westbrook announced today at separate press conferences that they planned to place their names in the NBA draft this summer but would not sign with agents. In addition, they both will continue to attend classes this year so as not to harm UCLA athletic's academic standing. By not immediately signing with an agent, either player can pull his name out of the draft up to ten days prior and still retain his collegiate eligibility. This year's draft will take place June 26.
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UCLA Hires Caldwell As Women's Basketball Head Coach (157 clicks)
Former Tennessee assistant will guide Bruins after winning back-to-back NCAA titles.
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UCLA's Love intends to enter NBA draft (122 clicks)
Although he leaves the door open for returning to school, he says, 'I'm in the right spot to take my game to the next level.' Westbrook also makes himself available for the draft. [contains video from press conference]
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Press conference tidbits (158 clicks)
Here are a few quickies from the press conferences today: Kevin Love said he wanted to continue to keep in touch with UCLA, and said "I want to help this school financially'' and he wanted to make his mother proud and still get his degree from UCLA one day.
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How badly will early entries hurt the Final Four? (119 clicks)
It wasn't all that long ago that teams that went to the Final Four just regrouped and got ready for another deep run.
But unless your name is Billy Donovan and you've got a special group that postponed the big bucks for another go-around down in Gainesville, that's not happening in this day and age of players bolting early for the NBA.
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Westbrook, too (214 clicks)
Russell Westbrook also announced this afternoon that he's entering the 2008 NBA draft. Like Kevin Love, he will not hire an agent.[end of text]
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UCLA hires Caldwell as head coach (144 clicks)
She helped Tennessee win its 2nd straight national championship and will replace Kathy Olivier, who led the Bruins for 15 seasons.
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Love heading to the NBA (128 clicks)
The UCLA freshman center announces his intention to enter the June draft. Mbah a Moute to stay for another season.
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UCLA's Love says he's headed to the NBA (223 clicks)
UCLA's Kevin Love is NBA-bound.
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Kevin Love Entering Draft (218 clicks)
Kevin Love announced Thursday afternoon that he is entering the 2008 NBA draft. He will not hire an agent at this time. He will remain in classes and plans on finishing his degree.
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My advice for Russell Westbrook (154 clicks)
Look out for Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook to declare their intentions to put their name in the NBA Draft today. Sources say neither will hire an agent, but that Love fully expects to say in. I'm hearing that despite reports to the contrary, there is a very good chance that Westbrook will actually stay at UCLA. I'm sure Russell knows what the right thing to do in this situation is:
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Luc story (139 clicks)
UCLA junior power forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute will join freshman center and sophomore guard Russell Westbrook with an announcement regarding his future today, and sources said he will announce he also putting his name in for the NBA draft. Like Love and Westbrook, Mbah a Moute will not hire an agent to retain his college eligibility, sources said.
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Luc declaring (113 clicks)
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute is expected to announce today he is declaring for the NBA draft. He is having a joint press conference with Russell Westbrook a 2 p.m., an hour after Kevin Love's declares for the draft. [end of text]
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Readying for payback (130 clicks)
UCLA's football players are readying for payback from the coaching staff in the form of a grueling practice today after Tuesday's senior-led ditch day.
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BYE BYE LOVE, BYE BYE COLLISON? (141 clicks)
Hello emptiness: Time is now Four Freshman to unVail decision about the Temptations, with his "Four Tops," Everly-Righteous Lettermen Brothers listening, including Darren.
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Stewart Mandel: Neuheisel, Chow reinvigorate UCLA (221 clicks)
It won’t happen overnight, but at least the Bruins will finally be fun to watch.
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Three words make L.A. TitleTown (184 clicks)
I'm not going to mention the Showtime Lakers, the Shaq-and-Kobe Lakers, or even the fresh-for-2008 Pau-licious Lakers who are about to rack up the franchise's 10th NBA championship in Los Angeles.
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Football News & Notes: Tradition That Actually Matters (109 clicks)
The program continues to pay a price from the seniors decision to show "leadership" for "organizing" ditch day.
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Ben Ball News & Notes: Annoucement Day (190 clicks)
It is all over the internets now. Love and Westbrook will be announcing their decision to make themselves available for the NBA draft at a 1 pm press conference this afternoon per the LA Times.
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An arm in a league of its own (108 clicks)
Junior pitcher's penchant for baseball has flourished into the skills needed to succeed in the major league
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Mending necessary to clinch playoffs (74 clicks)
Though many problems exist with current team, enough tools, expertise remain to salvage season
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Love to announce NBA draft decision (108 clicks)
Today's the day. After a week or so of speculation and scattered and sometimes conflicting reports, freshman Kevin Love will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. to formally announce his future plans.
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Men's tennis wins final home match (92 clicks)
With the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles teams both facing match point on Wednesday afternoon against UC Irvine, UCLA men's tennis coach Billy Martin had good enough reason to be concerned.
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No. 1 UCLA faces Olympic team (110 clicks)
The UCLA women's water polo team will face something very new today: an opponent with more talent.
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UCLA women's basketball team still looking for coach (83 clicks)
Kathy McConnell-Miller, the coach who interviewed for the vacant UCLA women's basketball job on Tuesday, has decided to stay at Colorado, according to Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn.
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UCLA's Love to declare NBA intentions | ucla, practice, aboya (175 clicks)
Kevin Love will put an end what little suspense surrounds his decision to leave UCLA after one season to enter the NBA Draft Thursday at a 1 p.m. news conference.
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Westbrook to take a look at NBA, as well (117 clicks)
Kevin Love is having a press conference on Thursday to announce his intention to enter the NBA Draft, and a short time later Russell Westbrook will do the same. Neither player is expected to hire an agent immediately, so both will have the option of returning to school.
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Ditch by UCLA football players gets a harsh reaction (164 clicks)
Former Bruins coach Donahue is among those who criticize the stunt.
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UCLA's Love, Westbrook to test draft waters (129 clicks)
UCLA freshman center Kevin Love and sophomore guard Russell Westbrook will announce today at 1 p.m. they are putting their names in the NBA draft, sources said. Meanwhile, point guard Darren Collison continues to decide whether or not he will enter the draft. Love will not hire an agent until the June 26 NBA draft nears, which is being done to protect Love's college eligibility in case of injury. However, Love's intention is to remain in the draft.
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Westbrook leaving (118 clicks)
UCLA sophomore guard Russell Westbrook will join Bruins freshman center Kevin Love in announcing they are declaring for the NBA draft during a press conference Thursday afternoon.
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On Westbrook (106 clicks)
I spoke to Russell Westbrook's father and he said his son remains undecided about what to do about the NBA draft. "He's going to school. I can tell you that,'' Westbrook's father, Russell Sr., said. "I can't say what my son is going to do because I don't think he knows."
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Culture Change & Concern Trolling (91 clicks)
the overwhelming sentiment here is not to approve of the seniors decision to organize yesterday's ditch day at practice. Norm Chow didn't mince words and went straight to the point: "Traditions," first-year offensive coordinator Norm Chow mumbled as he was leaving the Acosta Center. "They have so many traditions around here, all those national championships."
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Norm Chow on Petros & Money (128 clicks)
Norm Chow was on the Petros & Money show on KLAC and did a pretty sick interview. They talk about "the ditch," o-line depth, the installation of the offense, and his relatioship with the other coaches. Plus, Petros does a PERFECT impression of Chow. Good stuff. Check it out right here.
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Kevin Love Press Conference Scheduled For Tomorrow (95 clicks)
UCLA first-team All-America Freshman Kevin Love will hold a press conference tomorrow at 1:00 PM PT to announce his future basketball plans. Father Stan Love and UCLA Head Coach Ben Howland will also be present.
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UCLA's Love to announce future plans at news conference (124 clicks)
UCLA All-American Kevin Love will announce his plans for next season at a campus news conference Thursday.
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Happy birthday, big guy (108 clicks)
A big happy birthday to L.A.'s biggest blogger!
UCLA uber-star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar turned 61 on Wednesday.
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Kevin Love's announcement (133 clicks)
UCLA's Kevin Love will officially announce his decision on whether he's turning pro at 1 p.m. Thursday.
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Kiraly makes U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame (142 clicks)
Volleyball legend and UCLA alum Karch Kiraly is being inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
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Ditch day counts (111 clicks)
UCLA has confirmed that out of the 15 spring practice sessions allowed by the NCAA, Tuesday's going over the wall (i.e.: ditch day) will count as a full session. [end text]
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Breaking News: Crazy Elite RB Cierre Woods Down to UCLA and Notre Dame! (137 clicks)
Scout rates Cierre Woods as the #3 rb in the Country and so does Rivals.
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Aboya on national team (101 clicks)
I ran into UCLA junior power forward/center Alfred Aboya on campus and he said he is playing for Cameroon's national team in July's Olympic qualifying tournament, but that has no bearing on whether he returns to UCLA for his senior season.
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Stover update (141 clicks)
UCLA's basketball coaches will be on the recruiting road this weekend, and I'm hearing one person they are eager to watch is 6-foot-10 Anthony Stover from La Canada Renaissance Academy.
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Practice counts (95 clicks)
As expected, UCLA's "Over the Wall" practice day counts toward one of the 15 spring practices. The school checked and was told that was the case since meetings took place and instruction was given on the field. [end text]
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Wood down to UCLA, ND (100 clicks)
I just received an email from a source who said Oxnard Santa Clara running back Cierre Wood is down to UCLA and Notre Dame. He is scheduled to go to Notre Dame this weekend, and if he doesn't commit, it would be a good sign for UCLA. [end text]
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UCLA and Lance Stephenson, Renardo Sidney (216 clicks)
With all the Internet speculation that New York city phenom Lance Stephenson and Los Angeles Fairfax center Renardo Sidney might be contemplating attending the same college, I called Stephenson's high school coach and asked him to address the topic.
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Sources: UCLA's Love to declare on Thursday (242 clicks)
After taking the last week to make certain of his decision, UCLA freshman Kevin Love is headed to the NBA. According to sources close to Love, the 6-foot-9 Oregon native will declare for the NBA Draft on Thursday.
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Westbrook's status (199 clicks)
From what I'm hearing, UCLA guard Russell Westbrook is still trying to decide whether or not to put his name in the NBA draft. It's a tough decision because players have to be careful even if they do not plan on signing with an agent.
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Maurice Drew is Awesome (160 clicks)
Copying this over from a the buckye board. Emphasis mine.
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THE GIFT HORSE THAT KEEPS ON GIVING (131 clicks)
After 3 days of Swimming in Bikini Cheerleader pics from the Traveler U. fundraiser, the "swell" still hasn't run dry
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Seniors Fumble At Spaulding (134 clicks)
Apparently the "seniors" organized a "ditch day" at practice yesterday by going "over the wall" bolting through the gate (lame).
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Softball 8-2 Through First Half of Conference (63 clicks)
The UCLA Bruins Softball team began Pac-10 play with a bang, going undefeated through the first three weekends of play.
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Bruins to host playoff game (105 clicks)
No. 4-seeded volleyball team prepares to face No. 5 Pepperdine at Pauley in the MPSF quarterfinals
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CSUN game ends baseball's win streak (105 clicks)
As the season passes the midway point, the inconsistencies keep mounting for the UCLA baseball team.
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There are some traditions we just can't afford (123 clicks)
UCLA football team should focus on improving rather than skipping practices
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UCLA players ditch practice, upset Neuheisel (171 clicks)
They take the traditional 'over the wall' day despite coach's request that they don't this spring. Neuheisel was going to check with the NCAA whether he could get the day back.
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Tradition upsets UCLA coach Neuheisel (124 clicks)
When Rick Neuheisel was hired as the new UCLA football coach, he stressed the importance of embracing the tradition of a program of which he was once such a vital part.
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14, not 15 (111 clicks)
UCLA will check with the NCAA Wednesday to see if Tuesday's ditch day counts against the 15 spring practices allowed, but since the Bruins went through some individual work before stretching, it is believed it does count against the number.
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UCLA football team keeps up a tradition by leaving practice (220 clicks)
Spring football: Much to Coach Neuheisel's dismay, the seniors hastily lead the Bruins out of Spaulding Field.
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I love this coaching staff (124 clicks)
Notice how this staff is so...blunt? Dorrell would kinda skip around any tough questions about lack of depth in certain positions or what have you...not this staff.
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UCLA Goes Over the Wall (153 clicks)
The UCLA football team continued a springtime tradition today called going over the wall. After stretching and huddling up, they bolted out of the gates and took the day off. Think of it as senior ditch day -- but everybody participates. The seniors just decide when it's going to happen.
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Bruins are no-shows (89 clicks)
UCLA spring football practice was canceled Tuesday because the players exited en masse. In the past, the Bruins have chosen at least one practice to ditch during the spring. Coach Rick Neuheisel expressed his displeasure with Tuesday's incident because his staff is trying to install new offense.[end of text]
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Ditch day reaction (111 clicks)
The coaching staff, including head coach Rick Neuheisel, were clearly not pleased to be blind-sided by the senior-led effort to ditch practice.
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Practice done (95 clicks)
UCLA's football practice is over, long before it was supposed as the players decided to use a long-time tradition and blow off practice after stretching by going over the wall. That said, the players ran through an open gate rather than climb over the wall at Spaulding Field.
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Pre-practice stuff (88 clicks)
UCLA is in full uniform for today's practice, but the good news for the Bruins is tight end Nate Chandler is out there. He missed yesterday's practice because of breathing issues and underwent tests for what might be wrong.
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Future skeds (103 clicks)
UCLA has most of its scheduling done through 2013, and the only game I had not previously heard about (nor has been reported) was the 2011 matchup against San Jose State. UCLA needs to add one game in 2010, one game is 2011, one game in 2012 and two games in 2013. So below I put up a copy of the schedules, with tentative dates, through 2013.
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Awesome take on Pac-10 offenses on 3rd Down (106 clicks)
Avinash over at Bears Necessity wrote up a sweet freakin' piece on Pac-10 offenses on third down. Here is part of the UCLA Blurb:
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Daily Bruin Report - No QB Chosen Yet (82 clicks)
A lot of people in the blogosphere have been saying that Cowan has claimed the top QB spot already. I think we have to trust Norm Chow a little bit more when he says that nothing is solidified yet. If you read the Daily Bruin this morning, Sam Allen wrote a great piece on how the coaching staffhas made no decision on the starting QB..
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UCLA Players Ditch Practice? WHAAAAAAAAAAAT? (102 clicks)
So, there's like...what 15 practices in spring? There's a new coach, a new system, a QB controversy...and this is how their spending MY taxes??
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Secondary competition (114 clicks)
In looking at UCLA's secondary and the need for competition there, it is going to get plenty interesting once August training camp comes around.
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Kathy McConnell-Miller on campus today (116 clicks)
I just got word that Colorado coach Kathy McConnell-Miller is on campus today, interviewing for the UCLA women's basketball job.
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OL woes (108 clicks)
I spoke to UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel, offensive line coach Bob Palcic and offensive coordinator Norm Chow about the offense's performance in Saturday's scrimmage, and each were pleased with what the offense was able to do.
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Palcic on Sheller (122 clicks)
Here is the football notebook from today's paper, which details Aleksey Lanis leaving the program. I spoke with offensive line coach Bob Palcic about Lanis' replacement, Sean Sheller, and he gave a scouting report. "I think Sheller's a good athlete,'' Palcic said. "I think he'll develop into a good player. He's got quick feet. He's good in space."
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"ARE YOU TRYING TO REDUCE ME, MR. ROBINSON?" (97 clicks)
That's what The Graduate from UCLA heard from Baseball's Color Barrier 61 years ago today, and the Sport is Dustin' off the memories (which should last longer than Plastics) with today's "Jackie Robinson Day" (celebrating a trend that even trojans wouldn't Buck)
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Love is MVP (92 clicks)
Freshman center Kevin Love, who is expected to announce in the next day or two that he is leaving UCLA after just one season to enter the NBA Draft, was honored as the Bruins' most valuable player at their post-season banquet on Monday at a Beverly Hills Hotel.
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Ben Ball News & Notes (147 clicks)
So after Brian Dohn posted the story about Love making his decision official this week there was another classic non-denial denial from KL via Jeff Goodman from Foxsports.com:
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Embree Impresses (94 clicks)
First off, there was a great report on Monday's practice from Jeff_is_smiling over at Bruin Gold. He has a lot of detailed information on the practice and his impressions of the new coaching staff. One thing in particular caught my eye in his post. He had this assessment of true freshman Taylor Embree:
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3 reasons why Kevin Love Should Go (149 clicks)
Kevin Love has no business being a college basketball player. If there is ONE player in the country who is ready for the NBA, it's Kevin Love. Now I'm not saying he's the best player in the country or even that he projects well in the League (which I think he does). I'm saying that there nothing for him to do at the collegiate level.
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Spring Football News & Notes (99 clicks)
Unfortunately we have to start this edition of spring football news and notes some bad news. Bruins are losing Aleksey Lanis, one of the better athletes from their OL due to injury related issues.
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First Pac-10 Title? (67 clicks)
The 7th ranked UCLA Women's tennis team looks to claim at least a share of its first ever Pac-10 title when it faces #10 USC on Friday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.
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Neuheisel says starting QB job not decided (126 clicks)
UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel expressed some frustration at several media reports over the weekend that strongly suggested that it was a foregone conclusion that Pat Cowan would be the Bruins' starting quarterback in the fall.
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UCLA's Love catches eye of Beastie Boy (111 clicks)
Some of college basketball's brightest stars, including Kansas State's Michael Beasley and UCLA's Kevin Love, are featured in Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's new documentary, "Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot."
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No. 1 quarterback up in the air (101 clicks)
After giving Cowan all first-team reps, coaches say their decision on starter is still undecided
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Club lacrosse defeats UCSC in last home game of season (84 clicks)
Banana Slugs and Bruins battle to end; UCLA's final match is on Saturday at USC
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Baseball to resume play against Northridge (75 clicks)
On the evening of Feb. 26, darkness was the only thing that could stop the Bruin bats at Northridge's Matador Field.
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Lanis leaves UCLA team because of knee soreness (146 clicks)
Junior tackle's departure exacerbates an already worrisome situation with Bruins' inexperienced offensive line.
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UCLA Men's Basketball Announces 2008 Honors at Annual Banquet (203 clicks)
UCLA freshman center, Kevin Love, the Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Year, was given the Coach John Wooden Award as the Bruins' Most Valuable Player Monday night at UCLA's annual Hoopsters Awards/Dinner Banquet held at the Beverly Hilton.
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A Brilliant take on the QB situation (151 clicks)
OK, it may seem like a stretch, but for those of us out there on the first day of spring ball it was hard not to notice that Chow was spending an inordinate amount of time having his QB's perform a drill in which they all lined up on a line facing one direction and then simultaneously on Chow's mark pretended to take a snap, drop back, and look for a receiver. The QB's then stopped, turned 90 degrees, and did it all again.
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UCLA tackle Lanis retires from football (88 clicks)
UCLA's non-existent offensive line depth was dealt a significant and unexpected blow when starting right tackle Aleksey Lanis retired from football because of chronic knee problems.
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Love is UCLA's POY (117 clicks)
UCLA held its awards banquet tonight, and here are the winners.
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More on Lanis (104 clicks)
I spoke with UCLA right tackle Aleksey Lanis a little while ago and he said several factors played into his decision to retire from football.
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Post practice tidbits (94 clicks)
UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel confirmed what was reported earlier today, that starting right tackle Aleksey Lanis decided to retire and take a medical scholarship.
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Collison update (149 clicks)
I ran into Bruins point guard Darren Collison on campus today and asked him if he had any news. "Not yet,'' he said. "I'm still deciding."
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Injury updates (88 clicks)
There were a couple of injuries coming out of Saturday's scrimmage, but not to any of the starters.
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Women's hoops job (94 clicks)
Three different sources have told me that Colorado coach Kathy McConnell-Miller is very much in the mix for the job. Also, I'm told that UCLA and Nikki Caldwell is finalizing plans for her to come out for an on-campus interview. [end text]
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UCLA's Lanis retires from football (124 clicks)
Injuries and subsequent knee injuries force him to leave the team.
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