Friday, May 9

Dream come true



Tonight’s crosstown clash is a lifelong dream fulfilled for UCLA junior T.J. Harden.

The running back was once a kid in Los Angeles marveling at UCLA football and USC’s battles. Now, he’s turning dreams into reality.

“It’s everything that I have ever wanted,” Harden said.

Have a read of assistant Sports editor Connor Dullinger’s feature on the Bruin rusher and his journey to tonight’s game.

(Helen Juwon Park/Illustrations director)

Sports editor

Gorawara is the 2024-2025 Sports editor on the football, men’s basketball and NIL beats and a Copy contributor. She was previously an assistant Sports editor on the men’s volleyball, men’s tennis, women’s volleyball and rowing beats and a contributor on the men’s volleyball and rowing beats. She is a third-year economics and communication student minoring in professional writing from Hong Kong.


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