Friday, April 10

All work and no play would make coaching intolerable

Scandal is the soup-du-jour of college sports right now, and it tastes “Mmm mmm good!” Former Iowa State basketball coach Larry Eustachy and ex-Alabama football coach Mike Price are just the last two in a long line of coaches sent packing for extracurricular activities deemed inappropriate by the powers that be. Read more...


IM hoops brief

The Altoids men’s intramural basketball team improved its record to 2-1 Wednesday evening. To some spectators’ dismay, the IM team received a forfeit. The Altoids, who won the Winter A-League title, have received both respect on the court and extensive media coverage in the Daily Bruin. Read more...


Surfing for sport

www.nationalmarblestournament.org The national marbles tournament is entering its 80th year. Boys and girls up to the age of 15 are eligible, and apparently boys have flocked across the country to New Jersey every year since 1923 ““ except during World War II ““ to compete. Read more...


Briefs

Baseball to host Huskies In the final home games of the season, UCLA (23-26, 7-8 Pac-10) plays what is perhaps its most important series of the year against Washington. Read more...


Villanueva considering UCLA, reports claim

Prep All-American Charlie Villanueva is considering becoming a Bruin next year, according to various published reports. Villanueva, who originally had verbally committed to Illinois, reneged on that decision last month when then-Fighting Illini coach Bill Self left for Kansas. Read more...


Legacy of bowling cannot be struck down

I am an amazing bowler. You could say it’s in my blood. My great-great-grandfather, Frangelico Milosh, was the three-time Prussian Bowler of the Year. In 1871, he left Prussia, upset that his homeland had been renamed Germany. Read more...