Saturday, December 20

Making his point

Thursday, January 16, 1997 M. HOOPS: UCLA’s senior point guard thrives after finding focus, spiritualityBy Emmanuelle Ejercito Daily Bruin Staff omething was wrong with Cameron Dollar and it had nothing to do with the hand injury that kept him on the bench for most of last season. Read more...


Bruins leave home to battle Sun Devils, Wildcats

Thursday, January 16, 1997 W.HOOP: Improved transition defense will be pivotal for UCLABy A. CinQue Carter Daily Bruin Contributor Following a stay at home in which the Bruins split contests with the Bay Area schools ­ falling to Stanford and defeating California ­ UCLA will take its show on the road against Arizona State (6-7, 0-3) tonight and Arizona (12-2, 2-1) on Saturday. Read more...


NCAA sizzles, crowd drizzles, Warriors fizzle

Wednesday, January 15, 1997 At the end of a convention in Nashville, where college officials from all across the nation met, it appears as if the NCAA will finally allow student athletes at Division I schools to hold part-time jobs during the school year, if they the jobs pay under $2,500 a year. Read more...


Backus cites family matters in decision to retire as coach

Wednesday, January 15, 1997 SOFTBALL: Speculation notwithstanding, NCAA probe not linked to leaveBy Mark Dittmer Daily Bruin Senior Staff Sue Enquist, UCLA’s head softball coach as of last week, sat in her office yesterday, in a cubicle alongside the one Sharron Backus has occupied for 21 years as UCLA’s softball coach. Read more...


Bruins head indoors

Wednesday, January 15, 1997 W. TENNIS: Pacific 10 Indoor Championships to serve as important preparation for 1997 season by showing strengths, weaknessesBy Christie Debeau Daily Bruin Contributor Members of the UCLA women’s tennis team will be on the road again, competing in Seattle today through Sunday at the Pacific 10 Indoor Championships. Read more...


Kocsis singled out as champion in Milwaukee Classic

Tuesday, January 14, 1997 W. TENNIS: Kocsis-Freudenberg, Cooper-Schmidt doubles play strongly but don’t make final cutBy Brent Boyd Daily Bruin Senior Staff Katie Kocsis may seem far from home at UCLA, but this weekend she found herself in familiar territory ­ the winner’s circle. Read more...


A lacking men’s hoops team will always be taken to school

Tuesday, January 14, 1997 OPINION: UCLA squad shows they can still win if complete effort is made Mark Shapiro On the surface, it looked embarrassing. The UCLA men’s basketball team got its collective (read: large) ego handed to it, neatly packaged in a 48-point loss to a team that had been their whipping boy for some time. Read more...