Football

MINNEAPOLIS, MN—It’s the one day of year where it seems all Americans get along and party till the wee hours of the night to celebrate the event that happens only ONCE a year: the Super Bowl. We have a repeat team back in the big dance yet again with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, going against Nick...

UNITED STATES—I will admit I’m not thrilled about the match-up for Super Bowl LII. I was really hoping we’d see a battle between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Minnesota Vikings. However, after the Jaguars failed to halt Tom Brady and the Patriots during the fourth quarter where they were in the lead, one has to give credit to Brady who...

UNITED STATES—This past weekend might have been some of the greatest football games in the NFL I have witnessed leading up to the Super Bowl. I mean so many people dismissed the caliber of the Minnesota Vikings who were battling the New Orleans Saints on their home court. It looked like the Saints would claim victory on the Vikings...

WESTWOOD—Josh Rosen, the star quarterback of UCLA’s football team, took to Twitter this week to declare his intent to enter the 2018 NFL draft. Rosen, who has been on the team for the past three years, was expected to make the decision to end his collegiate career earlier this year. As the top high school quarterback recruit in the nation,...

PASADENA—We should all hope and pray 2018 is anything like the 104th Rose Bowl- where the No. 3 ranked Georgia Bulldogs defeated the No. 2 ranked Oklahoma Sooners in double overtime, 54-48 on Monday, January 1. It set the record for points (102), the first Rose Bowl to go into overtime was capped off by a 27-yard walk off touchdown...

UNITED STATES—After a poor start to the campaign where the Atlanta Falcons endured a three game losing streak, losing at home to the likes of Buffalo and Miami; the Falcons are still very much in with a shout of reaching the playoffs. On the back of a win over the Seahawks, they now head into a make or break...

WESTWOOD—The No. 11 Trojans narrowly beat the UCLA Bruins, 28-23, on Saturday November 18 at the Coliseum. The following day, UCLA fired Head Coach Jim Mora. UCLA hired former Oregon Ducks Head Coach Chip Kelly to revamp the program. The deal is for five years at $23 million. After a brief stint coaching the Philadelphia Eagles and the San Francisco...

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Rams earned their most impressive, complete win of the season on Sunday, November 26, as the Rams defeated the New Orleans Saints, 26-20 in front of 60,000 boisterous fans at the venerable Coliseum. The Rams maintain a one game lead in the NFC West over the Seattle Seahawks. These Rams redeemed themselves after faultering to the...

WESTWOOD—Jim Mora, head coach of the UCLA football team, was fired Sunday following the 23-28 loss to crosstown rivals USC on Saturday. According to a news release from UCLA, during his six seasons at UCLA, Mora compiled a 46-30 record, leading the Bruins to a pair of school record-tying 10-win seasons, winning the PAC-12 South in 2013 and taking...

LOS ANGELES—Darnold vs. Rosen! The hype surrounding the fierce Crosstown Rivalry focused squarely on the two elite quarterbacks who finally faced off on Saturday, November 18. The No.11 Trojans narrowly beat the UCLA Bruins, 28-23, at the Coliseum. USC earned their 16th straight victory at the Coliseum. It was the 87th edition of the Crosstown Rivalry. The city of Los...