Derek Hart
I'm a UCLA graduate who's pursuing a writing career after over twenty years in education as a P.E. teacher, an after school teacher, a tutor, and a baseball/softball coach. I was the editor of SoCalSportsHub, and this is my 4th year overall covering UCLA Bruins football, basketball and other sports.
I'm also a longtime Dodgers fan, having inherited that from my grandparents and having followed them since childhood.
I hope you all like my stuff! :)
Much like the Los Angeles Angels’ record after 35 games and five weeks – 15 wins and 20 losses and in last place in the American League’s West Division, eight games behind Texas (who…Read More
I’m sure that the coaches as well as the players in the UCLA football program were looking forward to this.
After a month of practice, Jim Mora made his unofficial Rose Bowl debut this past Saturday…Read More
Nobody, and I mean nobody, saw this coming when the baseball season began for this team on April 6.
But as I write this, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, picked by virtually everyone to be a main contender…Read More
Unless you’re a member of the volleyball community, you most likely would not have known that the greatest coach in that sports’ history saw his career come to an end this past Saturday.
But…Read More
Sixty-five years ago yesterday (as of this writing), a young, muscular African-American and former UCLA athlete named Jack Roosevelt Robinson stepped onto the baseball diamond at Ebbets Field, in the Borough…Read More
And more..
After all of the drama, mediocrity, and disappointment that characterized the UCLA basketball program…Read More
When Jim Mora was hired as the UCLA football coach this past December, one of his foremost promises was…Read More
This time of year, I have often said…
“Forget January 1st – this is New Year’s…Read More
This past February new UCLA football coach Jim Mora, along with his staff, showed that he can recruit,…Read More
As I have noticed that this site has been devoid of any real coverage of the NBA basketball team that…Read More
Going into the college baseball clash between L.A’s two premier institutions of higher learning, UCLA and USC, at the 3rd Annual Dodgertown Classic at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night, I thought that…Read More
After the committees of the NCAA and NIT basketball tournaments made their selections – with, as expected, UCLA’s name not even close to being called in either of them – I felt the same…Read More
Not that it was a pretty win for UCLA’s Bruins in their opening round Pac-12 Tournament game against their crosstown rivals, because it wasn’t.
Not by any stretch.
For the game’s first…Read More
After everything that went down in the recent Sports Illustrated article that essentially aired the UCLA basketball program’s dirty laundry, I, for one, am forced to happily give these Bruins credit…Read More
Yes, I have officially said it.
I reckon I’m one of the first – if not the first – to publicly state what I’m sure the bulk of UCLA Bruin Nation is thinking right now after George…Read More
Recently I visited the John Wooden Center on UCLA’s campus, the home to the Bruin volleyball and women’s basketball teams this year while Pauley Pavilion is undergoing renovation, as I’ve…Read More
I’m not going to sugarcoat this, folks: UCLA has a mediocre basketball team this season.
I knew this in the back of my mind pretty much all season, but their 66-63 loss in New York to a St. John’s…Read More
It wasn’t as dominating as it was in the first meeting between the two teams, but these UCLA Bruins will take it.
They’ll take the win.
They’ll take the bragging rights.
And they’ll…Read More
For Los Angeles’ two flagship institutions of higher learning, things have more or less gone the way the pundits expected since the last time UCLA and USC met in basketball at the Galen Center on…Read More
OK, Let’s see…
As of this date, UCLA’s basketball team has six regular season games left.
These Bruins, led by Ben Howland, have an overall record of 14 wins and 11 losses, which includes…Read More