Articles by Christine Daniels

67 articles since 2007

Packer prefers UCLA as a topic

Sports | By Christine Daniels | April 4, 2008
It was rolling along as most conference calls with Billy Packer do – ask a question, brace for a lot of listening. Read more
 

A city hangs on his every word

Sports | By Christine Daniels | March 31, 2008
His voice belongs to then and now, an audio clip that carries us back to a bygone era even as it keeps us up-to-the-minute updated. Read more
 

UCLA provides all the drama

Sports | By Christine Daniels | March 28, 2008
The NCAA tournament record book will forever read that UCLA qualified for three consecutive regional finals from 2006 to 2008, the first time that has happened since John Wooden’s reign. Read more
 

Getting there in spite of it all

Sports | By Christine Daniels | December 31, 2007
The Washington Redskins are 9-7, the last NFC team to clinch a playoff berth this season, bound now for a Saturday encounter at the site where they lost their most recent postseason game, Seattle. Read more
 

Year of living perfectly

Sports | By Christine Daniels | December 30, 2007
The perfect is the enemy of the good, Voltaire famously said, and that was hundreds of years before the invention of spy cameras, steroids and sports record books that future generations would find impossibly and irresistibly enticing. Read more
 

This space won’t be going off grid

Sports | By Christine Daniels | December 28, 2007
You already know the Lakers are playing the Celtics on Sunday and the Ducks are currently sweeping through Canada and the Kings probably will be swept in Colorado and Chicago this weekend. Read more
 

While Steelers are idling, Browns throw it into reverse

Sports | By Christine Daniels | December 24, 2007
As two NFL teams from the state of Ohio proved again on Sunday, Ohio State is not the only football team this month to prosper by not playing. Read more
 

Don’t bet the house (or the Falcons)

Sports | By Christine Daniels | December 22, 2007
Cowboys over Panthers * Contract extension for Tony Romo: $67.5 million. Read more
 

For Bruins, it’s haves and have-nots

Sports | By Christine Daniels | December 21, 2007
For newcomers to the area and out-of-state high school students currently weighing the merits of a UCLA education, two programs Saturday provide a helpful demonstration as to why the Westwood university has long been considered “a basketball school” . Read more
 

Dolphins make it to No. 1

Sports | By Christine Daniels | December 17, 2007
On the day the Miami Dolphins won their first game of the 2007 season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrated. Read more
 
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