Tag Archives: UCLA Basketball

LiAngelo Ball & UCLA Bruins arrested for shoplifting forgot first rule of international travel
November 8, 2017

Getting popped for shoplifting in China is no joke. That should not be one of the lessons learned by UCLA freshmen as they travel to play basketball in that country thousands of miles away geographically, but far more distant culturally. In America, most shoplifters are stopped, stripped of items they “forgot” to pay for, and maybe banned from […]

Steve Alford and AD Dan Guerrero in Trouble at UCLA Over Pierre Pierce Flap
May 20, 2013

by Kent Sterling Right or wrong, some mistakes stick to a man forever.  In 2002, while head basketball coach at the University of Iowa, Steve Alford defended Pierre Pierce, who was accused of third degree sexual assault. After another incident in 2005, Pierce pled guilty to third-degree burglary, assault with an intent to commit sexual abuse, […]