Derek Hart
Derek Hart is 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 youth sports coach with a background in baseball and softball. He was the editor of SoCalSportsHub.com, the precursor to this site, is currently the associate lead editor of this L.A. Sports Hub site, and is in his 5th year overall covering UCLA Bruins football, basketball and other UCLA sports.
Derek is also a longtime Dodgers fan, having inherited that from his grandparents and having followed them since childhood.
Thirty-six years.
Thirty-six years of unwaveringly loyal, faithful, and inspiring service to UCLA, UCLA Athletics – football in particular – and to Bruin Nation.
Thirty-six years of rallying…Read More
Every member of UCLA’s Bruin Nation who has been to Bruin football games, whether he or she is a current student, or is from the class of 1950 (or even earlier than that), or was in Westwood in the…Read More
It’s been six months since I last posted on this site…
I was the first lead editor of GoJoeBruin.com when the site launched in October of 2011, covering not only UCLA football and basketball,…Read More
They needed this one.
Badly.
And it wasn’t easy; nor was it pretty.
First off, UCLA was without forward Travis Wear, who suffered a high ankle sprain in the Bruins’ loss to the Washington…Read More
This is a video clip of UCLA head football Jim Mora talking with the Los Angeles Daily News’ Jon Gold about how the Bruins did on Signing Day, the various players that the program signed, and what…Read More
And more..
As I had said before UCLA’s battle with Washington in Seattle, I didn’t expect the…Read More
After what transpired on National Signing Day, if I ran into UCLA football coach Jim Mora there…Read More
As of 1:17 p.m. PST, here’s who the Bruins have signed to a letter of intent since the post on Go…Read More
In honor of National Signing Day today, in which UCLA is doing very well so far, today’s…Read More
As National Signing Day – the first day that high school football players can sign their…Read More
UCLA’S UPCOMING OPPONENTS:
Washington Huskies, Alaska Airlines Arena, Seattle, WA, Thursday,…Read More
Just when you were expecting people to remark about how UCLA’s basketball program can…Read More
Bringing the Bruin Nation up to speed on what’s been happening with these programs:
WOMEN’S…Read More
And it wasn’t even that close, as Murphy’s Law hit the UCLA women’s gymnastics…Read More
I remember this happening before – UCLA coming off some losses and on a bit of a downturn,…Read More
This week I’m highlighting someone who defines the term Most Valuable Player: women’s…Read More
UCLA’S NEXT OPPONENTS:
Utah Utes, Los Angeles Sports Arena, Thursday, January 26, 7:30 p.m.
Record:…Read More
For the first 20 minutes of UCLA’s basketball game against Oregon at Matthew Knight Arena…Read More
Can it get more obvious that coach Valorie Kondos Field and her ladies on UCLA’s women’s…Read More
There was much happening in Westwood this past weekend. Let’s just get right down to…Read More
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