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.
I reckon that at least some of the rabid fans of the sports teams that call the largest city in the United States that’s west of the Mississippi River home have wondered, as they scream “Go…Read More
In this storied rivalry between the two flagship institutions of higher learning in America’s second largest city, there is one particular sport where UCLA is, without a doubt, now dominant…Read More
According to the Los Angeles Angels’ owner, Arte Moreno, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, absolutely not.
“This is his 14th year,” Moreno told the Times’ Mike…Read More
Well, so much for an Ultimate Freeway Faceoff.
So much for the ultimate all-SoCal showdown.
And so much for the historic occasion of two Los Angeles area teams meeting each other in the post-season…Read More
Four wins down, 12 to go.
That’s how many wins that the defending Stanley Cup champions need to keep that iconic trophy as the L.A. Kings, after losing the first two games of their Western Conference…Read More
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A CHARMING MINOR LEAGUE ATMOSPHERE IN A MAJOR LEAGUE CITY
Being an alumnus of UCLA who has long…Read More
I know, I know – the above headline looks kind of odd.
After all, how can a hockey game…Read More
It all began in 2001, when Lexus Motors decided to sponsor a celebration of Los Angeles’…Read More
It always goes way too fast, doesn’t it?
It’s hard to believe that the first month…Read More
As far as the outgoing football players from Los Angeles’ two main Division 1 schools,…Read More
In the midst of the sports fans in Los Angeles and Southern California lamenting the fact that…Read More
In three days from this writing, some college athletes will become rich young men as the NFL…Read More
“Were there better players? Sure. But were there better men? No.”
- Bob Costas
66…Read More
As an African American male and as someone who has long regarded baseball as his favorite sport,…Read More
I suppose that with all of the other teams dominating the Los Angeles sports scene, it’s…Read More
Now that the major league baseball season is underway, the Dodgers coming off a sweep of the…Read More
Seems like just a minute ago that UCLA’s and USC’s football teams were finishing…Read More
As far as I am concerned, Opening Day of the Major League Baseball season is the REAL New Year’s…Read More
Well, it seems like UCLA’s athletic director, Dan Guerrero, didn’t want to take his…Read More
A recruiting class ranked by many as second in the country, which included a recruit who was…Read More
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